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17th Street/SMC station
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Light rail station
February 2025
17th St/SMC Los Angeles Metro Rail losangeles E MetroELineSMCStation.jpg 17th Street/SMC station platform in 2016 1701 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, California, U.S. 34.0237 -118.4797 inline,title Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1 island platform 2 Big Blue Bus 70 spacesThe Expo Line is finally coming to the Westside, but limited parking raises concerns Los Angeles Times Laura J. Nelson May 14, 2016 June 20, 2016 http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-expo-parking-20160514-story.html June 18, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160618195923/http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-expo-parking-20160514-story.html live Metro Bike Share station,Station Map https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ November 13, 2021 Metro Bike Share 27 January 2015 en-US 2 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ live racks and lockersSecure Bike Parking on Metro https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf November 5, 2021 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority en-US September 6, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf dead Yes Sunset 1875 10 17 2016 05 20Nelson Laura J. Expo Line Service Can Be Less Than Expeditious https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-expo-line-may-20/158552659/ November 6, 2024 Los Angeles Times May 20, 2016 A1, A10 Newspapers.com date 17th Street/SMC Los Angeles Metro Rail E Downtown Santa Monica Downtown Santa Monica 26th Street/Bergamot yes 14
17th Street/SMC station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system located near the intersection of 17th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is located 0.6 miles northwest from Santa Monica College (SMC), for which the station is named. It is served by the E Line.http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php .:: Expo Line:: March 31, 2011 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20110812041202/http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php August 12, 2011
History
The interurban Santa Monica Air Line ran south of Colorado on a private right-of-way in this area. While the E Line follows the Air Line's right-of-way for much of its route, the line and its stations in this area were moved to the median of Colorado Boulevard per a request from the City of Santa Monica during its design phase.
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
Santa Monica College
18th Street Arts Center
Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery
Expo Bike Path
Service
Station layout
The station is located in the Midtown District of Santa Monica, in the center of Colorado Avenue west of 17th Street, adjacent to Memorial Park: the City of Santa Monica refers to this station area as the "Memorial Park Neighborhood Transit Village".http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/final_luce.ppt 2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE) May 24, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20120305182449/http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/final_luce.ppt March 5, 2012 dead It is three blocks from Santa Monica College.
The east end of the station is at 17th Street and the west end of the station is mid-block between 15th and 16th Streets with entrances at either end. Parking and an off-street bus stop is located just south of Colorado between 16th and 17th Streets.http://www.buildexpo.org/phase2/Phase%202%20FEIR%20Documents/02_ProjectAlternatives_FEIR.pdf Project Alternatives May 25, 2016 October 9, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161009151338/http://www.buildexpo.org/phase2/Phase%202%20FEIR%20Documents/02_ProjectAlternatives_FEIR.pdf usurped
Hours and frequency
E
Connections
2026 7 30 us, the following connections are available:December 15, 2024 E Line Timetable – Connections section https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12183221/804_TT_12-15-24.pdf January 13, 2025 Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority 1December 15, 2024 Little Blue Book https://www.bigbluebus.com/Routes-and-Schedules/PdfHandler.ashx/little-blue-book.pdf January 13, 2025 Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica)
Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica): 5, 41, 43 and 44
References
External links
Metro Expo Line Construction Authority
Project Website, Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 2 to Culver City
Category:E Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
Category:Buildings and structures in Santa Monica, California
Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2016
Category:2016 establishments in California
Category:Transportation in Santa Monica, California
Category:Santa Monica College