Compton station explained

Compton
Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:A
Address:275 Willowbrook Avenue
Borough:Compton, California
Coordinates:33.8975°N -118.2243°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:At-grade
Parking:40 spaces[1]
Bicycle:Racks
Accessible:Yes
Rebuilt:June 1, 2019[2]
Other Services Header:Former services
Other Services Collapsible:yes
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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

Service

Connections

On May 8, 2011, Metro and City of Compton officials opened the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to Compton station. The transit center has eight new bus bays and allows easy and safe access to the rail station.

, the following connections are available:[4]

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Notable places nearby

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metro Parking Lots by Line . November 5, 2021 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . en-US . August 10, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810121559/https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ . live .
  2. News: April 1, 2019 . Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1 . en-US . . City News Service . March 4, 2022 . March 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220304053105/https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/new-metro-blue-line-closures-announced/136337/ . live .
  3. Web site: Metro Blue Line Connections . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120225095318/http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/blue_all.pdf . February 25, 2012 . January 8, 2022 . Metro.
  4. Web site: April 9, 2023 . A Line Timetable – Connections section . April 13, 2023 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2.