Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station

Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill
Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill
	Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station platform
General information
Location	211 South Hope Street; Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′18″N118°15′07″W / 34.054997°N 118.251996°W
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	City of Commerce Transit ; Foothill Transit ; LADOT DASH ; Los Angeles Metro Bus ;
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	120 feet (37 m)
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	Metro Bike Share station, racks, lockers
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 16, 2023;8 months ago
Previous names	2nd Place/Hope
Services
Location

Last updated March 15, 2024

Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill station is an underground light rail station on the A and E lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station also has street level stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The station is located under the intersection of 2nd Place and Hope Street, near the Grand Avenue Arts district and in the Bunker Hill neighborhood of Downtown Los Angeles, after which the station is named.^[2] In planning documents, the station was originally referred to as 2nd Place/Hope.^[3]

Service

Station layout

The station is connected to The Broad, and to Grand Avenue, by a pedestrian bridge.^[4] The platforms are located 100 feet (30 m) below surface level, making Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill the deepest station on the Metro Rail network.^[5] The station has six high speed elevators from the upper plaza to concourse.

BR	Bridge level plaza	Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines, bridge to The Broad and Grand Av
	Olive/Kosciuszko (Northbound)	← J Line toward El Monte (Civic Center/Grand Park)
	Grand/3rd (Southbound)	→ J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Pershing Square) →
S	Street level plaza	Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines
UA	Upper Ancillary^[6]
C	Concourse	To Entrances/Exits
A	Ancillary^[6]
P Platform level	Northbound/ Eastbound	← A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Historic Broadway) ← E Line toward Atlantic (Historic Broadway)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound/ Westbound	→ A Line toward Long Beach (7th Street/Metro Center) → E Line toward Santa Monica (7th Street/Metro Center) →

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 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]

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.^[8]

J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight.^[9]

Connections

As of June 16,2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[10]

City of Commerce Transit: 600^[11]
Foothill Transit: Silver Streak, 493*, 495*, 497*, 498*, 499*, 699*
LADOT DASH: B
Los Angeles Metro Bus: 53, 55, 60, 62, 70, 76, 78, 90

Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Notable places nearby

The station's name reflects the location within walking distance of museums and arts centers, such as The Broad, Museum of Contemporary Art, the Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Roy & Edna Disney CalArts Theatre (REDCAT), the Music Center, and California Plaza.^[12] Other nearby sites include:^[13]

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References

↑ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share . January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "2nd Pl/Hope St Station". Metro. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
↑ Hymon, Steve (February 23, 2017). "Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors". The Source. Metro. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
↑ "Regional Connector Transit Project 2nd Pl/Hope St Station: Pedestrian Bridge Option Fact Sheet" (PDF). Metro. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
↑ "L.A. Regional Connector project reaches construction milestone". Progressive Railroading. May 4, 2022. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
1 2 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [@metrolosangeles] (June 20, 2023). "Br = Pedestrian Bridge to Grand Ave S = Street level 2nd/Hope C = Concourse, ie Trains 🧐 A = Ancillary (non-public area) UA = Upper Ancillary (non-public area) The station is 100+ feet deep. So we needed elevators to also serve some mechanical stuff behind the scenes" (Tweet). Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Twitter.
↑ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
↑ "City of Commerce Transit System Map". City of Commerce Transit . October 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2023.
↑ Sharp, Steven (June 19, 2023). "Rendering vs. Reality: Regional Connector's Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station". Urbanize LA. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
↑ "Downtown Los Angeles Destination Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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[1] "Station Map". Metro Bike Share . January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[2] "2nd Pl/Hope St Station". Metro. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[3] Hymon, Steve (February 23, 2017). "Actions taken today by the Metro Board of Directors". The Source. Metro. Archived from the original on May 13, 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[4] "Regional Connector Transit Project 2nd Pl/Hope St Station: Pedestrian Bridge Option Fact Sheet" (PDF). Metro. 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 4, 2016. Retrieved May 14, 2017.

[5] "L.A. Regional Connector project reaches construction milestone". Progressive Railroading. May 4, 2022. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved June 7, 2022.

[levels_tweet-6] 1 2 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [@metrolosangeles] (June 20, 2023). "Br = Pedestrian Bridge to Grand Ave S = Street level 2nd/Hope C = Concourse, ie Trains 🧐 A = Ancillary (non-public area) UA = Upper Ancillary (non-public area) The station is 100+ feet deep. So we needed elevators to also serve some mechanical stuff behind the scenes" (Tweet). Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Twitter.

