Slauson station (A Line) explained

Slauson
Style:	Los Angeles Metro Rail
Symbol Location:	losangeles
Symbol:	A
Address:	1700 Slauson Avenue
Borough:	Florence, California
Coordinates:	33.9881°N -118.2433°W
Owned:	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:	1 island platform
Tracks:	2
Structure:	Elevated
Bicycle:	Racks
Accessible:	Yes
Rebuilt:	November 2, 2019^[1]
Other Services Header:	Former services
Other Services Collapsible:	yes
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	14

Slauson station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located within the historic right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway and elevated over the intersection of Slauson Avenue, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Florence.^[2]

The station is on a long viaduct that carries the A Line over the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision and its junction with the La Habra Subdivision.

A J Line station with an identical name is located approximately west of the station. Passengers may use Los Angeles Metro Bus route to travel between the two stations. The line will serve as a transfer between the A Line and the Southeast Gateway Line, which will open in 2035 and eventually run from Los Angeles Union Station and the Gateway Cities located in southeastern Los Angeles County.

This station will be the eastern trailhead of the Rail to Rail bike path.^[3]

History

The Slauson station was built on the site of a major junction of the Pacific Electric Railway's Southern Division, where the Whittier, Fullerton, and La Habra lines split off from the Watts, Long Beach, San Pedro, and Balboa lines. This was called Slauson Junction.

The station is also planned to be served by the proposed light rail Southeast Gateway Line,^[4] with service starting in 2035.^[5]

Service

Connections

, the following connections are available:^[6]

• Los Angeles Metro Bus

• LADOT DASH

Pueblo Del Rio

Notable places nearby

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

• Augustus F. Hawkins Park

Notes and References

1. News: Lozano . Carlos . November 2, 2019 . Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens . en-US . . March 4, 2022 . March 19, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220319142530/https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-02/metro-rail-los-angeles-long-beach-blue-a-line . live .
2. 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.
3. 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 . 2022-08-01 . 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 .
4. News: Nelson . Laura J. . Metro narrows the options for a light-rail line from downtown L.A. to Artesia . 8 September 2021 . . May 24, 2018 . 8 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210908191419/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-artesia-rail-line-20180524-story.html . live .
5. News: Scauzillo . Steve . Stations, new name coming for West Santa Ana Branch light-rail in southeast LA County . 19 June 2023 . Los Angeles Daily News . 15 June 2023.
6. Web site: April 9, 2023 . A Line Timetable – Connections section . April 13, 2023 . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . 2 . April 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230413185817/https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/09202635/801_TT_04-09-23.pdf . live .