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  | |||||||||||
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 103rd Street/Watts Towers station platform in November 2015 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 10100 Grandee Avenue Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°56′34″N 118°14′36″W / 33.9427°N 118.2432°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 62 spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | November 2, 2019[2] | ||||||||||
| Previous names | 103rd Street/Kenneth Hahn | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY 2024 | 1,769 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3] | ||||||||||
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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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Hours and frequency
editA 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
editAs of April 9, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[6]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 117
- LADOT DASH: Watts
Notable places nearby
editThe station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Good Shepherd Convalescent Hospital
- Jordan High School
- Jordan Downs
- Verbum Dei High School
- Watts Senior Center
- Watts Station — former Pacific Electric Railway station listed on the National Register of Historic Places
- Watts Towers
References
edit- ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ "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. 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.
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