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system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above Long Beach Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of

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. The station is not named for the city of

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, which is located several miles south of this station, and is served by A Line. The original name for the station was Long Beach Blvd/I-105, but was later changed to Long Beach Boulevard.

History

Prior to the establishment of service on

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, the location served as Lynwood depot, a station on the

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serving the

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. At some point after service was discontinued, the small mission revival station building was relocated to Lynwood Park to make way for the

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, where it still stands to this day. The 1917 depot, one of only several in the area which survived the devastating

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, has been registered as a historic American building by the

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. It is listed on the

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Service

Station layout

Hours and frequency

Connections

, the following connections are available: *

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: , * Lynwood Breeze: A

References

C Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995 Lynwood, California 1995 establishments in California {{LACMTA-stub