Westwood/VA Hospital station

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Westwood/VA Hospital
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Westwood VA Hospital station under construction, August 2023.jpg
Westwood/VA Hospital station under construction in August 2023
General information
Location Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates 34°03′16″N118°27′13″W / 34.05444°N 118.45361°W / 34.05444; -118.45361
Owned by Los Angeles Metro
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusUnder construction
History
Opening2028;3 years' time (2028)
Future services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Terminus D Line
Extension Section 3
 Westwood/UCLA
toward Union Station
Location
Westwood/VA Hospital station

Westwood/VA Hospital station is an under construction, underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. [1] The station will be located underground between Bonsall Avenue and the I-405 freeway, south of Wilshire Boulevard. The main station entrance will be located south of Wilshire Boulevard, next to Bonsall Avenue, directly serving the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. Another entrance will be located north of Wilshire Boulevard. [2]

Contents

The station is currently in the under construction Section 3 of the D Line Extension project, with contractors hired in 2019. [3] The station is slated to open along with Westwood/UCLA station in 2028. [4] One of the five alternatives of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor is planned to connect to the D Line at this station. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Purple Line Extension". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Purple Line Extension Transit Project Section 3 - Fact Sheet – Station Locations" (PDF). Metro Los Angeles. Winter 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Metro hires a contractor to build the Purple Line subway to West L.A." Los Angeles Times. May 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
  4. ↑ Mandelkern, India (July 23, 2025). "D Line Subway Extension Section 1 update: Ninety-eight percent finished and counting". The Source. Los Angeles Metro . Retrieved July 24, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Alternatives". The Hub. Los Angeles Metro . Retrieved September 16, 2025.


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