Harbor Freeway station (formerly Harbor Freeway/I-105 station) is a
transport hub
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located on the
Harbor Transitway
The Harbor Transitway (also known as the I-110 Express Lanes) is a shared-use express bus corridor (known as a busway or transitway) and high occupancy toll (HOT) lanes running in the median of Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) between Downtown ...
, within the
Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange
The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is a stack interchange near the Athens and Watts communities of Los Angeles, California, United States. It is the interchange of the following routes:
*
*
The interchange permits traffic entering the interc ...
of
Interstate 105 and
Interstate 110 near
Figueroa Street
Figueroa Street is a major north-south street in Los Angeles County, California, spanning from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington north to Eagle Rock. A short, unconnected continuation of Figueroa Street runs just south of Marengo Driv ...
in the neighborhood of
South Los Angeles
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It is "defined on Los Angeles city maps as ...
. The station is served by the
light rail C Line, the
bus rapid transit
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J Line and other bus services. The station is owned by the
California Department of Transportation
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(Caltrans) and operated by the
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), commonly branded as Metro, LA Metro, and L.A. Metro, is the state agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the transportation system in Los Angele ...
(Metro).
Service
Station layout
The station has three levels: the upper level provides access to the C Line, the middle level has the connections to local bus services and the 253 space
park and ride
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lot, and the lower level provides access to the J Line and other express buses operating on the Harbor Transitway. It is located near the
Athens
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district of
Los Angeles
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.
Hours and frequency
Other Harbor Transitway services
These routes stop at the same boarding platforms of the
Metro J Line at the freeway level:
*
Los Angeles Metro Bus
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, there are ...
: Express
*
Dodger Stadium Express
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*
GTrans
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(Gardena):
1X
*
LADOT Commuter Express:
*
OC Bus
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(Orange County):
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Connections
These non-Harbor Transitway routes stop on the west side of Figueroa Street:
* Los Angeles Metro Bus: , , ,
* GTrans (Gardena): 1X
*
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 three ...
:
1
History
The site is approximately the former Forest (later South Los Angeles) station on the
San Pedro via Gardena Line of the
Pacific Electric
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. It was also the southern terminus of the
Los Angeles Railway
The Los Angeles Railway (also known as Yellow Cars, LARy and later Los Angeles Transit Lines) was a system of streetcars that operated in Central Los Angeles and surrounding neighborhoods between 1895 and 1963. The system provided frequent loc ...
7 Line, allowing interchanges between the two systems. Pacific Electric service ended in 1940, while the 7 Line ran until 1955.
Incidents
![Harbor Freeway Station- Metro Silver Line platform 2013](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Harbor_Freeway_Station-_Metro_Silver_Line_platform_2013.JPG)
On February 22, 2012, a drunk driver on the Harbor Freeway mistakenly entered the bus-only station area of the Harbor Freeway station. The driver, 51-year-old Stephen L. Lubin of Sun Valley, was traveling in his 2009
Honda Fit
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( over the freeway's posted
speed limit
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) as he entered the station and encountered a bus stopped at the platform. Lubin swerved to avoid hitting the bus and drove onto the station platform where he hit seven people, critically injuring six, before slamming into a pole on the platform.
After the crash, Metro's CEO Art Leahy asked Metro's safety committee staff to review the layout of busway stations and safety signage on the roadways leading into the station areas. As a result of that investigation, Metro added concrete-filled metal
bollard
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s to all stations on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway to prevent vehicles from entering the platform and additional markings were added on roadways leading into stations.
References
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C Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
Los Angeles Metro Busway stations
South Los Angeles
J Line (Los Angeles Metro)
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995
1995 establishments in California
Bus stations in Los Angeles
Los Angeles Metro Rail stations in highway medians