Martin Luther King Jr. station is an underground light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underneath Crenshaw Boulevard at its intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park. The station’s main entrance is next to the iconic Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping mall.
Martin Luther King Jr  | |||||||||||
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 Martin Luther King Jr. station platform | |||||||||||
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| Location | 4051 South Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°00′34″N 118°20′07″W / 34.009571°N 118.335288°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections | Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT DASH | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | October 7, 2022[1] | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY 2024 | 237 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2] | ||||||||||
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The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1]
The station incorporates artwork by three artists: Mara Lonner, Shinique Smith, and Eileen Cowin.[3]
Service
editHours and frequency
editK Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout most of the day. Trains run every 20 minutes after 8:00 p.m. every day and before 8:00 a.m. on weekends.[4]
Connections
editAs of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[5]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 40, 102, 105, 210
- LADOT DASH: Crenshaw, Leimert/Slauson, Midtown
Notable places nearby
editThe station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
edit- ^ a b Patel, Tine (October 7, 2022). "LA Metro's new K Line opens today". CBS. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- ^ "Metro K Line schedule". November 3, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.
- ^ "K Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ "MTA Crenshaw/LAX Project". baldwinhillscrenshawplaza.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
External links
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