Artesia
A Line 
Artesia station platform
General information
Location19201⁄2 Acacia Avenue
Compton, California
Coordinates33°52′36″N 118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking380 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltJune 1, 2019[2]
Previous namesDominguez (Pacific Electric)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Del Amo
toward Long Beach
 A Line Compton
toward APU/Citrus College
Former services
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
Map

Artesia 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 Artesia Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.[3]

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).

A June 7, 2012, editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as,"extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and,"a Third World train station."[4]

Service

Station layout

Northbound ← A Line A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Compton)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → A Line A Line toward Long Beach (Del Amo) →

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Trains operate every 10 minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Evening service (after 7 p.m.) is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

As of June 16, 2023, the following connections are available:[6][7]

Notable places nearby

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

References

  1. ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  4. ^ Tobar, Hector (June 7, 2012). "Transit that serves all requires some to sacrifice". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  5. ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  6. ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 16, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
  7. ^ "System Map" (PDF). Long Beach Transit. February 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023.

External links

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