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

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, after which the station is named, in the city of

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. 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

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. 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

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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 {{LACMTA-stub