Pershing Square station
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Location | 500 South Hill Street Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 34°03′15″N 118°14′48″W / 34.0543°N 118.2467°WCoordinates: 34°03′15″N 118°14′48″W / 34.0543°N 118.2467°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | See connections section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station,[1] racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | January 30, 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pershing Square is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station also has a street-level stop for the northbound J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The station is located under Hill Street between 4th and 5th Street.[3] It is located in Downtown Los Angeles with one station entrance across the street from Pershing Square, after which the station is named, and the other is located near the historic Angels Flight funicular which provides access to the high-rise office buildings in the Bunker Hill neighborhood.
Service[]
Station layout[]
G | Street level | Entrances/Exits, Angels Flight, Pershing Square |
Olive/5th (Northbound) |
← J Line toward El Monte (Olive/Kosciuszko) | |
B1 | North Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Hill Street/4th Street/Angels Flight |
South Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Hill Street/5th Street/Pershing Square | |
B2 Platform level |
Northbound/ Westbound |
← B Line toward North Hollywood (7th Street/Metro Center) ← D Line toward Wilshire/Western (7th Street/Metro Center) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | B Line and D Line toward Union Station (Civic Center/Grand Park) → |
Hours and frequency[]
B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight and D Line every day trains run between approximately 5 a.m. and midnight
Towards North Hollywood or Wilshire/Western, 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 10 a.m. (with a 15-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.
Towards Union Station, trains operate every five minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, every six minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 10 a.m. (with a 7.5-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 10 minutes.[4]
J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing on to San Pedro between 6am and 8 pm and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to ten minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 15 minutes during the daytime, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 20 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[5]
Connections[]
- Metro Bus: 2, 4, 10, 14, 16, 18, 28, 30, 33, 37, 40, 45, 48, 53, 55, 62, 76, 78, 79, 81, 92, 94, Express 460, Express 487*, Express 489, Rapid 720
- Angels Flight
- Foothill Transit: Silver Streak
- LADOT Commuter Express: 419*
- LADOT DASH: B, D
- Montebello Bus Lines: 40, 50, 90 Express*
- OC Bus (Orange County): 701*, 721*
- Torrance Transit: 4X*
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.
Notable places nearby[]
- Angels Landing – Two high-rise buildings planned on the site above the station
- Grand Central Market
- Historic Core/Broadway
- Jewelry District
- Richard J. Riordan Central Library
- Millennium Biltmore Hotel
- Pershing Square
- Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building
- U.S. Bank Tower
Station artwork[]
The station is decorated with a neon art piece by Stephen Antonakos. The work pays tribute to the first neon sign in the United States, which was hung in 1924 in the Pershing Square area.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share (in American English). Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (in American English). Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Pershing Square Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 12, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
- ^ "Metro B Line/D Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ^ "Neons for Pershing Square". Metro Art (in American English). Retrieved November 15, 2021.
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