Wilshire/Vermont station

Wilshire/Vermont
Wilshire/Vermont
	; Top: Upper floor platform bound for Union Station (top); Bottom: Lower floor platform bound for North Hollywood (B Line) or Wilshire/Western (D Line)
General information
Location	3191 Wilshire Boulevard ; Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′45″N118°17′27″W / 34.0625°N 118.2908°W
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	2 split platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus ; LADOT DASH ;
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	Paid parking nearby
Bicycle facilities	Metro Bike Share station and racks
History
Opened	July 13, 1996;28 years ago
Previous names	Wilshire/Vermont/Wilshire Center
Services
Location
Location

Last updated October 06, 2024

Wilshire/Vermont station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located near the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Koreatown. Unlike the other stations on Wilshire or Vermont which were built directly under the street, this station is offset on a diagonal between the two streets,^[2] allowing the lines to diverge without trains on one line having to slow for a tight turn. The station has a unique layout with two side platforms on two levels, necessitated by the flying junction between the lines just west of the station. It is the last station going from Union Station that serves both the B Line and D Line.

Service

Station layout

The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to Downtown Los Angeles. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.

Wilshire/Vermont station has one of the longest escalators in the world at 152 feet (46 m) in length stretching from the ground level to the lower platform. At the time of its construction, it was the longest escalator in the United States west of the Mississippi River.^[3]^[4]

Hours and frequency

B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. D Line trains run every day between approximately 5 a.m. and midnight. Towards North Hollywood or Wilshire/Western, trains operate every 12 minutes throughout the day. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes. Towards Union Station, trains run every six minutes throughout the day. Early morning and night service is approximately every 10 minutes.^[5]

Connections

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:^[6]

Los Angeles Metro Bus: 18, 20, 204, Rapid 720, Rapid 754
LADOT DASH: Wilshire Center/Koreatown

Station artwork

The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by Bob Zoell. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B line and its patrons do when they zoom in and out of the station. Additional artwork at the station is the creation of Peter Shire.

The upper platform's pillar art.
The lower platform's pillar art.

Transit-oriented development

Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use transit village development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm Arquitectonica and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent middle school.^[7]^[8] The property is managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners.

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References

↑ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share . 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
↑ "Wilshire Wilshire/Vermont /Vermont Connections Connections" (PDF). Metro . Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2021.
↑ "Working list – World's longest 'urban' escalators". Panethos. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.
↑ Hymon, Steve (August 11, 2014). "Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11". The Source. Metro. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
↑ "Metro B Line/D Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
↑ "B & D Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.
↑ "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine , Architecture Week, October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).
↑ Christopher Hawthorne, " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws.", Los Angeles Times , October 3, 2007.

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[1] "Station Map". Metro Bike Share . 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.

[2] "Wilshire Wilshire/Vermont /Vermont Connections Connections" (PDF). Metro . Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2021.

[3] "Working list – World's longest 'urban' escalators". Panethos. April 20, 2020. Archived from the original on October 31, 2021. Retrieved October 31, 2021.

[Hymon-4] Hymon, Steve (August 11, 2014). "Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11". The Source. Metro. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.

[5] "Metro B Line/D Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.

[6] "B & D Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 14, 2022. Retrieved December 14, 2022.

[7] "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016" Archived 2010-06-12 at the Wayback Machine , Architecture Week, October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).

[8] Christopher Hawthorne, " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws.", Los Angeles Times , October 3, 2007.

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v t e Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway stations
A Line	Pomona 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 North Hollywood
J Line	El Monte Cal State LA LA 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
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