Patsaouras Transit Plaza

Patsaouras Transit Plaza
The transit plaza and Union Station east portal
General information
Location	801 N. Vignes Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 United States
Coordinates	34°03′19″N 118°13′59″W
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	Multi-bay island platform
Bus stands	9
Connections	Union Station (trains)
Construction
Parking	3,000 park & ride spaces ($6 a day)
Bicycle facilities	24 bike rack spaces 20 locker spaces
Accessible	Yes

Patsaouras Transit Plaza is a bus station located on the east side of Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and near the El Monte Busway. The Transit Plaza was originally named the Gateway Transit Plaza, but was named after Nick Patsaouras, former RTD board member who was an advocate for public transportation.

The MTA Building is located at the northern end of the plaza.

Services

Metro and municipal buses

• Metro Local
• Metro Rapid
• Metro Express
• Antelope Valley Transit Authority
• City of Santa Clarita Transit
• Foothill Transit
• LADOT Commuter Express
• LADOT DASH
• Orange County Transportation Authority
• University of Southern California shuttles
• Mount St. Mary's College shuttles
• City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines
• Hollywood Bowl shuttle

Several other services' bus stops are located near the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:

Vignes Street entrance to transit plaza

• Big Blue Bus
• Torrance Transit
• Silver Line
• Silver Streak

LAX FlyAway

FlyAway coach at the Patsaouras Transit Plaza.

LAX FlyAway service is offered between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. FlyAway buses run every 30 minutes between 5 am and 1 am and on the hour between 1 am and 5 am. Tickets are sold from a ticket kiosk at the southwest corner of the island platform.

Long-distance motorcoach

Megabus provides several routes from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:

• M10 to Las Vegas
• M11 to San Francisco via Oakland
• M12 to San Francisco via San Jose

BoltBus also operates long-distance motorcoach routes from Union Station. They do not use the plaza itself, but stop at a curb on the west side of the station.

Future expansion

Bus stop at El Monte Busway entrance & Alameda Street.

A new transitway station for the Metro Silver Line and other transit buses operating on the El Monte Busway is being built to the south of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza in the median of the El Monte Busway funded by tolls collected as a part of the Metro ExpressLanes project. It will allow buses travelling in both directions on the busway to serve the Union station with a minimum of delay for passengers for other destinations. When completed a bridge will allow passengers to walk directly from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza to the busway station, eliminating a long, convoluted walk across the Union Station property to the current stop located on the El Monte Busway at Alameda.

The station was originally expected to be completed in June 2014, but because all bids came in over budget, they were cancelled. Metro then expected construction to be completed in late 2016, but as of October 2015 the project was delayed with no start scheduled.