Westwood/Rancho Park station

Westwood/Rancho Park  Expo Line 

The platform at Westwood/Rancho Park looking eastbound
Location 2594 Westwood Boulevard
Coordinates 34°02′12″N 118°25′33″W / 34.0368°N 118.4258°W / 34.0368; -118.4258Coordinates: 34°02′12″N 118°25′33″W / 34.0368°N 118.4258°W / 34.0368; -118.4258
Owned by Metro
Platforms 1 center platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking None[1]
Bicycle facilities TBD
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened October 17, 1875
Rebuilt May 20, 2016
Previous names Talamantes
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
Expo Line
  Former services  
Pacific Electric
Air Line

Westwood/Rancho Park (formerly Talamantes) is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard in the Rancho Park neighborhood of West Los Angeles. It serves the Expo Line.[2]

Although opponents filed a lawsuit to halt construction, they were ultimately unsuccessful in their efforts (see Opposition section, below).

Location and design

Platform Westbound ← Expo Line Expo Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Expo/Sepulveda)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → Expo Line Expo Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Palms) →

Westwood/Rancho Park Station is located at Exposition Boulevard just east of Westwood Boulevard, between Westwood Boulevard and Overland Avenue.[3] This station is located in Rancho Park, an affluent single-family neighborhood south of Westwood and southwest of Century City. The station location is a short walk from the Westside Pavilion shopping mall.

The final environmental impact report included 170 surface parking spaces at this station, with an option to remove all parking for transit users (20 parking spaces would be provided for local residents only). In March 2011, the Expo Board approved the no-parking option. Sepulveda station, less than one mile away, has a parking lot.

Opposition

In the Final EIR, Metro staff recommended routing the Expo Line along the Exposition Right-Of-Way through Rancho Park (which includes Westwood Station), at-grade. During the EIR process, a group of neighbors known as Neighbors For Smart Rail (NFSR) organized to oppose at-grade light rail through this ROW.[4] The group claims that this design will be dangerous if built as specified, and that Metro failed to comply with environmental law. Metro publicly disputed these claims,[5] as did several groups supporting the current design.[6][7][8]

On 5 March 2010, NFSR filed a lawsuit to halt construction of Expo Phase 2.[9] This lawsuit was dismissed by the Superior Court of the State of California on February 22, 2011.[10]

Bus connections

References

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