Fairview Heights station (Los Angeles Metro) explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Fairview Heights
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:K
Address:1130 East Redondo Boulevard
Borough:Inglewood, California
Coordinates:33.9753°N -118.336°W
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Connections:Los Angeles Metro Bus
Structure:At-grade
Parking:200 spaces
Bicycle:Racks and lockers
Accessible:Yes
Opened:[1]
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Fairview Heights station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Redondo Boulevard and near the intersection of Florence Avenue and West Boulevard in Inglewood but near the Hyde Park neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on August 20, 2022.[2]

The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kim Schoenstadt.[3]

The Fairview Heights station will be the western trailhead of the Rail to Rail bike path.[4]

Service

Connections

As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[5]

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Notable places nearby

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

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

Notes and References

  1. News: Patel. Tine. LA Metro's new K Line opens today. CBS. October 7, 2022. October 7, 2022. October 7, 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221007154926/https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/video/la-metros-new-k-line-opens-today/. live.
  2. Web site: August 20, 2022 . Station dedication held for K Line's Fairview Heights Station in Inglewood . August 22, 2022 . Metro The Source . en-US . August 21, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220821014411/https://thesource.metro.net/2022/08/20/station-dedication-held-for-k-lines-fairview-heights-station-in-inglewood/ . live .
  3. News: An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine. Broverman. Neal. 2018-01-22. Los Angeles Magazine. en-US. 2019-04-21. mdy-all. April 21, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190421060352/https://www.lamag.com/driver/metro-crenshaw-line-artwork/. live.
  4. Web site: Linton . Joe . 2022-01-29 . Metro Approves Rail-to-Rail Walk/Bike Facility, Groundbreaking Expected Next Month . 2022-08-01 . Streetsblog Los Angeles . en-US . August 1, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220801002313/https://la.streetsblog.org/2022/01/28/metro-approves-rail-to-rail-walk-bike-facility-groundbreaking-expected-next-month/ . live .
  5. Web site: December 10, 2023 . K Line Timetable – Connections section . December 26, 2023 . . 2.