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Other names | Expo/La Brea/Ethel Bradley | ||||||||||||
Location | 5060 West Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°01′29″N118°21′19″W / 34.0248°N 118.3552°W | ||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers [1] | ||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
Opened | October 17, 1875 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | April 28, 2012 | ||||||||||||
Previous names | Airville | ||||||||||||
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Expo/La Brea station is an elevated light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located over the intersection of Exposition Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, after which the station is named, in the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles. [2]
The official name of the station changed to Expo/La Brea/Ethel Bradley on October 10, 2015, in honor of Ethel Bradley, the wife of former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley.
Originally a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric railroads, it closed on September 30, 1953, with the 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.
Platform | Westbound | ← E Line toward Santa Monica (La Cienega/Jefferson) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | E Line toward Atlantic (Farmdale) → | |
G | Street Level | Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines |
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. [3]
As of December 10,2023 [update] , the following connections are available: [4]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
The station's art was created by artist Jose Lozano. Entitled LA Metro Lotería, the installation depicts scenes related to using LA's Metro system in the style of a Lotería card game. [5]
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