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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 | ||||||||||||
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Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 2, 2019[2] | ||||||||||||
Previous names | 103rd Street/Kenneth Hahn | ||||||||||||
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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.[3]
It is adjacent to the Watts Station, which historically served the Watts, Long Beach, and San Pedro lines of the Pacific Electric Railway.
Service
Station layout
Northbound | ← A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Firestone) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks) → |
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.[4]
Connections
As of April 9, 2023, the following connections are available:[5]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 117
- LADOT DASH: Watts
Notable places nearby
The 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
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.