Getting around Los Angeles by Rail/Metro Rail/Stations

thumb|alt=A Metro Rail system map.|The Metro Rail system map (click to enlarge). Metro Rail includes 70 stations. Nine of them are termini, three are transfer stations, and six are shared by the Red and Purple Lines, also known as a concurrency. Station Basics thumb|alt=|A Gold Line train makes a stop at Los Angeles Union Station. A station is a stop that a train stops at. For example, Gold Line trains will stop at Los Angeles Union Station. The doors will open at Los Angeles Union Station for passengers to exit and enter, then the train will continue on its way. Terminus A terminus is the final stop on a line. For the Gold Line, the north terminus is Sierra Madre Villa. This means that the final station that Gold Line trains stop at is Sierra Madre Villa. At that point, the trains either go out of service or start in the other direction. Following is a list of termini. North/West Terminus South/East Terminus Blue Line 7th Street/Metro Center Long Beach Loop (see below) Gold Line Sierra Madre Villa Atlantic Green Line Redondo Beach Norwalk Red Line Los Angeles Union Station North Hollywood Purple Line Los Angeles Union Station Wilshire/Western Note: The Metro Blue Line (see map above) starts at 7th Street/Metro Center, continues south, and loops around Long Beach before returning north to 7th Street/Metro Center. A Blue Line train would stop at Anaheim, 5th Street, 1st Street, Long Beach Transit Mall (which Metro officially recognizes as the terminus), and Pacific, then go back to Anaheim in a northerly direction. Transfer Station Main Article: Metro Rail Transfer Stations A transfer station is a station that two or more lines pass through. These stations allow passengers to transfer between rail lines at no additional charge. Transfer Station Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 7th Street/Metro Center Red Purple Blue Imperial/Wilmington Green Blue Los Angeles Union Station Red Purple Gold Concurrency Main Article: Concurrency A concurrency occurs when two or more lines share the same track. The Red and Purple Lines share track between their termini, Los Angeles Union Station, and Wilshire/Vermont. This means that passengers bound for North Hollywood or Wilshire/Western board on the same platform at concurrency stations, and passengers bound for Los Angeles Union Station board on the same platform as well. Technically, since the concurrency extends all the way to Los Angeles Union Station, the termini for both lines, it doesn't matter which line train one takes if he/she is bound for Los Angeles Union Station. Station List Font Style Station Type Bold Transfer Italic Terminus Underline Concurrency Station Line Notes Grade 103rd Street Blue Also known as Kenneth Hahn At-grade 1st Street Blue Part of Long Beach loop At-grade 5th Street Blue Part of Long Beach loop At-grade 7th Street/Metro Center Blue, Red, Purple Blue Line terminus, Red/Purple Line concurrency Below-grade Allen Gold Above-grade Anaheim Blue At-grade Artesia Blue At-grade Atlantic Gold South terminus At-grade Avalon Green Above-grade Aviation/LAX Green Free shuttle connection to LAX Above-grade Chinatown Gold Above-grade Civic Center Red, Purple Not to be confused with East LA Civic Center (Gold Line) Below-grade Compton Blue At-grade Crenshaw Green Above-grade Del Amo Blue Above-grade Del Mar Gold At-grade Douglas Green Above-grade East L.A. Civic Center Gold Not to be confused by Civic Center (Red/Purple) At-grade El Segundo Green Above-grade Fillmore Gold At-grade Firestone Blue Above-grade Florence Blue At-grade Grand Blue At-grade Harbor Freeway Green Located at the junction of I-105 and I-110 Above-grade Hawthorne Green Above-grade Heritage Square Gold At-grade Highland Park Gold At-grade Hollywood/Highland Red Below-grade Hollywood/Vine Red Below-grade Hollywood/Western Red Below-grade Imperial/Wilmington Green, Blue Above-grade/at-grade Indiana Gold At-grade Lake Gold Above-grade Lakewood Green Above-grade Lincoln/Cypress Gold Above-grade Little Tokyo/Arts District Gold At-grade Long Beach Green Not to be confused with Long Beach Transit Mall (Blue) Above-grade Long Beach Transit Mall Blue Part of Long Beach loop; not be confused with Long Beach (Green) At-grade Maravilla Gold At-grade Mariachi Plaza Gold Below-grade Mariposa Green Above-grade Memorial Park Gold Below-grade Mission Gold At-grade North Hollywood Red Northern terminus Below-grade Norwalk Green Eastern terminus Above-grade Pacific Blue Part of Long Beach loop At-grade Pacific Coast Highway Blue At-grade Pershing Square