Vernon station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway, and shared with the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision) at its intersection with Vernon Avenue, in South Los Angeles, one-quarter mile (0.4 km) from the border with Vernon, California. [2]
Prior to the construction of the A Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric. 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. [3]
Northbound | ← A Line toward APU/Citrus College ( Washington) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach ( Slauson) → |
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]
As of April 9, 2023 [update], the following connections are available: [5]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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Location | 4421 Long Beach Avenue Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°00′13″N 118°14′36″W / 34.0037°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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | July 14, 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rebuilt | November 2, 2019 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vernon station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway, and shared with the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision) at its intersection with Vernon Avenue, in South Los Angeles, one-quarter mile (0.4 km) from the border with Vernon, California. [2]
Prior to the construction of the A Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric. 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. [3]
Northbound | ← A Line toward APU/Citrus College ( Washington) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach ( Slauson) → |
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]
As of April 9, 2023 [update], the following connections are available: [5]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places: