Compton (Los Angeles Metro station)

Compton
   
Los Angeles Metro rapid transit station
Location
City Compton
Address 275 Willowbrook Avenue
Metro Rail / BRT Services
Metro Rail  Blue Line 
Station Design
Structure
LRT, at-grade
1 center platform
2 tracks
Entrance(s) Compton/Willowbrook N median
Fare Gates no
Accessible
Parking 40 spaces
Bicycle Facilities 6 bike rack spaces
Miscellaneous
Owned by Metro (LACMTA)
Status in service
Date Opened July 14, 1990
Connecting Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
toward
Transit Mall
Long Beach
 Blue Line
toward
7th/Metro
Los Angeles

Compton is a station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line.[1] It has an island platform, and is located in the median of Willowbrook Avenue at Compton Boulevard roughly in the center of Compton, California. The station is located adjacent to the Renassiance Center Shopping Center.

Contents

Service

Metro Rail service

Blue Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[2]

Bus connections

Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center =

Beginning Sunday, May 8, 2011 Metro customers will be able to use the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to the Metro Blue Line Compton Station. The new transit center will have eight new bus bays and will allow easy and safe access to the rail station. Metro Bus lines 51, 125, 127 and 128 will stop at this facility. Metro Bus Line 60 will stop in the early morning hours when the Metro Blue Line is not in service.

Neighborhood and destinations

References

  1. ^ "Blue Line station information". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Blue Line timetable". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/801.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 

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