Red, Purple Below-grade Pico Blue At-grade Pico/Aliso Gold At-grade Redondo Beach Green Western terminus Above-grade San Pedro Blue At-grade Sierra Madre Villa Gold Northern terminus Above-grade Slauson Blue Above-grade Soto Gold Below-grade Southwest Museum Gold At-grade Union Station Red, Purple, Gold Red/Purple lines concurrency and terminus Below-grade/at-grade Universal City Red Below-grade Vermont Green Above-grade Vermont/Beverly Red Below-grade Vermont/Santa Monica Red Below-grade Vermont/Sunset Red Below-grade Vernon Blue At-grade Wardlow Blue At-grade Washington Blue At-grade Westlake/MacArthur Park Red, Purple Below-grade Willow Blue At-grade Wilshire/Normandie Purple Below-grade Wilshire/Vermont Red, Purple Red/Purple concurrency terminus Below-grade Wilshire/Western Purple Western terminus Below-grade Station Particulars This list includes the station's address, the number of stops/transfers away the station is from 7th Street/Metro Center, whether the station has parking or not (and whether it is free or not) and the preceding and following stations. (Note: The preceding station is the station directly north or west of the station. For instance, 7th Street/Metro Center's preceding station is Westlake/MacArthur Park, and Imperial/Wilmington's following station is Compton.) Font Style Station Type Bold Transfer Italic Terminus Underline Concurrency Station Line Address No. of stops away from 7th St/Metro Ctr Preceding Station Following Station Parking 103rd Street Blue 10100 Grandee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90002 9 Firestone Imperial/Wilmington 62 free 1st Street Blue 108 N Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802 20 Long Beach Transit Mall 5th Street Paid (independent) 5th Street Blue 598 N Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802 21 1st Street Anaheim 7th St/Metro Center Blue, Red, Purple 660 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90017 0 Red/Purple: Westlake/MacArthur Park, Blue: (terminus) Red/Purple: Pershing Square, Blue: Pico Allen Gold 395 N Allen Ave, Pasadena, CA 91106 14 Sierra Madre Villa Lake Anaheim Blue 1290 N Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813 17 Pacific Coast Highway 1st Street Artesia Blue 1920 ½ Acacia Ave, Compton, CA 90220 12 Compton Del Amo 292 free, 76 paid Atlantic Gold 5150 E Pomona Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90022 11 East LA Civic Center (terminus) 413 free Avalon Green 11667 S Avalon Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90067 11 Harbor Freeway Imperial/Wilmington 158 free Aviation/LAX Green 11500 Aviation Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045 17 Mariposa Hawthorne 405 free Chinatown Gold 901 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 4 Lincoln/Cypress LA Union Station Civic Center Red, Purple 101 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 2 Pershing Square LA Union Station Paid (independent) Compton Blue 275 Willowbrook Ave, Compton, CA 90220 11 Imperial/Wilmington Artesia Crenshaw Green 11901 S Crenshaw Blvd, Hawthorne, CA 90303 14 Hawthorne Vermont 513 free Del Amo Blue 20220 Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90220 13 Artesia Wardlow 351 free, 15 paid Del Mar Gold 230 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105 11 Memorial Park Fillmore 290 paid Douglas Green 700 S Douglas St, El Segundo, CA 90245 19 Redondo Beach El Segundo 30 free East LA Civic Center Gold 4780 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022 10 Maravilla Atlantic El Segundo Green 2226 E El Segundo Blvd, El Segundo, CA 90245 18 Douglas Mariposa 90 free Fillmore Gold 95 Fillmore St, Pasadena, CA 91105 10 Del Mar Mission 131 free Firestone Blue 8615 Graham Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90002 8 Florence 103rd Street Florence Blue 7225 Graham Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90002 7 Slauson Firestone 103 free, 12 paid Grand Blue 331 ½ W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90015 2 Pico San Pedro Harbor Freeway Green 11500 S Figueroa St, Los Angeles 90048 12 Vermont Avalon 253 free Hawthorne Green 11230 S Acacia St, Inglewood, CA 90304 15 Aviation/LAX Crenshaw 623 free Heritage Square Gold 3545 Pasadena Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90031 6 Southwest Museum Highland Park 129 free Highland Park Gold 151 N Ave 57, Los Angeles, CA 90042 8 Mission Southwest Museum Hollywood/Highland Red Hollywood Blvd/Highland Ave, Hollywood, CA 90028 8 Universal City Hollywood/Vine Paid (independent) Hollywood/Vine Red 6250 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038 