Harbor_Freeway_station
Harbor Freeway station
Light rail and bus rapid transit station in Los Angeles, California
Harbor Freeway station (formerly Harbor Freeway/I-105 station) is a transport hub located on the Harbor Transitway, within the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange of Interstate 105 and Interstate 110 near Figueroa Street in the neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The station is served by the light rail C Line, the bus rapid transit J Line and other bus services. The station is owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).
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| Location | 11500 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°55′43″N 118°16′51″W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | California Department of Transportation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform (C Line) 1 island platform (J Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 freeway median, elevated (C Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | See service section | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median Elevated (C Line) At-grade (J Line) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 253 spaces[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | August 12, 1995 (1995-08-12) (C Line) August 1, 1996 (1996-08-01) (Harbor Transitway)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Harbor Freeway/I-105[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station layout
The station has three levels: the upper level provides access to the C Line, the middle level has the connections to local bus services and the 253 space park and ride lot, and the lower level provides access to the J Line and other express buses operating on the Harbor Transitway. It is located near the Athens district of Los Angeles.[4]
| Upper Level |
Westbound | ← C Line toward Redondo Beach (Vermont/Athens) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Eastbound | → C Line toward Norwalk (Avalon) → | |
| G | Street level mezzanine |
Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines, park and ride lot |
| Lower Level |
Southbound | → J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Rosecrans) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Northbound | ← J Line toward El Monte (Manchester) | |
Hours and frequency
C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day. Night and early morning weekend service is every 20 minutes.[5]
J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight.[6]
Other Harbor Transitway services
These routes stop at the same boarding platforms of the Metro J Line at the freeway level:[7]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: Express 550 (weekday rush-hour only)
- Dodger Stadium Express (home games during baseball season only)
- GTrans (Gardena): 1X (weekdays)
- LADOT Commuter Express: 448 (weekday rush-hour only)
- Torrance Transit: 4X
Connections
These non-Harbor Transitway routes stop on the west side of Figueroa Street:
Freeway noise issues
Due to the upper platform's location within a freeway medium and in the interchange of two of Los Angeles' busiest freeways, it has received criticism for subjecting C-train riders to significant amounts of highway traffic noise and has been cited as a notable example of hostile transit infrastructure.[8]
The site is approximately the former Forest (later South Los Angeles) station on the San Pedro via Gardena Line of the Pacific Electric. It was also the southern terminus of the Los Angeles Railway 7 Line, allowing interchanges between the two systems. Pacific Electric service ended in 1940, while the 7 Line ran until 1955.
On February 22, 2012, a drunk driver on the Harbor Freeway mistakenly entered the bus-only station area of the Harbor Freeway station. The driver, 51-year-old Stephen L. Lubin of Sun Valley, was traveling 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) in his 2009 Honda Fit (15 mph (24 km/h) over the freeway's posted speed limit) as he entered the station and encountered a bus stopped at the platform. Lubin swerved to avoid hitting the bus and drove onto the station platform where he hit seven people, critically injuring six, before slamming into a pole on the platform.[9]
After the crash, Metro's CEO Art Leahy asked Metro's safety committee staff to review the layout of busway stations and safety signage on the roadways leading into the station areas.[10] As a result of that investigation, Metro added concrete-filled metal bollards to all stations on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway to prevent vehicles from entering the platform and additional markings were added on roadways leading into stations.[11]
- "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Metro.net. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- Radcliffe, Jim (June 27, 1996). "Harbor Transitway opens, reducing congestion – Impact felt during evening commute". Daily Breeze. p. A3.
- Allah, Salaam (March 12, 2005). "Image showing Harbor Freeway/I-105 sign". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on November 13, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- "Green Line station information". Archived from the original on October 21, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- "Metro C Line schedule". December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- "C Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 20, 2022. p. 2. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved May 15, 2022.
- "Metro's Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud". Streetsblog Los Angeles. August 6, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- William-Ross, Lindsay (February 24, 2012). "Driver Who Plowed Into Crowded Bus Platform Failed His Sobriety Test". LAist. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- "Probe ordered into crash that injured 7 at 110 Freeway bus stop". Los Angeles Times. February 23, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- "Harbor Freeway Metro Silver Line Station platform improvements" (PDF). April 20, 2012.[permanent dead link]
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