Vermont/Sunset station

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Vermont/Sunset
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Vermont/Sunset station platform
General information
Location1500 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°05′54″N118°17′30″W / 34.0983°N 118.2917°W / 34.0983; -118.2917
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilities Metro Bike Share station [1] and lockers [2]
ArchitectDiedrich Architects and Michael Davies
History
OpenedJune 12, 1999 (1999-06-12)
Passengers
FY 20242,168 (avg. wkdy boardings) [3]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Hollywood/​Western B Line Vermont/​Santa Monica
Location
Vermont/Sunset station

Vermont/Sunset station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Vermont Avenue at its intersection with Sunset Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Little Armenia neighborhoods of East Hollywood in Los Angeles.

Contents

The intersection of Vermont and Sunset is home to three major area hospitals: Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. [4]

The station also provides elevator access outside Kaiser Permanente, directly adjacent to and across the street from the main subway station entrance.

Service

Station layout

Vermont/Sunset is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a simple island platform with two tracks.

Hours and frequency

B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. Trains operate every 12 minutes during peak hours. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes. [5]

Connections

As of September 10,2023, the following connections are available: [6]

Station design

Vermont/Sunset station mezzanine Vermont-Sunset mezzanine 2016.jpg
Vermont/Sunset station mezzanine

Vermont/Sunset, like many of the B Line stations, was designed by an artist/architect team. For this station, artist Michael Davies collaborated with the architectural firm Diedrich Architects. Their design features iconography that is commonly shared by astronomy and medicine, a nod to the hospitals surrounding the station and the nearby Griffith Park Observatory. The station floor and walls are inlaid with patterns of celestial orbits and microscopic images of life forms. Overhead a star chart maps the earth's placement in the universe. The building that houses the elevator at street level is domed, echoing the design of the observatory. [7]

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