Los Angeles Metro Rail station
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 2.1 miles (3.4 km) west of the station.
[3] Passengers may use
Los Angeles Metro Bus route
108 to travel between the two stations.
This station will be the eastern trailhead of the
Rail to Rail bike path.
[4]
History
A
Watts Line car at Slauson Junction,
c. 1902
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 ,
[5] with service starting in 2035.
[6]
Service
Station layout
Hours and frequency
A 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.
[7]
Connections
As of April 9, 2023
[update] , the following connections are available:
[8]
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
^ Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019).
"Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens" .
Los Angeles Times .
Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022 .
^
"Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF) .
Metro . Archived from
the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022 .
^
Google .
"Slauson to Slauson" (Map).
Google Maps . Google.
^ Linton, Joe (January 29, 2022).
"Metro Approves Rail-to-Rail Walk/Bike Facility, Groundbreaking Expected Next Month" . Streetsblog Los Angeles .
Archived from the original on August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022 .
^ Nelson, Laura J. (May 24, 2018).
"Metro narrows the options for a light-rail line from downtown L.A. to Artesia" .
Los Angeles Times .
Archived from the original on September 8, 2021. Retrieved September 8, 2021 .
^ Scauzillo, Steve (June 15, 2023).
"Stations, new name coming for West Santa Ana Branch light-rail in southeast LA County" . Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved June 19, 2023 .
^
"Metro A Line schedule" .
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023 .
^
"A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF) . Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2.
Archived (PDF) from the original on April 13, 2023. Retrieved April 13, 2023 .
Media related to
Slauson (Los Angeles Metro Blue Line station) at Wikimedia Commons
Pacific Electric Building (6th & Main )
7th & Main
8th & Main
9th & Main
9th & Los Angeles
9th & Maple
STOP (9th between Wall & San Julian Street)
9th & San Pedro Street
STOP (9th between Crocker & Towne)
9th & Stanford
9th & Kohler
9th & Central Avenue
9th & Birch
9th & Hooper (begin Four Tracks)
14th Street
16th Street
Washington Blvd
20th Street
22nd Street
25th Street (
Amoco Junction , Jct. with
Air Line )
Adams Boulevard
32nd Street
Jefferson Boulevard (now @ MLK Jr. Blvd)
38th Street
40th Street
Vernon Avenue
47th Street
48th Place
50th Place
52nd Street
55th Street
Slauson Avenue
Slauson Junction (Jct. with
Whittier Line )
Fleming (62nd Street)
Spaulding (Gage Avenue)
Merrill Avenue (66th Street)
68th Street
Florencita Park (70th Street)
Florence Avenue
Ionia (76th Street)
Nadeau
Woodside (81st)
Edgewood Park (83rd Street)
Graham
Kent (88th)
Latin (92nd)
Elcoat (97th)
Watts (103rd )