Artesia station
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 Artesia station platform | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | 19201⁄2 Acacia Avenue Compton, California | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°52′36″N 118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°WCoordinates: 33°52′36″N 118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°W | ||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Parking | 380 spaces | ||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers | ||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||
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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).
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)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Del Amo) →
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Service[]
Metro Rail service[]
A Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]
Bus connections[]
- Metro Local: 60, 130, 205, 260
- Compton Renaissance Transit: 5
- Long Beach Transit: 51, 52, 61
- Torrance Transit: 6, 13
Neighborhood and destinations[]
- Compton College
- Radisson Crystal Park Hotel and Casino
- Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy
- Dominguez Rancho Adobe California State Historic Landmark # 152 [1]
References[]
- ^ "Blue Line station information". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-08.
- ^ Tobar, Hector (June 7, 2012). "Transit that serves all requires some to sacrifice". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Blue Line timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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