7 Hollywood/Highland Hollywood/Western Paid (independent) Hollywood/Western Red 5450 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 6 Hollywood/Vine Vermont/Sunset Imperial/Wilmington Blue 11611 Willowbrook Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90059 10 Blue: 103rd Street, Green: Avalon Blue: Compton, Green: Long Beach 975 free Indiana Gold 210 S Indiana St, Los Angeles, CA 90063 8 Soto Maravilla 43 free Lake Gold 340 N Lake Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 13 Allen Memorial Park 100 paid Lakewood Green 12801 Lakewood Ave, Downey, CA 90241 12 Norwalk Long Beach Lincoln/Cypress Gold 370 W Ave 26, Los Angeles, CA 90031 5 Heritage Square Chinatown 89 free Little Tokyo/Arts District Gold 200 N Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 4 LA Union Station Pico/Aliso Long Beach Green 11508 Long Beach Blvd, Lynwood, CA 90262 11 Imperial/Wilmington Lakewood 650 free Long Beach Transit Mall Blue 128 W 1st St, Long Beach, CA 90802 19 1st Street Pacific Paid (independent) Maravilla Gold 4520 E 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90022 9 Indiana East LA Civic Center Mariachi Plaza Gold 1831 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 6 Pico/Aliso Soto Mariposa Green 555 N Nash St, El Segundo, CA 90245 17 El Segundo Aviation/LAX Memorial Park Gold 125 E Holly St, Pasadena, CA 91103 12 Lake Del Mar Mission Gold 905 Meridian Ave, South Pasadena, CA 91030 9 Fillmore Highland Park 118 paid North Hollywood Red Lankershim Blvd/Chandler Blvd, North Hollywood, CA 91601 10 (terminus) Universal City 803 free, 298 paid Norwalk Green 12901 Hoxie Ave, Norwalk, CA 90650 13 Lakewood (terminus) 2050 free Pacific Blue 498 Pacific Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802 18 Long Beach Transit Mall Anaheim Paid (independent) Pacific Coast Highway Blue 1798 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813 16 Willow Anaheim Pershing Square Red, Purple 500 S Hill St, Los Angeles, CA 90013 1 7th Street/Metro Center Civic Center Paid (independent) Pico Blue 1236 S Flower St, Los Angeles, CA 90015 1 7th Street/Metro Center Grand Pico/Aliso Gold 1311 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 5 Little Tokyo/Arts District Mariachi Plaza Redondo Beach Green 2406 Marine Ave/5301 Marine Ave, Redondo Beach, CA 90278 20 (terminus) Douglas 403 free San Pedro Blue 767 E Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90021 3 Grand Washington Sierra Madre Villa Gold 149 N Halstead, Pasadena, CA 91107 15 (terminus) Allen 950 free, 60 paid Slauson Blue 5585 Randolph St, Los Angeles, CA 90032 6 Vernon Florence Soto Gold 2330 E 1st St, Los Angeles, CA 90033 7 Mariachi Plaza Indiana Southwest Museum Gold 4600 Marmion Way, Los Angeles, CA 90065 7 Highland Park Heritage Square Union Station Red, Gold, Purple 801 N Vignes St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 3 Red/Purple: Civic Center, Gold: Chinatown Red/Purple: (terminus), Gold: Little Tokyo/Arts District Paid (independent) Universal City Red Lankershim Blvd/Universal Terrace Pkwy, North Hollywood, CA 91608 9 North Hollywood Hollywood/Highland 779 free, 125 paid Vermont Green 11603 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90048 13 Crenshaw Harbor Freeway 155 free Vermont/Beverly Red 301 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004 3 Vermont/Santa Monica Wilshire/Vermont Vermont/Santa Monica Red 1015 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90029 4 Vermont/Sunset Vermont/Beverly Vermont/Sunset Red 1500 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027 5 Hollywood/Western Vermont/Santa Monica Vernon Blue 4421 Long Beach Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021 5 Washington Slauson Wardlow Blue 3420 N Pacific Pl, Long Beach, CA 90802 14 Del Amo Willow 82 free, 10 paid Washington Blue 1945 Long Beach Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021 4 San Pedro Vernon Westlake/MacArthur Park Red, Purple 660 S Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90057 1 Wilshire/Vermont 7th Street/Metro Center]] Willow Blue 2750 American Ave, Long Beach, CA 90806 15 Wardlow Pacific Coast Highway 879 free, 20 paid Wilshire/Normandie Purple 3510 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90005 3 Wilshire/Western Wilshire/Vermont Wilshire/Vermont Red, Purple 3191 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90005 2 Red: Vermont/Beverly, Purple: Wilshire/Normandie Westlake/MacArthur Park Paid (independent) Wilshire/Western Purple 3775 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90005 4 (terminus) Wilshire/Normandie