Expo/Crenshaw station

Expo/Crenshaw
Metro Expo Line heading westbound to Culver City Station leaves Expo/Crenshaw Station.
Location	3428 Exposition Boulevard
Coordinates
Owned by	Metro
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Metro Local: 210 Metro Rapid: 710, 740
Construction
Parking	450 nearby free spaces (independent) Monday-Saturday, excluding Sunday
Bicycle facilities	10 bike racks
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	October 17, 1875 (1875-10-17)
Rebuilt	April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28)
Previous names	11th Ave
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Farmdale toward Culver City Expo Line Expo / Western toward 7th Street/Metro Center   Future service   Terminus Crenshaw/LAX Line Martin Luther King Jr toward Redondo Beach   Former services   Pacific Electric Cienega toward Rustic Canyon Air Line Western toward Pacific Electric Building

Expo/Crenshaw (formerly 11th Avenue) is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, located at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Exposition Boulevard, in the Jefferson Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Expo Line.

Service

Metro Rail service

Expo Line service hours are approximately from 4 AM to 12:30 AM daily. Metro Rail service at the station opened on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Regular scheduled service began on Monday, April 30, 2012.

Location and design

Expo/Crenshaw station is located on the busy Crenshaw Boulevard, a major L.A. thoroughfare. It is also a short walk to either Rodeo Road or Jefferson Blvd.

The station is within walking distance to the following attractions:

• West Angeles Cathedral
• District Square outdoor entertainment center (future)

The station has "near-side" platforms: this means that the platforms are positioned on opposite sides of the intersection, and trains always stop at the platform before crossing the intersection.

Westbound	■ Expo Line	toward Culver City (Farmdale)
Eastbound	■ Expo Line	toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Expo/Western)

The station's art was created by artist Willie Robert Middlebrook Jr. The untitled installation uses manipulated photographs to depict the diverse population in interaction with the earth and the environment.

Crenshaw/LAX Line

Main article: Crenshaw/LAX Line

This station will become a Metro Rail transfer station when the Crenshaw/LAX Line service begins in 2019. Metro staff has ruled out an actual at-grade junction between the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Expo Line, stating that it is operationally not feasible. (Such a junction would result in three lines—the Crenshaw, Expo and the Blue Lines—sharing the single pair of tracks on Flower Street leading into Downtown L.A., putting those tracks well above their capacity.) Instead, a light rail subway station for the Crenshaw/LAX Line is being constructed under Crenshaw Boulevard between Exposition Boulevard and Rodeo Road (which, in the future, will also allow for a possible extension of the Crenshaw/LAX Line north to the Purple Line, and allowing for the possibility of a second extension to terminate at the Red Line, by ways of the Fairfax, West Hollywood, and Hollywood districts.

History

Originally a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence and Pacific Electric railroads, it closed on September 30, 1953 with closure of the Santa Monica Air Line and remained out of service until re-opening on Saturday, April 28, 2012. It was completely rebuilt for the opening of the Expo Line from little more than a station stop marker. Regular scheduled service resumed Monday, April 30, 2012.

Station Photos

• Expo & Crenshaw 1.JPG

  Westbound platform.

• Expo & Crenshaw 2.JPG

  Expo Line right of way.

External links

Media related to at Wikimedia Commons

• Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
• Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City