Vernon station

Vernon
Blue Line 
Vernon station
Location 4421 Long Beach Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Coordinates 34°00′13″N 118°14′36″W / 34.0037°N 118.2432°W / 34.0037; -118.2432Coordinates: 34°00′13″N 118°14′36″W / 34.0037°N 118.2432°W / 34.0037; -118.2432
Owned by Metro
Line(s) Blue Line Blue Line 
Platforms 1 center platform
Tracks 2
Construction
Parking none
Bicycle facilities none
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status in service
History
Opened July 14, 1990 (July 14, 1990)
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station
Blue Line

Vernon is an at-grade light rail station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line. [1]

It has an island platform in the center media of Long Beach Avenue near the intersection of Vernon Avenue in South Los Angeles, a quarter of a mile from the border with Vernon.

Prior to the construction of the Blue Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric Railway. All lines from the Southern District, including the Long Beach, Watts, Whittier and San Pedro lines, stopped at Vernon Avenue, which was also a crossing with the Los Angeles Railway's V line.[2]

Under current plans, the station will also be served by the West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor, one of the Twenty-eight by '28 projects Metro aims to have online by the 2028 Summer Olympics.[3]

Station layout

Platform Southbound ← Blue Line Blue Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Slauson)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound → Blue Line Blue Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Washington) →

Service

Metro Rail service

Blue Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.

Bus connections

Neighborhood and destinations

  • Jefferson High School
  • Pueblo De Rio Housing Complex
  • Fred Roberts Park
  • Ross Snyder Recreation Center
  • Alameda Swap Meet

References

  1. ↑ "Blue Line station information" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Pacific Electric Watts Line". Eagle Rock Historical Association.
  3. ↑ https://media.metro.net/projects_studies/westSantaAnaBranch/images/map_wsab_transitCorridor_2018-06.pdf
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