7th Street/Metro Center, officially 7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon, is a metro station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of 7th Street and Flower Street.
The station is served by the light rail Blue Line and Expo Line, heavy rail Red Line and Purple Line, and by the bus rapid transit Silver Line. The Blue Line and Expo Line currently have their downtown terminus at this station. Many bus routes also serve the station.
This is one of only two stations in the entire system that has an underground side platform, the other being the Wilshire/Vermont station.
Video 7th Street/Metro Center station
Station layout
The station consists of three underground levels. The main concourse and the light rail side platforms are on the second underground level, while the heavy rail center platform is on the third level. A small first level mezzanine connects the light rail side platforms. The Metro Silver Line stops at the street level next to the station's entrances. The station direct access to The Bloc Shopping Mall (formally known as Macys Plaza) with a pedestrian friendly direct entrance from the mall to the subway station.
Station enhancements
Metro spent nearly $2 million worth of enhancements to 7th Street/Metro Center station as part of the Expo Line project which was completed weeks before the Metro Expo Line began service to La Cienega/Jefferson Station. This enhancement included a new dispatch booth and improved signage in the station.
Maps 7th Street/Metro Center station
Services
Metro Rail and Metro Liner service
Blue, Expo, Red and Purple Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.
Silver Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.
Metro Buses
Metro Bus lines 20,51,52,60 (local), 351 (limited), 442,460,487, and 489 (express), 720 and 760 (rapid) stop near the station entrances at 7th and Hope streets, 7th and Flower streets and 7th and Figueroa Streets.
Municipal buses
Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus express Line 10, and LADOT Dash shuttles Routes D, E, and F also stops at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station. Foothill Transit Commuter Express lines 493, 495, 497, 498, 499, 699 serve stops adjacent to the station on 7th and Figueroa Streets.
Long-distance motorcoach
California Shuttle Bus provides service to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose from a bus stop at the corner of Figueroa and 7th streets.
Regional Connector
The under construction Regional Connector Transit Corridor will result in the Blue Line and Expo Line continuing north from this station terminus through Downtown Los Angeles (via the Financial District and the Bunker Hill area) to connect with the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station on the Gold Line, which will then become an underground subway station and move across the street.
References
External links
- Station connections overview
- OpenStreetMap relation for the station
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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