Downtown Inglewood
K Line 
K Line Crenshaw Line on Thursday morning 2023-02-38.jpg
Downtown Inglewood station sign
General information
Location321 East Florence Avenue
Inglewood, California
Coordinates33°58′01″N 118°21′05″W / 33.966996°N 118.351389°W / 33.966996; -118.351389Coordinates: 33°58′01″N 118°21′05″W / 33.966996°N 118.351389°W / 33.966996; -118.351389
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Bicycle facilities6 racks, 8 lockers
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedOctober 7, 2022; 4 months ago (2022-10-07)[1]
Services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Fairview Heights
toward Expo/Crenshaw
 K Line Westchester/Veterans
Terminus
Location

Downtown Inglewood station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Florence Avenue between Market and Locust Streets in the central business district of the city of Inglewood, California.

The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on September 10, 2022.[2]

The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kenturah Davis.[3]

During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located in Inglewood including opening and closing ceremonies and soccer games at SoFi Stadium, Archery at Rivers Lake, and Gymnastics at Kia Forum.[4]

Service

Station layout

Northbound ← K Line K Line toward Expo/Crenshaw (Fairview Heights)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound → K Line K Line toward Westchester/Veterans (Terminus) →

Hours and frequency

K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every 12 minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Night service is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

As of October 7, 2022, the following connections are available:[6]

Notable places nearby

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

Downtown Inglewood station and nearby Fairview Heights station are both within walking distance of the following sporting venues:

People mover

The Inglewood Transit Connector is a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) automated guideway transit line planned to be built by the City of Inglewood. A new elevated station will be constructed nearby and will act as the northern terminus of the line, which will serve a station at the Forum and a station at Hollywood Park (connecting to SoFi Stadium, the Hollywood Park Casino and Intuit Dome).[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Patel, Tine (October 7, 2022). "LA Metro's new K Line opens today". CBS. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Scauzillo, Steve (September 10, 2022). "Photos: Downtown Inglewood Station – Metro's sixth K-Line train hub – is dedicated". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Games Plan". 2028 Summer Olympics. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Metro K Line schedule". September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
  6. ^ "K Line – FAQs". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 6, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  7. ^ Gnerre, Sam (September 26, 2022). "South Bay history: WPA art works have enlivened the Inglewood post office since the 1930s". Daily Breeze. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
  8. ^ Austin, Paige (January 28, 2016). "South Bay to Inglewood NFL Stadium Rail Line in the Works". Redondo Beach Patch. Retrieved February 1, 2016.

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