Monrovia has a historic 1926 Santa Fe Spanish colonial revival-style Station building a bit east and is still directly along the 2 tracked Metro Gold Line. This historic depot is currently undergoing restoration to be the centerpiece of the Station Square Transit Mixed Use Village the city of Monrovia is developing around the Gold Line Station. The area is currently primarily industrial. The station is dedicated to Robert 'Bob' Bartlett, former mayor of Monrovia and a champion of public transit. A plaque is along a gold line platform column
The modern station has two side platforms with two canopies each. All platform access is via a ramp at the eastern end of each platform. Passengers going to Los Angeles can simply use this ramp up from Station Square Park. Although Peck Road dead ends right near the Azusa-bound platforms TVMs and Tap targets area, there is just an emergency exit gate and no legal station access from the south, all access to the Azusa-bound platform is via a pedestrian grade-crossing across the tracks. Running along the Los Angeles-bound platform is the station's 3 story 350 space parking structure with $3 per day transit parking and open to the public on evenings and weekends. Access to this parking structure is from Primrose Avenue that ends at a cul-de-sac right at the platform entrance with both the vehicular access and the pedestrian stairs/elevator entrance.
Artwork: River Time by Cha-Rie Tang, include a seven foot high sculpted rock in the station's entrance area and hundreds of relief tiles featuring Arts and Crafts–era designs enhance the bases of the platform canopy columns.
Photos 1-24: December 23, 2019
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