Artesia station

Artesia is an At grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail.[1] It has an island platform, and is on the A Line right-of-way near Artesia Boulevard in the city of Compton, California. Artesia is a park and ride station with 380 parking spaces. The station is near the southern border of Compton, California near the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez. It is on Artesia Boulevard near the intersection of Alameda Street. It is also close to the Artesia Freeway(SR 91).

Artesia
 
The Artesia station platform
Location1920​1⁄2 Acacia Avenue
Compton, California 90020
Coordinates33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned byMetro
Line(s) A Line
Platforms1 center platform
Tracks2
Construction
Parking380 "Park and Ride" spaces
Bicycle facilities8 bike rack spaces
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990 (July 14, 1990)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Del Amo
toward Downtown Long Beach
 A Line Compton
toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Former services (Dominguez)
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Dominguez Junction
towards Morgan Avenue
 Long Beach
discontinued 1961		 Compton
towards Pacific Electric Building
Dominguez Junction
towards San Pedro
 San Pedro via Dominguez
discontinued 1958
Location

The Artesia station is the closest A Line station to California State University, Dominguez Hills.

A June 7, 2012, editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as "extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and "a Third World train station."[2]

Station layout
Platform Southbound ←  A Linetoward Downtown Long Beach (Del Amo)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound →  A Linetoward 7th Street/Metro Center (Compton) →

Service

Metro Rail service

A Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]

Bus connections

Neighborhood and destinations

References
  1. "Blue Line station information". Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-08.
  2. Tobar, Hector (June 7, 2012). "Transit that serves all requires some to sacrifice". Los Angeles Times.
  3. "Blue Line timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2010-05-10.


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