Downtown Santa Monica station
Downtown Santa Monica | |||||||||||
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 Station under construction in April 2015 | |||||||||||
| Location | 401 Colorado Avenue, Santa Monica | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°00′50″N 118°29′32″W / 34.0138°N 118.4921°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
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| Parking | none | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | TBD | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | testing | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 17, 1875 | ||||||||||
| Closed | September 30, 1953 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | May 20, 2016 (anticipated) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Tool House; Santa Monica | ||||||||||
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Downtown Santa Monica (formerly Santa Monica) is an under-construction at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It will be located near the intersection of 4th Street and Colorado Avenue in Downtown Santa Monica, California. When it opens, this station will be served as the Expo Line's new terminal station.[1] On that day, 4th/Colorado will become the western terminus of the Expo Line and the westernmost station in the Metro Rail system.
Overview
Downtown Santa Monica Station will be located in Downtown Santa Monica, off-street in the block bounded by 4th and 5th Streets, Colorado Avenue, and the 10 Freeway.[2] The site is located in the midst of Santa Monica's Civic Center, within a short walk of the Pacific Ocean, Santa Monica Pier, the Third Street Promenade, the Civic Auditorium, and Santa Monica High School. The block was formerly the location of a Sears auto center, which was demolished in 2010 to make way for the station.[3]
There were two options for the station alignment within the block. The primary alignment in the FEIR has the station angled between the southwest and northeast corners of the block. The design option (also included in the FEIR) has the station parallel to 4th Street. In either case, all tracks arrive from the east along Colorado Avenue, and a transit plaza will be located along Colorado Avenue near 4th Street.
The station is currently in the testing phase as part of Expo Phase 2. As part the Expo Line extension to Santa Monica, it is scheduled to open on Friday, May 20th, 2016. A trip from downtown Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles is projected to take 46 minutes.[4]
Bus connections
- Santa Monica Big Blue Bus: 1, 3, Rapid 3, 7, 8, 9, 18
- Metro Local: 108, 110, 154, 156, 233, 534 (Coming Soon),
- Metro Rapid: 720
References
- ↑ "Expo Line:Phase 2:Overview". Buildexpo.org. Archived from the original on 12 August 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ↑ http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2/Phase%202%20FEIR%20Documents/02_ProjectAlternatives_FEIR.pdf
- ↑ Nick Taborek (2010-04-02). "Expo station site begins transformation - Santa Monica Daily Press". Smdp.com. Retrieved 2010-09-07.
- ↑ http://laist.com/2016/02/25/the_expo_line_will_open_in_santa_mo.php
External links
Media related to Downtown Santa Monica station at Wikimedia Commons
- Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
- Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica
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