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Other names | Los Angeles Trade–Technical College/Orthopaedic Institute for Children | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location | 2460 South
Flower Street Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°01′49″N 118°16′23″W / 34.0302°N 118.2730°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station, [1] and racks | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | April 28, 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | 23rd Street (2012–2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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LATTC/Ortho Institute station, officially Los Angeles Trade–Technical College/Orthopaedic Institute for Children station, is an at-grade light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside Flower Street between 23rd Street and Adams Boulevard. [2] The station is located near the Los Angeles Trade–Technical College (LATTC) and the Orthopaedic Institute for Children (Ortho Institute), after which the station is named. In addition to the LATTC campus and the Ortho Institute, the station also serves the North University Park neighborhood. The station also has nearby stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system, southbound buses stop on Flower Street, across from the station at both 23rd Street and Adams Boulevard and northbound buses stop on Figueroa Street, one block to the west.
Busway stops | Flower/23rd (Southbound) |
J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Adams Bl) → |
Figueroa/23rd (Northbound) |
← J Line toward El Monte ( Grand/LATTC) | |
Rail platform | Westbound | ← E Line toward Santa Monica ( Jefferson/USC) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | E Line toward Atlantic ( Pico) → |
E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [3]
J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. [4]
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available: [5]
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
The station's art was created by artist Christofer C. Dierdorff. Entitled The Intimacy of Place, the installation uses photographs of the fronts and backs of the heads of local people, creating intimate portraits that show each individual in the context of her/his role in the community. [6]
Media related to 23rd Street (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons