Vernon
A Line 
Vernon station platform
General information
Location4421 Long Beach Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°00′13″N 118°14′36″W / 34.0037°N 118.2432°W / 34.0037; -118.2432
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990; 33 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltNovember 2, 2019[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Washington
toward APU/Citrus College
 A Line Slauson
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Slauson Junction
towards Morgan Avenue
 Long Beach Pacific Electric Building
Terminus
Slauson Junction
towards Balboa
 Balboa
Slauson Junction
towards San Pedro
 San Pedro via Dominguez
San Pedro via Gardena
Slauson Junction
towards Santa Ana SP Depot
 Santa Ana
Slauson Junction
towards Clifton
 Redondo Beach via Gardena
Slauson Junction
towards El Segundo
 Hawthorne–El Segundo
Slauson Junction
towards Whittier
 Whittier
Slauson Junction
towards Fullerton
 Fullerton
Slauson Junction
towards San Pedro
 San Pedro via Dominguez
Slauson Junction
towards Yorba Linda
 La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda
47th Street
towards Watts
 Watts
Local 		40th Street
towards Pacific Electric Building
Preceding station Los Angeles Railway Following station
Vernon and Morgan
towards Los Angeles City College
 V Vernon and Alameda
towards Pacific Crossing
Location
Map

Vernon station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway, and shared with the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision) at its intersection with Vernon Avenue, in South Los Angeles, one-quarter mile (0.4 km) from the border with Vernon, California.[2]

Prior to the construction of the A Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric. All lines from the Southern District, including the Long Beach, Watts, Whittier and San Pedro lines, stopped at Vernon Avenue, which was also a crossing with the Los Angeles Railway's V line.[3]

Service

Station layout

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

Hours and frequency

A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]

Connections

As of April 9, 2023, the following connections are available:[5]

Notable places nearby

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

References

  1. ^ Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019). "Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Pacific Electric Watts Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  4. ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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