Artesia station

Artesia is an At grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail.[1] It has an island platform, and is on the A Line right-of-way near Artesia Boulevard in the city of Compton, California. Artesia is a park and ride station with 380 parking spaces. The station is near the southern border of Compton, California near the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez. It is on Artesia Boulevard near the intersection of Alameda Street. It is also close to the Artesia Freeway (SR 91).

Artesia
 
Artesia station platform
Location19201⁄2 Acacia Avenue
Compton, California
Coordinates33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned byMetro
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Parking380 spaces
Bicycle facilitiesRacks and lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990 (July 14, 1990)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Del Amo
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Compton
toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Former services (Dominguez)
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Dominguez Junction
towards Morgan Avenue
 Long Beach Compton
towards Pacific Electric Building
Dominguez Junction
towards San Pedro
 San Pedro via Dominguez
Location

The Artesia station is the closest A Line station to California State University, Dominguez Hills.

A June 7, 2012, editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as "extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and "a Third World train station."[2]

Station layout
Northbound ←  A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Compton)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound →  A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Del Amo) →

Service

Metro Rail service

A Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]

Bus connections

Neighborhood and destinations

References
  1. "Blue Line station information". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-08.
  2. Tobar, Hector (June 7, 2012). "Transit that serves all requires some to sacrifice". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Blue Line timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.


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