Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.[4]
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 Compton station platform | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | 275 Willowbrook Avenue Compton, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′51″N 118°13′27″W / 33.8975°N 118.2243°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 40 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FY 2024 | 2,009 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Service
editHours and frequency
editA Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[5]
Connections
editOn May 8, 2011, Metro and City of Compton officials opened the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to Compton station. The transit center has eight new bus bays and allows easy and safe access to the rail station.
As of April 9, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[6]
- Compton Renaissance Transit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- GTrans (Gardena): 3
- Greyhound Lines
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 125, 127, 128, 202
Notable places nearby
editThe station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Compton Civic Center and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Compton High School
- Gateway Towne Center
References
edit- ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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