Westchester/Veterans station

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Westchester/Veterans
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Westchester/Veterans station in 2022
General information
Location1040 West Florence Avenue
Inglewood, California
Coordinates 33°57′43″N118°22′28″W / 33.962045°N 118.374354°W / 33.962045; -118.374354
Owned by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Los Angeles Metro Bus
Metro Micro
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedOctober 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) [1]
Previous namesFlorence/Hindry
Passengers
FY 2024565 (avg. wkdy boardings) [2]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Downtown Inglewood
toward Expo/Crenshaw
K Line LAX/Metro Transit Center
toward Redondo Beach
Location
Westchester/Veterans station

Westchester/Veterans station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Florence Avenue near its intersection of Hindry Avenue, located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, but across the street from the city of Inglewood. The station served as the temporary southern terminus of the K Line until through-routing with the C Line commenced on June 6, 2025, upon the opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center. [3]

Contents

The station opened on October 7, 2022. [1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting for the station on September 17, 2022. [4]

The station incorporates artwork by the artist Geoff McFetridge. [5] Hindry station was funded and fully incorporated into the project in May 2013 after significant community support. [6]

Service

Hours and frequency

K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout most of the day. Trains run every 20 minutes after 8:00 p.m. every day and before 8:00 a.m. on weekends. [7]

Connections

As of June 6,2025, the following connections are available: [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Patel, Tine (October 7, 2022). "LA Metro's new K Line opens today". CBS. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  2. ↑ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  3. ↑ Linton, Joe (June 6, 2025). "Metro's LAX Mega-Station is Open". Streetsblog Los Angeles. OpenPlans . Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority [@metrolosangeles] (September 17, 2022). "We took the big scissors to the ribbon this morning for the K Line's Westchester/Veterans Station. All seven K Line stations that will be opening soon have now been officially dedicated!" (Tweet). Retrieved October 1, 2022– via Twitter.
  5. ↑ Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  6. ↑ Hymon, Steve (May 23, 2013). "Metro Board votes to fully fund Leimert Park Village and Hindry stations for Crenshaw/LAX Line". The Source. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.
  7. ↑ "K Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 6, 2025. Retrieved June 8, 2025.
  8. ↑ "K Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 6, 2025. p. 1. Retrieved June 7, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Metro Micro LAX/Inglewood Zone". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved May 16, 2025.

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