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The Torrance Transit Center (officially the Mary K. Giordano Regional Transit Center) is planned a
bus station A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is l ...
in Torrance that will serve as the city's
transport hub A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between transport modes. Public transport hubs include railway stations, rapid transit stations, bus stops, tram stops, airports and ferry slips. F ...
. It opened on June 9, 2023. The station is planned to serve as the southern terminus of the Los Angeles Metro Rail C Line via a proposed extension.


History

The previous bus hub in Torrance, located at the
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, ceased operation in 2005. Design and contracting of the new facility was rebooted in 2013 as initial designs did not adequately facilitate riders' needs. Ground was broken for the station in 2018. The transit center held a grand opening "open house" on June 9, 2023. Two days later, on June 11, Torrance Transit underwent a service-wide change in which Lines 1, Rapid 3, 4X, 5, 6, and 10 started servicing the new transit center.


Service

Six Torrance Transit routes currently serve the new Torrance Transit Center: Line 1 between
Del Amo Fashion Center Del Amo Fashion Center is a three-level regional shopping mall in Torrance, California, United States. It is currently managed and co-owned by Simon Property Group. With a gross leasable area (GLA) of , it is the sixth largest shopping mall in ...
and the
Harbor Freeway station Harbor Freeway station (formerly Harbor Freeway/I-105 station) is a transport hub located on the Harbor Transitway, within the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange of Interstate 105 and Interstate 110 near Figueroa Street in the neighborhood o ...
; Line Rapid 3 heading to Downtown Long Beach; Line 4X between Torrance and
Downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) contains the central business district of Los Angeles. In addition, it contains a diverse residential area of some 85,000 people, and covers . A 2013 study found that the district is home to over 500,000 jobs. It is ...
; Line 5 between Crenshaw Blvd and Pacific Coast Highway and
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Downtown Inglewood station Downtown Inglewood station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Florence Avenue between Market and Locust Streets in the central business district of the city of Inglewoo ...
.


References

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