Vermont/Santa Monica station

Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line 
Location 1015 North Vermont Avenue
Coordinates 34°05′25″N 118°17′31″W / 34.0903°N 118.2919°W / 34.0903; -118.2919
Owned by Metro
Line(s) Red Line Red Line 
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking none
Bicycle facilities 18 rack spaces
2 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status in service
History
Opened June 12, 1999
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
Red Line

Vermont/Santa Monica (sometimes called Vermont/Santa Monica/L.A. City College) is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line.[1]

Vermont/Santa Monica has two entrances on Vermont Avenue, a north entrance and a south entrance. The north entrance faces Santa Monica Blvd. The south entrance, near Lockwood Avenue, is adjacent to Los Angeles City College and three blocks from Braille Institute.

Station layout

Street Street level Exit/Entrance
Mezzanine North Mezzanine Vermont/Santa Monica Exit
Faregates, ticket machines
South Mezzanine L.A. City College Exit (Vermont/Willow Brook)
Faregates, ticket machines
Platform Northbound Red Line Red Line  toward North Hollywood (Vermont/Sunset)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound Red Line Red Line  toward Union Station (Vermont/Beverly)

The station was designed by the firm of Ellerbe Becket, which received a progressive architecture award for the design. The station design was created as a series of layers, each of which was unique to its purpose. The most prominent element of the design is the almond shaped structure over the entrance to the station. The almond shape is repeated in an almond shaped balcony overlooking the station. The cost of the station was US$40.5 million.[2]

Metro Rail service

Red Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]

Bus connections

Metro services

Other local services

References

The entrance of the station with the sign pillar design of 2003-2014.
  1. "Red Line station information".
  2. "Metro Red-Line Station". Progressive Architecture 73 (1): 68. January 1992.
  3. "Red/Purple Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.

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