Wilshire/Fairfax station explained

Style:Los Angeles Metro Rail
Wilshire/Fairfax
Symbol Location:losangeles
Symbol:D
Address:6026 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

Wilshire/Fairfax 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 in LA's Miracle Mile area along Wilshire Boulevard at its intersection with Fairfax Avenue. It is slated to open in 2025.[1] It will be served by the D Line (formerly Purple) and will be the second station west of Wilshire/Western station.[2] [3] [4]

Service

Station layout

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

This is one of two possible transfer stations with the K Line Northern Extension to Hollywood under study, the other being Wilshire/La Brea station.[5]

Attractions

Adjacent to the new station is Hancock Park, a Los Angeles city park. Various museums surround the park, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the George C. Page Museum, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the La Brea Tar Pits pavilions. Among others on Wilshire Boulevard, they make up "Museum Row" on the Miracle Mile.[6] The Petersen Automotive Museum and Craft Contemporary are within walking distance. Television City, Farmers Market and The Grove are a half mile north on Fairfax Avenue from this station.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: D Line Subway Extension Project – Section 1 . . July 9, 2024.
  2. Boxley, Brittany. "Plans Announced to Extend the Purple Line" . Annenberg TV News. 13 Nov 2012.
  3. Brightwell, Eric. "Exploring the Planned Course of the Metro Purple Line Extension" . KCET. 28 Aug 2012.
  4. Braymer, Noel T. "LA Busy Building over 35 Miles of New Rail Transit over the Next 10 Years." RailPAC. 8 Dec 2012.
  5. Web site: Three routes recommended for further study on Crenshaw Northern Extension project. 17 August 2020. 23 March 2023. 3 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200903061908/https://thesource.metro.net/2020/08/17/three-routes-recommended-for-further-study-on-crenshaw-northern-extension-project/. live.
  6. http://www.oscars.org/academymuseum/ Oscars.org