List of Los Angeles Metro Rail stations

A map of the six train lines (Metro Rail) and two rapid bus lines (Metro Busway) in the Los Angeles Metro system. There are a red line and a purple line going from east to west in the upper part of the map and a gold line in the northeast corner. There is a blue line going from north to south in the middle of the map, a pink line in the southwest corner, and a green line going from east to west near the bottom.
The current Los Angeles Metro Rail system map, including its six rail lines and two Metro Busway bus rapid transit lines.

Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system in Los Angeles County, California. It is operated by Los Angeles Metro. The system includes 103 metro stations with two rapid transit and four light rail lines, covering 109 miles (175 km) of route service.[1] In 2019, the Metro Rail system served an average 295,889 passengers each weekday, totaling 93.2 million passengers in the calendar year.[2] Metro Rail is one of the largest rapid transit and light rail systems in the United States by ridership.[3] The system is complemented by two Metro Busway bus rapid transit lines.

History

Metro Rail began service on July 14, 1990, when the light rail Blue Line opened between Pico and Anaheim Street stations;[4] the line was extended to Downtown Long Beach and Pacific Avenue stations on September 1.[5] The Blue Line was extended one stop northward from Pico to 7th Street/Metro Center on February 15, 1991.[6] The next Metro Rail line, the rapid transit Red Line, opened on January 30, 1993, between Union Station and Westlake/​MacArthur Park station.[7] The light rail Green Line, the system's third line, opened on August 12, 1995, from Norwalk to Redondo Beach stations.[8] Metro Rail's next expansion occurred on May 22, 1996, when the Red Line expanded westward from Westlake/MacArthur Park to Wilshire/​Western stations.[9] The Red Line expanded again on June 12, 1999, with a branch from Wilshire/​Vermont to Hollywood/Vine stations.[10] The final section of the Red Line opened on June 24, 2000, from Hollywood/Vine station to North Hollywood station, completing the Red Line as originally planned.[11] A fourth Metro Rail line, the light rail Gold Line, opened on July 27, 2003, between Union Station and Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena.[12] The rapid transit Purple Line became the fifth Metro Rail line on August 24, 2006, when Los Angeles Metro separated the Red Line into two separate services; the branch between Union Station and Wilshire/Western station became the Purple Line while the branch between Union Station and North Hollywood station remained the Red Line.[13] The Gold Line was later extended to Atlantic station in East Los Angeles on November 15, 2009.[14] The light rail Expo Line opened between 7th Street/Metro Center and La Cienega/Jefferson on April 28, 2012; two additional stations opened on June 20, 2012.[15] The Gold Line's second extension opened on March 5, 2016, and added six more stations from Sierra Madre Villa from to APU/Citrus College.[16] An extension to the Expo Line on May 20, 2016, added seven stations.[17] The opening of the K Line on October 7, 2022, added six stations.[18] The Regional Connector project featured two new underground stations as well as a rebuilt Little Tokyo/Arts District station. Aviation/Century station opened on November 3, 2024.[19] The LAX/Metro Transit Center opened on June 6, 2025.[20]

System

The system has 103 stations serving its six lines. Fourteen of these stations are transfer stations, which allow passengers to transfer between lines. Eleven of these stations are termini—stations at the end of lines. 55 of the stations are within the city of Los Angeles and the other 48 stations are located in surrounding communities in Los Angeles County.

Lines

There are six Metro Rail lines, each of which is associated with a letter.

Name Stations Termini Opening Newest extension Length[21][22][1] Ridership
(weekday)[2]
Type Former line
name(s)
 A Line 44 APU/Citrus College (north)
Downtown Long Beach (south)
1990[23] 2023[24] 48.5 miles (78.1 km) 69,216 Light rail Blue Line
Gold Line
L Line
 B Line 14 North Hollywood (north)
Union Station (south)
1993[23] 2000[23] 14.7 miles (23.7 km) 64,729[A] Rapid transit Red Line
 C Line 12 LAX/Metro Transit Center (west)
Norwalk (east)
1995[23] 2025[25] 17.8 miles (28.6 km) 21,902 Light rail Green Line
 D Line 8 Wilshire/​Western (west)
Union Station (east)
1993[23][B] 1996[23][C] 5.1 miles (8.2 km) 64,729[A] Rapid transit Red Line
Purple Line
 E Line 29 Downtown Santa Monica (west)
Atlantic (east)
2012[23][D] 2023[24] 22 miles (35 km) 48,913 Light rail Gold Line
Expo Line
L Line
 K Line 13 Expo/Crenshaw (north)
Redondo Beach (south)
2022[27] 2025[20] 11 miles (18 km) 3,136 Light rail

List of stations

For stations served by more than one line, lines are listed in the order of opening.

* Transfer stations
** Termini
Transfer stations and termini

Future stations

The following list stations that are currently under construction. It does not include the proposed Arts District/6th Street station, nor those planned on the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Transit Project, Eastside Transit Corridor, C Line Extension, and K Line Northern Extension.

Station Image Line(s)
(Project name)
Location[28] Opening Ref(s).
Beverly Drive Beverly Drive station under construction in July 2025  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Beverly Hills 2027 [42]
Century City Site of the future Century City station  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Los Angeles (Century City) 2027 [42]
Glendora Glendora station under construction in January 2024  A Line
(Foothill Extension)
Glendora September 19, 2025 [43]
La Verne/Fairplex La Verne/Fairplex station  A Line
(Foothill Extension)
La Verne September 19, 2025 [43]
Pomona North** A Line station at Pomona–North under construction in August 2023  A Line
(Foothill Extension)
Pomona September 19, 2025 [43]
San Dimas San Dimas station  A Line
(Foothill Extension)
San Dimas September 19, 2025 [43]
Westwood/UCLA Westwood/UCLA station under construction in August 2023  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Los Angeles (Westwood) 2028 [42]
Westwood/VA Hospital** Westwood/VA Hospital station under construction in August 2023  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Los Angeles (Westwood) 2028 [42]
Wilshire/Fairfax Wilshire/Fairfax station under construction in March 2024  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Los Angeles (Beverly Grove / Carthay / Mid-Wilshire) 2025 [42]
Wilshire/​La Brea HR4000 test train arriving at Wilshire/La Brea station platform  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Los Angeles (Hancock Park / Mid-Wilshire) 2025 [42]
Wilshire/La Cienega Wilshire/La Cienega station under construction in July 2025  D Line
(Westside Extension)
Beverly Hills 2025 [42]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ridership data is combined for both the B and D lines.
  2. ^ Opened as the Red Line, became the Purple Line in 2006.
  3. ^ Originally the Wilshire Branch of the Red Line.
  4. ^ The oldest segment of the E Line opened in 2009 as part of the Gold Line.[26]
  5. ^ Little Tokyo/Arts District station originally operated as an at-grade station from 2009 to 2020.
  6. ^ Union Station began operating as a Metro Rail station on January 30, 1993, but it had been continuously operating as an inter-city and commuter rail station since May 5, 1939.[41]

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