Downtown Inglewood station
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 Downtown Inglewood station platform | |||||||||||
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| Location | 321 East Florence Avenue Inglewood, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°58′01″N 118°21′05″W / 33.966996°N 118.351389°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | 6 racks, 8 lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 7, 2022[1] | ||||||||||
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Downtown Inglewood station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Florence Avenue between Market and Locust Streets in the central business district of the city of Inglewood, California.
The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on September 10, 2022.[2]
The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kenturah Davis.[3]
During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located in Inglewood including opening and closing ceremonies and soccer games at SoFi Stadium, Archery at Rivers Lake, and Gymnastics at Kia Forum.[4]
Service
Station layout
Template:LACMTA Platform Layout K Line Surface Island
Hours and frequency
K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day. Night and early morning weekend service is every 20 minutes.[5]
Connections
As of October 7, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[6]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 40, 111, 211, 212, 215
- Torrance Transit: 10X (NFL game days only)
- SoFi Stadium Shuttle (service to home games at SoFi Stadium)
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Centinela Park, including the Aguaje de Centinela monuments
- Helen Lundeberg’s massive WPA-era History of Transportation petrochrome mosaic mural at Grevillea Art Park
- Inglewood City Hall
- Inglewood Post Office, a WPA Moderne-style building with a New Deal sculpture, Archibald Garner’s “Centinela Springs” mahogany carving, and the bas relief “Buffalo, Bear, Ram, Lion” (Newell & Peticolas) on the exterior, created 1937[7]
- Inglewood Public Library (at Inglewood City Hall), with its substantial collection of framed original children’s book illustrations[citation needed]
- Inglewood Courthouse
- Market Street
Downtown Inglewood station and nearby Fairview Heights station are both within walking distance of the following sporting venues:
- Hollywood Park Casino, originally part of Hollywood Park Racetrack (1938–2013), still offers off-track betting on horse races
- Kia Forum, commonly known as the Forum
- SoFi Stadium
People mover
The Inglewood Transit Connector is a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) automated guideway transit line planned to be built by the City of Inglewood. A new elevated station will be constructed nearby and will act as the northern terminus of the line, which will serve a station at the Forum and a station at Hollywood Park (connecting to SoFi Stadium, the Hollywood Park Casino and Intuit Dome).[8]
References
- ^ a b Patel, Tine (October 7, 2022). "LA Metro's new K Line opens today". CBS. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ Scauzillo, Steve (September 10, 2022). "Photos: Downtown Inglewood Station – Metro's sixth K-Line train hub – is dedicated". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
- ^ Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Games Plan". 2028 Summer Olympics. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
- ^ "Metro K Line schedule". May 19, 2024. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "K Line – FAQs". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
- ^ Gnerre, Sam (September 26, 2022). "South Bay history: WPA art works have enlivened the Inglewood post office since the 1930s". Daily Breeze. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
- ^ Austin, Paige (January 28, 2016). "South Bay to Inglewood NFL Stadium Rail Line in the Works". Redondo Beach Patch. Retrieved February 1, 2016.
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