Expo/Crenshaw station

Expo/Crenshaw  Expo Line  Crenshaw/LAX Line 

Metro Expo Line heading westbound to Culver City Station leaves Expo/Crenshaw Station.
Location 3428 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles
Coordinates 34°01′21″N 118°20′06″W / 34.0225°N 118.3350°W / 34.0225; -118.3350Coordinates: 34°01′21″N 118°20′06″W / 34.0225°N 118.3350°W / 34.0225; -118.3350
Owned by Metro
Platforms 2 side platforms (Expo Line) 1 center platform (Crenshaw/LAX Line)
Tracks 2
Connections Metro Local: 210
Metro Rapid: 710, 740
Construction
Parking 450 nearby free spaces (independent) Monday-Saturday, excluding Sunday
Bicycle facilities 10 bike racks
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status in service
History
Opened October 17, 1875 (1875-10-17)
Rebuilt April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28)
Previous names 11th Ave
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
Expo Line
  Future service  
TerminusCrenshaw/LAX Line
  Former services  
Pacific Electric
Air Line

Expo/Crenshaw (formerly 11th Avenue) is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard.

The station is served by the Expo Line and soon the Crenshaw/LAX Line.[1]

Service

Metro Rail service

Expo Line service hours are approximately from 4 AM to 12:30 AM daily. Metro Rail service at the station opened on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Regular scheduled service began on Monday, April 30, 2012.

Location and design

Expo/Crenshaw station is located on the busy Crenshaw Boulevard, a major L.A. thoroughfare. It is also a short walk to either Rodeo Road or Jefferson Blvd.

The station is within walking distance to the following attractions:

Station layout

The station has "near-side" platforms: this means that the platforms are positioned on opposite sides of the intersection, and trains always stop at the platform before crossing the intersection.

Platform
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 Westbound ← Expo Line Expo Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Farmdale)
Platform 1 Eastbound → Expo Line Expo Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Expo/Western) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

The station's art was created by artist Willie Robert Middlebrook Jr. The untitled installation uses manipulated photographs to depict the diverse population in interaction with the earth and the environment.[2]

Crenshaw/LAX Line

Main article: Crenshaw/LAX Line

This station will become a Metro Rail transfer hub station when the Crenshaw/LAX Line service begins in 2019. Metro staff has ruled out an actual at-grade junction between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Expo Line, stating that it is operationally not feasible. (Such a junction would result in three lines—the Crenshaw, Expo and the Blue Lines—sharing the single pair of tracks on Flower Street leading into Downtown L.A., putting those tracks well above their capacity.) Instead, a light rail subway station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line is being constructed under Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Rodeo Road (which is currently being planned, in the future, to allow for a possible extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Line north through an Purple Line station and allowing for the possibility of an extension to connect and terminate at the Red Line stations by ways of the Fairfax, West Hollywood, and Hollywood districts.[3]

History

Originally a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric railroads, it closed on September 30, 1953 with closure of the Santa Monica Air Line and remained out of service until re-opening on Saturday, April 28, 2012. It was completely rebuilt for the opening of the Expo Line from little more than a station stop marker. Regular scheduled service resumed Monday, April 30, 2012.

Station Photos

References

  1. ↑ "Expo - Phase 1 - Overview". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Expo - Expo Art Program". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Crenshaw Transit Corridor Project Final Feasibility Study - Wilshire/La Brea Transit Extension" (pdf). Metro (LACMTA). May 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-23.

External links

Media related to Expo / Crenshaw (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons

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