Compton station is an at-grade
light rail station on the
A Line of the
Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the
Union Pacific
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Pac ...
freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the
Pacific Electric Railway
The Pacific Electric Railway Company, nicknamed the Red Cars, was a privately owned mass transit system in Southern California consisting of electrically powered streetcars, interurban cars, and buses and was the largest electric railway system ...
), at its intersection with
Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of
Compton, California.
Service
Station layout
Hours and frequency
Connections
On May 8, 2011, Metro and Compton City Officials opened the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to Compton Station. The transit center has eight new bus bays and allows easy and safe access to the rail station.
, the following connections are available:
*
Compton Renaissance Transit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
*
GTrans
GTrans is a municipal transit agency that serves Gardena, California and surrounding Los Angeles County neighbourhoods. It was founded on January 15, 1940, as Gardena Municipal Bus Lines. On the agency's 75th anniversary, the agency was renamed as ...
(Gardena):
3
*
Greyhound Lines
*
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 ...
: , , ,
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
* Compton Civic Center and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
*
Compton High School
Compton High School is a high school in Compton, California, United States, part of the Compton Unified School District.
History
The school opened in 1896 as Compton Union High School and was later re-established as Compton Senior High School i ...
* Gateway Towne Center
References
A Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1990
Compton, California
1990 establishments in California
Pacific Electric stations
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