Harbor Freeway station

Harbor Fwy
Harbor Fwy
	A C Line train stops at the upper level of Harbor Freeway station
General information
Location	11500 South Figueroa Street ; Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	33°55′43″N118°16′51″W / 33.9287°N 118.2808°W
Owned by	California Department of Transportation
Operated by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform (C Line); 1 island platform (J Line)
Tracks	2 freeway median, elevated (C Line)
Connections	See service section
Construction
Structure type	Freeway median; Elevated (C Line); At-grade (J Line)
Parking	253 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Racks
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 12, 1995 (C Line); August 1, 1996 (Harbor Transitway)
Previous names	Harbor Freeway/I-105
Services
Future services
Former services
Location

Last updated January 05, 2024

Harbor Freeway station (formerly Harbor Freeway/I-105 station) is a transport hub located on the Harbor Transitway, within the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange of Interstate 105 and Interstate 110 near Figueroa Street in the neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The station is served by the light rail C Line, the bus rapid transit J Line and other bus services. The station is owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

Service

Station layout

The station has three levels: the upper level provides access to the C Line, the middle level has the connections to local bus services and the 253 space park and ride lot, and the lower level provides access to the J Line and other express buses operating on the Harbor Transitway. It is located near the Athens district of Los Angeles.^[4]

Upper Level	Westbound	← C Line toward Redondo Beach (Vermont/Athens)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ C Line toward Norwalk (Avalon) →
G	Street level mezzanine	Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines, park and ride lot
Lower Level	Southbound	→ J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Rosecrans) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← J Line toward El Monte (Manchester)

Hours and frequency

C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day. Night and early morning weekend service is every 20 minutes.^[5]

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.^[6]

Other Harbor Transitway services

These routes stop at the same boarding platforms of the Metro J Line at the freeway level:^[7]

Los Angeles Metro Bus: Express 550 (weekday rush-hour only)
Dodger Stadium Express (home games during baseball season only)
GTrans (Gardena): 1X (weekdays)
LADOT Commuter Express: 448 (weekday rush-hour only)
Torrance Transit: 4X

Connections

These non-Harbor Transitway routes stop on the west side of Figueroa Street:

Los Angeles Metro Bus: 45, 81, 120, 127
GTrans (Gardena): 1X (weekends)
Torrance Transit: 1

Freeway noise issues

Due to the upper platform's location within a freeway medium and in the interchange of two of Los Angeles' busiest freeways, it has received criticism for subjecting C-train riders to significant amounts of highway traffic noise and has been cited as a notable example of hostile transit infrastructure.^[8]

History

The site is approximately the former Forest (later South Los Angeles) station on the San Pedro via Gardena Line of the Pacific Electric. It was also the southern terminus of the Los Angeles Railway 7 Line, allowing interchanges between the two systems. Pacific Electric service ended in 1940, while the 7 Line ran until 1955.

Incident

On February 22, 2012, a drunk driver on the Harbor Freeway mistakenly entered the bus-only station area of the Harbor Freeway station. The driver, 51-year-old Stephen L. Lubin of Sun Valley, was traveling 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) in his 2009 Honda Fit (15 mph (24 km/h) over the freeway's posted speed limit) as he entered the station and encountered a bus stopped at the platform. Lubin swerved to avoid hitting the bus and drove onto the station platform where he hit seven people, critically injuring six, before slamming into a pole on the platform.^[9]

After the crash, Metro's CEO Art Leahy asked Metro's safety committee staff to review the layout of busway stations and safety signage on the roadways leading into the station areas.^[10] As a result of that investigation, Metro added concrete-filled metal bollards to all stations on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway to prevent vehicles from entering the platform and additional markings were added on roadways leading into stations.^[11]

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References

↑ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Metro.net. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
↑ Radcliffe, Jim (June 27, 1996). "Harbor Transitway opens, reducing congestion – Impact felt during evening commute". Daily Breeze . p. A3.
↑ Allah, Salaam (March 12, 2005). "Image showing Harbor Freeway/I-105 sign". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "Green Line station information". Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
↑ "Metro C Line schedule". December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
↑ "Metro's Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud". Streetsblog Los Angeles. August 6, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
↑ William-Ross, Lindsay (February 24, 2012). "Driver Who Plowed Into Crowded Bus Platform Failed His Sobriety Test". LAist. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
↑ "Probe ordered into crash that injured 7 at 110 Freeway bus stop". Los Angeles Times . February 23, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
↑ "Harbor Freeway Metro Silver Line Station platform improvements" (PDF). April 20, 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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[1] "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Metro.net. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.

[2] Radcliffe, Jim (June 27, 1996). "Harbor Transitway opens, reducing congestion – Impact felt during evening commute". Daily Breeze . p. A3.

[3] Allah, Salaam (March 12, 2005). "Image showing Harbor Freeway/I-105 sign". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[4] "Green Line station information". Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.

[5] "Metro C Line schedule". December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[J_Line_timetable-6] "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[7] "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.

[8] "Metro's Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud". Streetsblog Los Angeles. August 6, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[9] William-Ross, Lindsay (February 24, 2012). "Driver Who Plowed Into Crowded Bus Platform Failed His Sobriety Test". LAist. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

[10] "Probe ordered into crash that injured 7 at 110 Freeway bus stop". Los Angeles Times . February 23, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2020.

[11] "Harbor Freeway Metro Silver Line Station platform improvements" (PDF). April 20, 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

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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.