Compton station
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Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.[3]
Service
Station layout
| Northbound | ←  A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Artesia) →
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Hours and frequency
A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[4]
Connections
On May 8, 2011, Metro and Compton City Officials opened the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to Compton Station. The transit center has eight new bus bays and allows easy and safe access to the rail station.
As of February 20, 2022[update], the following connections are available:[5]
- Compton Renaissance Transit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
- GTrans (Gardena): 3
- Greyhound Lines
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 125, 127, 128, 202
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Compton Civic Center and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- Compton High School
- Gateway Towne Center
References
- ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "A Line Timetable - Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
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