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| General information | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Grand/Los Angeles Trade–Technical College | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | 331½ West Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°01′59″N 118°16′08″W / 34.0330°N 118.2690°W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | Paid parking nearby | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station,[1] racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 2, 2019[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Grand (1990–2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand/LATTC station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the median of Washington Boulevard at its intersection with Grand Avenue, after which the station is named, along with Los Angeles Trade–Technical College (LATTC). One of the station's exits leads directly to the LATTC campus.[4] The station also has nearby stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system, southbound buses stop at the intersection of Flower Street and Washington Boulevard, one block to the west of the station, and northbound buses stop at the intersection of Figueroa Street and Washington Boulevard, two blocks to the west. In addition to the LATTC campus, the station also serves the South Los Angeles neighborhood.
Service
Station layout
| Busway stops | Flower/Washington (Southbound) |
J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (LATTC/Ortho Institute) → |
| Figueroa/Washington (Northbound) |
← J Line toward El Monte (Pico) | |
| Rail platform | Northbound | ← A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Pico) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach (San Pedro Street) → | |
Hours and frequency
A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[5]
J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight.[6]
Connections
As of April 9, 2023, the following connections are available:[7]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 14, 35, 37, 38, 55, 603
- LADOT DASH: D, Pico Union/Echo Park
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Grand Olympic Auditorium
- Mount St. Mary's College, Doheny Campus
- Lanterman High School
- Los Angeles Trade Technical College
- Los Angeles Orthopedic Hospital
- Los Angeles County Superior Court, Metropolitan Courthouse
- St. Vincent de Paul Roman Catholic Church
References
- ↑ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ↑ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ↑ Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019). "Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Grand 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. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ↑ "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ↑ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
