Vernon (Los Angeles Metro station)
Vernon | |||||||||||
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 Vernon station. | |||||||||||
| Location | 4421 Long Beach Avenue | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°00′13″N 118°14′36″W / 34.0037°N 118.2432°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Blue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 center platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | none | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | none | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | in service | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||
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Vernon is a station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line. [1]
It has an island platform in the center media of Long Beach Avenue near the intersection of Vernon Avenue in the city of Los Angeles near the border with Vernon.
Prior to the construction of the Blue Line. Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. All lines from the Southern District, including the Long Beach, Watts, Whittier and San Pedro lines, stopped at Vernon Avenue, which was also a crossing with the Los Angeles Railway's V line.[2]
Station layout
| Southbound | ■Blue Line | toward Downtown Long Beach (Slauson) |
| Northbound | ■Blue Line | toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Washington) |
Service
Metro Rail service
Blue Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]
Bus connections
- Metro Local: 105, 611
- Metro Rapid: 705
- LADOT DASH: Pueblo Del Rio, Southeast
Neighborhood and destinations
- Jefferson High School
- Fred Roberts Park
- Ross Snyder Recreation Center
- Alameda Swap Meet
References
- ↑ "Blue Line station information" (PDF).
- ↑ "Pacific Electric Watts Line". Eagle Rock Historical Association.
- ↑ "Blue Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
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