Westwood/UCLA station explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Westwood/UCLA
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:D
Address:Wilshire Boulevard
Borough:Los Angeles, California
Owned:Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Accessible:Yes
Status:Under construction
Other Services Header:Future services
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14

Westwood/UCLA station is an under construction, underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.[1] The station will be located under Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard, with the main station entrance to the west of Gayley Avenue. Other entrances will be located on the north and south sides of Wilshire Boulevard and the west side of Westwood Boulevard.[2]

The station is currently under construction, part of Phase 3 of the D Line Extension project, with contractors hired in 2019.[3] The station is slated to open along with Westwood/VA Hospital station in 2027.[4] Five of the six alternatives of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor are planned to connect to the D Line at this station.

Service

Station layout

GStreet levelEntrance/Exit
B1MezzanineFaregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit
B2Westbound← toward
Eastbound toward →

Attractions

Nearby destinations include the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the neighborhood of Westwood.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Purple Line Extension. www.metro.net. en-US. 2020-02-29. 2019-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20190929035532/https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/. live.
  2. Web site: Purple Line Extension Transit Project Section 3 - Fact Sheet – Station Locations. Winter 2019. Metro Los Angeles. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200229175507/https://media.metro.net/projects_studies/westside/images/factsheet_sec3stations_2019.pdf. 29 February 2020. 29 February 2020.
  3. Web site: Metro hires a contractor to build the Purple Line subway to West L.A.. 2019-05-23. Los Angeles Times. en-US. 2020-02-29. 2019-12-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20191226153730/https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-metro-purple-line-extension-20190523-story.html. live.
  4. Web site: D Line Subway Extension Project – Section 3 . . July 9, 2024.