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.
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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 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | October 7, 2022[1] | ||||||||||
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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.[2]
Service edit
Station layout edit
| G | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit |
| B2 | Northbound | ← K Line toward Expo/Crenshaw (Terminus)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | K Line toward Westchester/Veterans (Leimert Park) →
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Hours and frequency edit
K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every 10 minutes throughout the day on weekdays. Night service is every 20 minutes. Due to the ongoing construction of the new LAX/Metro Transit Center station, trains temporarily run 20-minute headways on weekends.[3]
Connections edit
As of spring 2024, the following connections are available:[4]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 40, 102, 105, 210
- LADOT DASH: Crenshaw, Leimert/Slauson, Midtown
Notable places nearby edit
The 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.
- ^ 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". December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "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". baldwinhillsctenshsawplaza.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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