103rd Street/Watts Towers station

103rd Street/Watts Towers 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 103rd Street, after which the station is named, along with the nearby landmark Watts Towers in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.[4]

103rd St/Watts Towers
A Line 
103rd Street/Watts Towers station platform in November 2015
General information
Location10100 Grandee Avenue
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates33°56′34″N 118°14′36″W / 33.9427°N 118.2432°W / 33.9427; -118.2432
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Parking62 spaces[1]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-07-14)
RebuiltNovember 2, 2019[2]
Previous names103rd Street/Kenneth Hahn
Passengers
FY 20241,769 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Firestone
toward Azusa
A Line Willowbrook/​Rosa Parks
toward Long Beach
Location
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It is adjacent to the Watts Station, which historically served the Watts, Long Beach, and San Pedro lines of the Pacific Electric Railway.

Service

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The LA Metro station, adjacent to the historic Watts Station

Hours and frequency

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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 to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[5]

Connections

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As of April 9, 2023, the following connections are available:[6]

Notable places nearby

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The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

References

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  1. ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
  4. ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  5. ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
  6. ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.