Crenshaw station is a elevated
light rail station on the
C Line of the
Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of
Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above
Crenshaw Boulevard
Crenshaw Boulevard is a north-south thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California, that runs through Crenshaw and other neighborhoods along a 23-mile (37.76 km) route in the west-central part of the city.
The street extends between Wilshire Bouleva ...
, after which the station is named, in the city of
Hawthorne, California
Hawthorne is a city in the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in southwestern Los Angeles County, California. It is part of a seventeen-city region commonly called the South Bay. As of the 2020 US census, Hawthorne had a population of 88, ...
.
The station is not named for the
Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, which is located several miles north of this station, and is served by
K Line
is a Japanese transportation company. It owns a fleet that includes dry cargo ships (bulk carriers), container ships, liquefied natural gas carriers, Ro-Ro ships, tankers, and container terminals. It used to be the fourteenth largest contai ...
.
The original name for the station was Crenshaw Blvd/I-105, but was later simplified to just Crenshaw.
The stories on the tiled walls in street-level plaza were collected and organized by Buzz Spector in an artwork entitled "Crenshaw Stories."
Service
Station layout
Hours and frequency
Connections
, the following connections are available:
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Los Angeles Metro Bus
Los Angeles Metro Bus is the transit bus service in Los Angeles County, California operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
, there are ...
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Torrance Transit
Torrance Transit is a transit agency primarily serving the South Bay region of Los Angeles County. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of .
History
Torrance Transit inaugurated service on January 15, 1940 using thre ...
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References
C Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995
Hawthorne, California
Crenshaw, Los Angeles
Inglewood, California
Los Angeles Metro Rail stations in highway medians
1995 establishments in California
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