Vernon station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located in the center median of Long Beach Avenue (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway, and shared with the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision) at its intersection with Vernon Avenue, in South Los Angeles, one-quarter mile (0.4 km) from the border with Vernon, California.[2]
Prior to the construction of the A Line, Vernon Avenue was an important junction on the lines of the Pacific Electric. All lines from the Southern District, including the Long Beach, Watts, Whittier and San Pedro lines, stopped at Vernon Avenue, which was also a crossing with the Los Angeles Railway's V line.[3]
Service edit
Station layout edit
| Northbound | ←  A Line toward APU/Citrus College (Washington)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | A Line toward Long Beach (Slauson) →
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Hours and frequency edit
A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday through Friday. During weekday midday and weekends from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., trains run every 10 minutes. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]
Connections edit
As of April 9, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[5]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 105, 611
- LADOT DASH: Pueblo Del Rio, Southeast
Notable places nearby edit
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Jefferson High School
- Pueblo Del Rio Housing Complex
- Fred Roberts Park
- Ross Snyder Recreation Center
- Alameda Swap Meet
References edit
- ^ Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019). "Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
- ^ "Pacific Electric Watts Line". Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
- ^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
- ^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
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