Artesia station

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Artesia
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Artesia station platform
General information
Location19201⁄2 Acacia Avenue
Compton, California
Coordinates 33°52′36″N118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking380 spaces [1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990;34 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltJune 1, 2019 [2]
Previous namesDominguez (Pacific Electric)
Passengers
FY 20241,554 (avg. wkdy boardings) [3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Compton
toward Azusa
A Line Del Amo
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Dominguez Junction
towards Morgan Avenue
Long Beach Compton
towards Pacific Electric Building
Dominguez Junction
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Dominguez
Location
Artesia station

Artesia station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Artesia Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California. [4]

Contents

Artesia is a park and ride station with 380 parking spaces. The station is near the southern border of Compton, California near the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez. It is on Artesia Boulevard near the intersection of Alameda Street. It is also close to the Gardena Freeway (SR 91).

A June 7, 2012, editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as,"extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and,"a Third World train station." [5]

Service

Hours and frequency

A 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 to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [6]

Connections

As of December 15,2024, the following connections are available: [7]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References

  1. ↑ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV . City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  3. ↑ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  4. ↑ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro . Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  5. ↑ Tobar, Hector (June 7, 2012). "Transit that serves all requires some to sacrifice". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. ↑ "A Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 15, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 15, 2024. p. 2. Retrieved January 1, 2025.


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