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Museum, located at 729 N. Dalton Ave., a craftsman home that now operates as a museum. APU/Citrus College Station. This is your stop for the Haugh Performing Arts Center (1000 W. Foothill Blvd.) at Citrus College. It is also your stop for Azusa Pacific University, the top Christian College in Southern California (901 E. Alosta Ave.).
Retro 80s Thrift Shop (2423 E. Colorado Blvd.), an underground-centric rock store and secondhand clothing shop packed with everything you would need to dress up for a night at the spookiest parties in town. Arcadia Station. What else, head to thoroughbred horse racing at Santa Anita Park (285 W. Huntington Dr.). On race days, there is a free shuttle that will cart you to the track. In addition, there’s also the Arcadia Transit Shuttle, offering daily lifts from the A Line to the park as well as the L. A. County Arboretum (301 N. Baldwin Ave.) and Santa Anita Mall. After a day at the races, visit Din Tai Fung – a Taiwanese steamed dumpling and noodle restaurant which has food critics and customers raving about the dumplings. The restaurant is located at the Shops at Santa Anita, 400 S. Baldwin Ave., #M5. Monrovia Station. Head to Old Town - a small-town stretch of Myrtle Avenue, home to Resistor Records (511 S. Myrtle Ave.), a vibrant record store specializing in new and used vinyl across various genres. Old Town is a one mile walk from the train station, and there you will find numerous restaurants and shops for the browsing. On Friday and Saturday evenings, shuttles run from the Monrovia station to Old Town from 5 to 10 p.m. Duarte Station. This is your stop for City of Hope (1500 East Duarte Rd.). City of Hope is world renowned for its commitment to cancer treatment and medical research. City of Hope hosts Saturday Science Days with activities designed for both elementary and middle school children, as well as a Community Science Festival. The Eugene and Ruth Roberts Summer Student Academy is a research program for college and high school students. Irwindale Station. Catch a bus for the Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area (15501 E. Arrow Hwy., Baldwin Park), home of The Original Renaissance Pleasure Faire . You may also want to visit Huy Fong Foods, Inc . (4800 Azusa Canyon Rd.), maker of Sriracha. The company hosts tours of the factory and a Sriracha Chile Grinding event for the public . Book here , but tours do fill up quickly. Azusa Station. Head over to Congregation Ale House (619 N. Azusa Ave.), a church-themed bar where the jukebox plays “hymns” and the tip jars look like collection boxes. Sip on a brew called Hell or High Watermelon while listening to a local band. For something more substantial, head to Max’s Mexican Cuisine , located at 6 635 N. Azusa Ave., with locations also in Monrovia and San Dimas. You can also visit Durrell House
Thoroughbred horses race at Santa Anita Park
Glendora Station. Hungry for sweets, the station is served by Foothill Transit and Glendora Shuttle for a trip to Donut Man , best known for its iconic fresh fruit donuts, particularly the Fresh Strawberry Donut. The Donut Man is located at 915 E. Route 66. After a fresh donut, visit Rubel Castle , 844 N Live Oak Ave., a monument to folk architecture, built by hand by Michael Rubel over several decades. San Dimas Station. Start your day at Rail Side Cafe and if you have all day ahead of you to spend in San Dimas, there is always Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park and Raging Waters . La Verne and Pomona North Stations. Accessible from both stations, the Fairplex , 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Pomona, is a premier entertainment center hosting events like the L.A. County Fair, the NHRA In-N-Out Burger Pomona Dragstrip , Oktoberfest at Fairplex , LIGHTS OUT at Fairplex Halloween Horror Attraction and many other events and attractions . Fairplex will also serve as a venue for the 2028 Olympics, setting the stage for the return of cricket to the Olympic Games for the first time since 1900, when only two countries participated. Cricket is a hugely popular international sport, with an estimated 2.5 billion followers worldwide. Collectively Pasadena, Azusa, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona and the future A Line Station city, Claremont, host a large number of universities and colleges. In the narrow band of A Line corridor cities between Union Station and Claremont, there are an estimated 19 institutions of higher education — more than perhaps in any other location in the world. Together, they attribute to the A Line’s unofficial moniker, the “Brain Train”. Keep in mind that the A Line just touches the rich heritage of the Los Angeles region. What it does do, however, is make it easy to reach a number of places of interest that offer the day adventure reward and opportunity. Bringing the A Line to the Montclair Transit Center in San Bernardino County is essential to allowing residents of both counties to learn from each other, and enjoy the experiences and adventures each county offers. See map of Metro’s current transit system, on the next page, showing the proposed A Line extension to Claremont and Montclair as a dashed line.
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