103rd Street/Watts Towers station
103rd Street/Watts Towers is an At grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail.[1]
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 103rd Street/Watts Towers station platform, November 2015 | |||||||||||||
| Location | 10100 Grandee Avenue Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33.9427°N 118.2432°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Parking | 62 spaces | ||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | 1904 | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Watts Station, 103rd Street/Kenneth Hahn | ||||||||||||
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The station has an island platform on the right-of-way adjacent to Grandee Avenue near the intersection of 103rd Street roughly in the center of Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is adjacent to the Watts Station, which historically served the Watts, Long Beach, and San Pedro lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. As the name of the station implies, it is located near Watts Towers.
Station layout
| Northbound | ← A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Firestone) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks) → |
Service
The LA Metro station, adjacent to the historic Watts Station
Bus connections
- Metro Local: 117
- LADOT DASH: Watts
Neighborhood and destinations
- Good Shepherd Convalescent Hospital
- Watts Towers
- Watts Station — former "Red Car" station listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Watts Senior Center
- Verbum Dei High School
- Jordan High School
- 103rd Street
- Jordan Downs
References
- "Blue Line station information". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-22. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
External links
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