Vernon station

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Vernon
LACMTA Circle A Line.svg  
HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Vernon, Platform View.jpg
Vernon station platform
General information
Location4421 Long Beach Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°00′13″N118°14′36″W / 34.0037°N 118.2432°W / 34.0037; -118.2432
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990;33 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltNovember 2, 2019 [1]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Washington A Line Slauson
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station PE Bolt.svg Pacific Electric Following station
Slauson Junction
towards Morgan Avenue
Long Beach Pacific Electric Building
Terminus
Slauson Junction
towards Balboa
Balboa
Slauson Junction
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Dominguez
San Pedro via Gardena
Slauson Junction Santa Ana
Slauson Junction
towards Clifton
Redondo Beach via Gardena
Slauson Junction
towards El Segundo
Hawthorne–El Segundo
Slauson Junction
towards Whittier
Whittier
Slauson Junction
towards Fullerton
Fullerton
Slauson Junction
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Dominguez
Slauson Junction
towards Yorba Linda
La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda
47th Street
towards Watts
Watts
Local
40th Street
Preceding station Los Angeles Railway Following station
Vernon and Morgan V Vernon and Alameda
Location
Vernon station

Vernon station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway, and shared with the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision) at its intersection with Vernon Avenue, in South Los Angeles, one-quarter mile (0.4 km) from the border with Vernon, California. [2]

Contents

Prior to the construction of the A Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric. All lines from the Southern District, including the Long Beach, Watts, Whittier and San Pedro lines, stopped at Vernon Avenue, which was also a crossing with the Los Angeles Railway's V line. [3]

Service

Station layout

Northbound LACMTA Circle A Line.svg A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Washington)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound LACMTA Circle A Line.svg A Line toward Long Beach (Slauson)

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. [4]

Connections

As of April 9,2023, the following connections are available: [5]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

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References

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  5. "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.