Expo/Crenshaw station
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 Metro Expo Line heading westbound to Culver City Station leaves Expo/Crenshaw Station. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 3428 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°01′21″N 118°20′06″W / 34.0225°N 118.3350°WCoordinates: 34°01′21″N 118°20′06″W / 34.0225°N 118.3350°W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms |
2 side platforms (Expo Line) 1 center platform (Crenshaw/LAX Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |
Metro Local: 210 Metro Rapid: 710, 740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 450 nearby free spaces (independent) Monday-Saturday, excluding Sunday | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 10 bike racks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | in service | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 17, 1875 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | April 28, 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | 11th Ave | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Expo/Crenshaw (formerly 11th Avenue) is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard.
The station is served by the Expo Line and soon the Crenshaw/LAX Line.[1]
Service
Metro Rail service
Expo Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 12:30 AM daily. Metro Rail service at the station opened on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Regular scheduled service began on Monday, April 30, 2012.
Location and design
Expo/Crenshaw station is located on the busy Crenshaw Boulevard, a major L.A. thoroughfare. It is also a short walk to either Rodeo Road (soon Obama Boulevard) [2] or Jefferson Blvd.
The station is within walking distance to the following:
- West Angeles Cathedral
- District Square outdoor multi-level retail center (planned)[3]
- Crenshaw Gardens (under construction)[4]
- OneUnited Bank office building
Station layout
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.
| G | ||
| Platform 2 (Westbound) | ← Expo Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Farmdale) | |
| Platform 1 (Eastbound) | → Expo Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Expo/Western) → | |
| Ticket machines | ||
| B1 | Faregates, Ticket machines | |
| B2 | Platform 4 (Southbound) | Crenshaw/LAX Line (under construction) toward Redondo Beach (Martin Luther King Jr.) → ← Crenshaw/LAX Line (planned) northern extension |
| Platform 3 (Southbound) | Crenshaw/LAX Line (under construction) toward Redondo Beach (Martin Luther King Jr.) → | |
The station's art was created by artist Willie Robert Middlebrook Jr. The untitled installation uses manipulated photographs to depict the diverse population in interaction with the earth and the environment.[5]
History
Originally a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric Trolley Line, it was closed on September 30, 1953 with closure of the Santa Monica Air Line and remained out of service and eventually dismantled, until re-opening on Saturday, April 28, 2012. It was completely rebuilt for the opening of the Expo Line from little more than a station stop marker. Regular scheduled service resumed Monday, April 30, 2012.
Crenshaw/LAX Line
The station will become a transfer station when the Crenshaw/LAX Line service begins in 2019. The Metro staff board has ruled out an actual at-grade junction station between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Expo Line, stating that it is operationally not feasible. (Such a junction would result in three rail lines—the Crenshaw, Expo and the Blue Lines—sharing the single pair of tracks on Flower Street leading into 7th Street/Metro Center station, putting those tracks well above their capacity limit and causing delays.) Instead, a light rail subway station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line is being constructed under Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Rodeo Road, which is currently being planned, in the future, to allow for a possible extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Line north through a Purple Line station and allowing for the possibility of an extension to connect and terminate at the Red Line's Hollywood/Highland station by way of the Hollywood district.[6]
References
- ↑ "Expo - Phase 1 - Overview". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ↑ "LA City Council green lines south la street name change". nbclosangeles.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
- ↑ "A First Glimpse of the District Square Development". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ↑ "Crenshaw Gardens". www.urbanize LA.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
- ↑ "Expo - Expo Art Program". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ↑ "Crenshaw Transit Corridor Project Final Feasibility Study - Wilshire/La Brea Transit Extension" (pdf). Metro (LACMTA). May 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Expo/Crenshaw (Los Angeles Metro station). |
- Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
- Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City
| Under construction | |
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