Florence station (Los Angeles Metro)

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Florence
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Florence station platform
General information
Location7225 Graham Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 33°58′29″N118°14′35″W / 33.9748°N 118.2430°W / 33.9748; -118.2430
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking100 spaces [1]
Bicycle facilities Racks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990;34 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltNovember 2, 2019 [2]
Passengers
FY 20242,373 (avg. wkdy boardings) [3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Slauson
toward Azusa
A Line Firestone
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Nadeau
towards Morgan Avenue
Long Beach Florencita Park
Nadeau Santa Ana
Nadeau
towards Clifton
Redondo Beach via Gardena
Ionia
towards Watts
Watts
Local
Location
Florence station (Los Angeles Metro)

Florence 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 Florence Avenue, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhood of Florence. [4]

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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. [5]

Connections

As of April 9,2023, the following connections are available: [6]

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