Balboa station

This article is about the station in Los Angeles. For the station in San Diego, see Balboa Avenue Transit Center. For the station in San Francisco, see Balboa Park station.

Balboa
Balboa station platform
General information
Location	6338 & 6340 North Balboa Boulevard Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.1859°N 118.5011°W / 34.1859; -118.5011
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	2 side platforms
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT Commuter Express
Construction
Parking	273 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 29, 2005 (2005-10-29)
Passengers
FY 2024	663 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station Reseda toward Chatsworth G Line Woodley toward North Hollywood
Location

Balboa station is a station on the G Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system.[4] It is named after adjacent Balboa Boulevard, which travels north–south and crosses the east–west transitway route. The station is in the Lake Balboa district of Los Angeles, in the central San Fernando Valley.

Service

Hours and frequency

G Line buses run 24 hours a day. Buses operate every eight minutes during peak hours on weekdays. They operate every ten minutes during the daytime on weekdays and most of the day on weekends. Night service on all days is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

As of June 25, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:[6]

• LADOT Commuter Express: 573, 574
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 164, 235, 236

Nearby destinations

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

• Birmingham High School
• Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
• Lake Balboa Park
• Sepulveda Basin Recreation Area
• G Line, Los Angeles River and Victory Boulevard bicycle paths

References

1. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
3. "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
4. "Orange Line station information". Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. Retrieved October 2, 2010.
5. "Metro G Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
6. "G Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2023.

External links

Media related to Balboa station at Wikimedia Commons