103rd Street/Watts Towers station
103rd Street/Watts Towers  | |||||||||||
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 The 103rd Street-Watts Towers station in November 2015. | |||||||||||
| Location | 10100 Grandee Avenue, Los Angeles | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°56′34″N 118°14′36″W / 33.9427°N 118.2432°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Blue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 center platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Parking | 62 spaces | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | none | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | in service | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1904 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Watts Station | ||||||||||
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103rd Street/Watts Towers is an at grade light rail station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line.[1]
The station has an island platform on the Blue Line right-of-way adjacent to Grandee Avenue near the intersection of 103rd Street roughly in the center of Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the Watts Station, which historically served the Watts, Long Beach, and San Pedro lines of the Pacific Electric Railway.
Station layout
| Southbound | ■ Blue Line | toward Downtown Long Beach (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks) |
| Northbound | ■ Blue Line | toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Firestone) |
Service
The LA Metro station, adjacent to the historic Watts Station
Metro Rail service
Blue Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 am until 12:45 am daily.[2]
Bus connections
- Metro Local: 117, 254, 305, 612
- LADOT DASH: Watts
Neighborhood and destinations
- Good Shepherd Convalescent Hospital
- Watts Towers
- Watts Station - former "Red Car" station listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Watts Senior Center
- Verbum Dei High School
- Jordan High School
References
- ↑ "Blue Line station information" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ↑ "Blue Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
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