Vermont/Santa Monica station
Vermont/Santa Monica  | |||||||||||
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| Location |
1015 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90029 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°05′25″N 118°17′31″W / 34.0903°N 118.2919°WCoordinates: 34°05′25″N 118°17′31″W / 34.0903°N 118.2919°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |
Red Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | none | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities |
18 rack spaces 2 lockers | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | in service | ||||||||||
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| Opened | June 12, 1999 | ||||||||||
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Vermont/Santa Monica (sometimes called Vermont/Santa Monica/L.A. City College) is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard in East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line.[1]
Vermont/Santa Monica has two entrances on Vermont Avenue, a north entrance and a south entrance. The north entrance faces Santa Monica Blvd. The south entrance, near Lockwood Avenue, is adjacent to Los Angeles City College and three blocks from Braille Institute.
Station layout
| Street | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
| Mezzanine | North Mezzanine | Vermont/Santa Monica Exit Faregates, ticket machines |
| South Mezzanine | L.A. City College Exit (Vermont/Willow Brook) Faregates, ticket machines | |
| Platform | Northbound | ← Red Line toward North Hollywood (Vermont/Sunset) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | → Red Line toward Union Station (Vermont/Beverly) → | |
Design
The station was designed by the firm of Ellerbe Becket, which received a progressive architecture award for the design. The station design was created as a series of layers, each of which was unique to its purpose. The most prominent element of the design is the almond shaped structure over the entrance to the station. The almond shape is repeated in an almond shaped balcony overlooking the station. The cost of the station was US$40.5 million.[2]
Metro Rail service
Red Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.[3]
Bus connections
Metro services
- Metro Local: 4, 204
- Metro Rapid: 704, 754
Other local services
- Santa Monica Transit: 10, Rapid 10
- LADOT DASH: Hollywood
References
- ↑ "Red Line station information". Archived from the original on March 19, 2007.
- ↑ "Metro Red-Line Station". Progressive Architecture. 73 (1): 68. January 1992.
- ↑ "Red/Purple Line timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
External links
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