Expo/Crenshaw station

Expo/Crenshaw station is a light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles at the intersection of Crenshaw and Exposition Boulevards. The station currently consists of at-grade platforms served by the E Line; new subway platforms, to be served by the K Line, are under construction.[1][2]

Expo/Crenshaw
 
Metro Expo Line heading westbound to Culver City station leaves Expo/Crenshaw station.
General information
Location3428 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34.0225°N 118.3350°W / 34.0225; -118.3350
Owned byMetro
Platforms2 side platforms (E Line)
1 island platform (K Line)
Tracks2 surface (E Line)
2 underground (K Line)
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade (E Line)
Underground (K Line)
Parking450 spaces (Closed Sunday)
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedOctober 17, 1875 (1875-10-17)
RebuiltApril 28, 2012 (2012-04-28)
Previous names11th Ave
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Farmdale
toward Downtown Santa Monica
 E Line Expo / Western
toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Terminus K Line
(2022)
 Martin Luther King Jr.
toward Westchester/Veterans
Crenshaw/Adams
toward Expo/Crenshaw
 K Line
Crenshaw Northern Extension (2047)
Location

History

Originally little more than a stop marker on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric interurban line, passenger service ended on September 30, 1953 with closure of the Santa Monica Air Line. It remained out of service and the station was eventually dismantled.

A new station in its place opened on Saturday, April 28, 2012, completely rebuilt for the service on the Expo Line. Regular scheduled service commenced Monday, April 30, 2012.

K Line
See also: K Line (Los Angeles Metro) and Crenshaw Northern Extension Rail Project

The station will become a transfer station when the K Line service begins in 2022. The Metro staff board ruled out an at-grade junction station between the K Line and E Line, stating that it is operationally not feasible. (Such a junction would result in three rail lines—the K, E, and the A Lines—sharing the single pair of tracks on Flower Street leading into 7th Street/Metro Center station, putting those tracks well above their capacity limit and causing delays.) Instead, a light rail subway station for the K Line is being constructed under Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Obama Boulevard (formerly Rodeo Road) in order to allow for an extension of the K Line north through a D Line station and to the B Line's Hollywood/Highland station, where it will terminate via a route to be determined.[3][4]

Service

Station layout

The E Line platforms are located in the median strip of Exposition Boulevard on either side of its intersection with the busy Crenshaw Boulevard, a major L.A. thoroughfare. This intersection is a short walk to either Obama Boulevard[5] or Jefferson Blvd. The entrance to the subway station currently being built as part of the K Line will be located at the southeast corner of Expo and Crenshaw.

The station has "near-side" platforms: this means that the platforms are positioned on opposite sides of the intersection, and trains always stop at the platform before crossing the intersection.

G Side platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 (Westbound) ←  E Line toward Downtown Santa Monica (Farmdale)
Platform 1 (Eastbound) →  E Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Expo/Western) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Street level Entrance/Exit, ticket machines
B1 Mezzanine Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit
B2 Southbound →  K Line (under construction) toward Redondo Beach (Martin Luther King Jr.) →
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound →  K Line (under construction) toward Redondo Beach (Martin Luther King Jr.) →

Hours and frequency

E Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15 to 20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[6]

Connections

As of December 19, 2021, the following connections are available:[7]

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Station artwork

The station incorporates artwork by three artists: Erwin Redl, Rebeca Méndez, and Jaime Scholnick.[10] The station's art was created by artist Willie Robert Middlebrook Jr.; his untitled installation uses manipulated photographs to depict the diverse population in interaction with the earth and the environment.[11]

References
  1. "Expo - Phase 1 - Overview". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. "E Line Map" (PDF).
  3. "Crenshaw Transit Corridor Project Final Feasibility Study - Wilshire/La Brea Transit Extension" (pdf). Metro (LACMTA). May 2009. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  4. "Feasibility study looks at possible routes for Crenshaw Northern". The Source. July 2018. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  5. "LA City Council green lines south la street name change". nbclosangeles.com. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  6. "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. "E Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2021. p. 2. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  8. "A First Glimpse of the District Square Development". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  9. "Crenshaw Gardens". www.urbanize LA.com. Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  10. Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  11. "Expo - Expo Art Program". BuildExpo.org. 2010. Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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