17th Street/SMC station

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17th St/SMC
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17th Street/SMC station platform in 2016
General information
Location1701 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, California
Coordinates 34°01′25″N118°28′47″W / 34.0237°N 118.4797°W / 34.0237; -118.4797
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Big Blue Bus
Construction
Parking70 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Metro Bike Share station, [2] racks and lockers [3]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 17, 1875;148 years ago (October 17, 1875)
RebuiltMay 20, 2016;7 years ago (May 20, 2016)
Previous names Sunset
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Downtown Santa Monica
Terminus
 E Line 26th Street/Bergamot
toward Atlantic
Location
17th Street/SMC station

17th Street/SMC station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system located near the intersection of 17th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is served by the E Line. [4]

Contents

History

The interurban Santa Monica Air Line ran south of Colorado on a private right-of-way in this area. While the E Line follows the Air Line's right-of-way for much of its route, the line and its stations in this area were moved to the median of Colorado Boulevard per a request from the City of Santa Monica during its design phase.

Service

Station layout

Westbound← LACMTA Circle E Line.svg E Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Terminus)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound LACMTA Circle E Line.svg E Line toward Atlantic (26th Street/Bergamot) →

The station is located in the Midtown District of Santa Monica, in the center of Colorado Avenue west of 17th Street, adjacent to Memorial Park: the City of Santa Monica refers to this station area as the "Memorial Park Neighborhood Transit Village". [5] It is three blocks from Santa Monica College.

The east end of the station is at 17th Street and the west end of the station is mid-block between 15th and 16th Streets with entrances at either end. Parking and an off-street bus stop is located just south of Colorado between 16th and 17th Streets. [6]

Hours and frequency

E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [7]

Connections

As of December 10,2023, the following connections are available: [8] [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share . 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ ".:: Expo Line::". Archived from the original on August 12, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
  5. ↑ "2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE)". Archived from the original on March 5, 2012. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  8. ↑ "E Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . December 10, 2023. p. 1. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Little Blue Book" (PDF). Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica). December 17, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
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