Expo/Crenshaw station
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 Metro Expo Line heading westbound to Culver City Station leaves Expo/Crenshaw Station. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 3428 Exposition Boulevard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | 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 Ave) station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, located at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard, in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Expo Line.[1]
Service
Metro Rail service
Expo Line service hours are approximately from 4 AM to 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 or Jefferson Blvd.
The station is within walking distance to the following attractions:
- West Angeles Cathedral
- District Square outdoor entertainment center (future)
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.
| Westbound | ■ Expo Line | toward Culver City (Farmdale) |
| Eastbound | ■ Expo Line | toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Expo/Western) |
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.[2]
Crenshaw/LAX Line
This station will become a Metro Rail transfer station when the Crenshaw/LAX Line service begins in 2019. Metro staff has ruled out an actual at-grade junction between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Expo Line, stating that it is operationally not feasible. (Such a junction would result in three lines—the Crenshaw, Expo and the Blue Lines—sharing the single pair of tracks on Flower Street leading into Downtown L.A., putting those tracks well above their capacity.) Instead, a light rail subway station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line is being constructed under Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Rodeo Road (which, in the future, will also allow for a possible extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Line north to the Purple Line, and allowing for the possibility of a second extension to terminate at the Red Line, by ways of the Fairfax, West Hollywood, and Hollywood districts.[3]
History
Originally a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric railroads, it closed on September 30, 1953 with closure of the Santa Monica Air Line and remained out of service 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.
Station Photos
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Westbound platform. -
Expo Line right of way.
References
- ^ "Expo - Phase 1 - Overview". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
- ^ "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
Media related to Expo / Crenshaw (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
- Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City
