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The proposed Farmdale Station, looking southwest toward the station and Dorsey High. |
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| City | Los Angeles | |||
| Neighborhood | Jefferson Park | |||
| Address | 4523 W Exposition Boulevard | |||
| Metro Rail / BRT Services | ||||
| Future | Expo Line | |||
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| Entrance(s) | Exposition/Farmdale SW corner Exposition/Farmdale E median |
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| Fare Gates | no | |||
| Accessible | ||||
| Parking | TBD | |||
| Bicycle Facilities | TBD | |||
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| Owned by | Metro (LACMTA) | |||
| Former name(s) | Cienega | |||
| Status | under construction | |||
| Date Opened | October 17, 1875 | |||
| Date Closed | September 30, 1953 | |||
| Date Rebuilt | March, 2012 (anticipated) | |||
Farmdale Station is a future at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located at the intersection of Farmdale Avenue and Exposition Boulevard, between the neighborhoods of Baldwin Village and Jefferson Park, in Los Angeles. When it is completed, it will be served by the Expo Line.[1]
This station is currently under construction as part of Expo Phase 1. Construction of the station will cost approximately $18.7 million, which was added to the budget as a safety enhancement.[2] The station is expected to open in March 2012.[3]
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Note: Expo Line service to this station is anticipated to begin no earlier than March 2012.
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The location for the proposed station at Farmdale is in a residential neighborhood in Los Angeles' Jefferson Park district. It is directly adjacent to Dorsey High School, and is within walking distance of the Rancho Cienega Sports Complex.[4]
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. Now that the station has been officially approved, final details of this station's design, including artwork, are forthcoming.
In the Expo Phase 1 project's Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), the Expo Authority recommended (and the Metro Board approved) an at-grade crossing at Farmdale Avenue. Some members of the community, as well as the LAUSD, objected to the at-grade crossing, citing safety concerns for students of Dorsey High School (which is adjacent to the crossing). On 20 February 2009, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) denied the Expo Authority's request for an at-grade crossing. In response, on 29 July 2009, the Expo Authority proposed four alternatives to grade separation. One of these proposals, a station at Farmdale,[5] was reviewed by the assigned Administrative Law Judge of the CPUC. In her written decision dated 22 March 2010, the judge ruled that the Farmdale Station could be added to the project by including a CPUC-approved Addendum to the Final EIR, without having to redo the entire project's EIR. The final decision to authorize the grade crossing (and thus, construction of Farmdale Station) was made by the commission on 29 July 2010.[6]
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