[7] "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[8] "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[J_Line_timetable-9] "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[10] "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

[11] "City of Commerce Transit System Map". City of Commerce Transit . October 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2023.

[12] Sharp, Steven (June 19, 2023). "Rendering vs. Reality: Regional Connector's Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill Station". Urbanize LA. Retrieved June 20, 2023.

[13] "Downtown Los Angeles Destination Guide" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 8, 2023.

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v t e Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway stations
A Line	Pomona–North La Verne San Dimas Glendora APU/Citrus College Azusa Downtown Irwindale Duarte/City of Hope Monrovia Arcadia Sierra Madre Villa Allen Lake Memorial Park Del Mar Fillmore South Pasadena Highland Park Southwest Museum Heritage Square Lincoln/Cypress Chinatown Union Station Little Tokyo/Arts District Historic Broadway Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill 7th Street/Metro Center Pico Grand/LATTC San Pedro Street Washington Vernon Slauson Florence Firestone 103rd Street/Watts Towers Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Compton Artesia Del Amo Wardlow Willow Street Pacific Coast Highway Anaheim Street 5th Street 1st Street Downtown Long Beach Pacific Avenue
B Line	North Hollywood Universal City/Studio City Hollywood/Highland Hollywood/Vine Hollywood/Western Vermont/Sunset Vermont/Santa Monica Vermont/Beverly Wilshire/Vermont Westlake/MacArthur Park 7th Street/Metro Center Pershing Square Civic Center/Grand Park Union Station
C Line	LAX/Metro Transit Center Aviation/Century Redondo Beach Douglas El Segundo Mariposa Aviation/LAX Hawthorne/Lennox Crenshaw Vermont/Athens Harbor Freeway Avalon Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Long Beach Boulevard Lakewood Boulevard Norwalk
D Line	Westwood/VA Hospital Westwood/UCLA Century City/Constellation Wilshire/Rodeo Wilshire/La Cienega Wilshire/Fairfax Wilshire/La Brea Wilshire/Western Wilshire/Normandie Wilshire/Vermont Westlake/MacArthur Park 7th Street/Metro Center Pershing Square Civic Center/Grand Park Union Station
E Line	Downtown Santa Monica 17th Street/SMC 26th Street/Bergamot Expo/Bundy Expo/Sepulveda Westwood/Rancho Park Palms Culver City La Cienega/Jefferson Expo/La Brea Farmdale Expo/Crenshaw Expo/Western Expo/Vermont Expo Park/USC Jefferson/USC LATTC/Ortho Institute Pico 7th Street/Metro Center Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Historic Broadway Little Tokyo/Arts District Pico/Aliso Mariachi Plaza Soto Indiana Maravilla East LA Civic Center Atlantic
G Line	Chatsworth Nordhoff Roscoe Sherman Way Canoga De Soto Pierce College Tampa Reseda Balboa Woodley Sepulveda Van Nuys Woodman Valley College Laurel Canyon/Valley Village North Hollywood
J Line	El Monte Cal State LA Los Angeles General Medical Center Union Station 37th Street/USC Slauson Manchester Harbor Freeway Rosecrans Harbor Gateway Carson Pacific Coast Highway
K Line	Expo/Crenshaw Martin Luther King Jr. Leimert Park Hyde Park Fairview Heights Downtown Inglewood Westchester/Veterans LAX/Metro Transit Center Aviation/Century Mariposa El Segundo Douglas Redondo Beach
List of Metro Rail stations List of Metro Busway stations Italics denote future stations

v t e Mass transit in Los Angeles County
Rail	Metro Rail A Line B Line C Line D Line E Line K Line L Line Metrolink Angels Flight Getty Center Tram Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Coast Starlight Southwest Chief Sunset Limited Texas Eagle Under construction LAX Automated People Mover Planned Inglewood Transit Connector
Bus	Amtrak Thruway Antelope Valley Transit Authority Beach Cities Transit Big Blue Bus Burbank Bus City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines City of Santa Clarita Transit Culver CityBus El Monte Transit Foothill Transit Glendale Beeline GTrans Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT Commuter Express LADOT DASH Long Beach Transit Montebello Bus Lines Monterey Park Spirit Bus Norwalk Transit PVPTA Pasadena Transit Torrance Transit The PickUp
Bus rapid transit	Metro Busway G Line J Line El Monte Busway Harbor Transitway Silver Streak
Airports	Los Angeles International Airport Long Beach Airport Hollywood Burbank Airport
Defunct	CalTrain El Camino Glendale and Montrose Railway Grand Central Airport Los Angeles Railway Mount Lowe Railway Municipal Area Express Pacific Electric RTD Waterfront Red Car