7th Street/Metro Center station

7th St/Metro Center
The tracks for the Blue and Expo Lines cross over the tracks for the Red and Purple Lines.
Location	660 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, California 90017
Coordinates	34°02′55″N 118°15′31″W / 34.0487°N 118.2587°WCoordinates: 34°02′55″N 118°15′31″W / 34.0487°N 118.2587°W
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Metro Rail:  Red Line   Purple Line   Blue Line   Expo Line  Metro Liner:  Silver Line
Platforms	2 side platforms (light rail) 1 island platform (heavy rail)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	Upper level: February 15, 1991 Lower level: January 30, 1993
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Westlake/MacArthur Park toward North Hollywood Red Line Pershing Square toward Union Station Westlake/MacArthur Park toward Wilshire/Western Purple Line Pico toward Downtown Long Beach Blue Line Terminus Pico toward Downtown Santa Monica Expo Line Preceding station   Metro Busway   Following station Pico (with interim stops) toward Downtown San Pedro Silver Line (street service) Pershing Square (with interim stops) toward El Monte

7th Street/Metro Center, officially 7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon, is a metro station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system located in the Financial District of Downtown Los Angeles at the intersection of 7th Street and Flower Street.^[1]

The station is served by the light rail Blue Line and Expo Line, heavy rail Red Line and Purple Line, and by the bus rapid transit Silver Line. The Blue Line and Expo Line currently have their downtown terminus at this station. Many bus routes also serve the station.

This is the only station in the entire system that has an underground side platform.

Station layout

The station consists of three underground levels. The main concourse and the light rail side platforms are on the second underground level, while the heavy rail center platform is on the third level. A small first level mezzanine connects the light rail side platforms. The Metro Silver Line stops at the street level next to the station's entrances. The station used to serve the Macy's Plaza shopping mall. Macy's Plaza is being rebuilt as a new pedestrian friendly shopping mall renamed The Bloc which will add a new direct entrance from the mall to the subway station.

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
	Figueroa St/7th St (Northbound)	← Silver Line  toward El Monte Station (Pershing Square)
	Flower St/7th St (Southbound)	→ Silver Line  toward Harbor Gateway Transit Center/San Pedro (Flower/Olympic)→
B1	North Mezzanine	7th Street/Flower Street Exit Faregates, ticket machines Walkway between Platform 1 and Platform 2
B2 Blue/Expo Line platforms	East Mezzanine	7th Street/Hope Street Exit Faregates, ticket machines
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1 (Northbound/Eastbound)	← Blue Line  termination track ← Expo Line  termination track ← Blue Line  (planned) toward APU/Citrus College (2nd Pl/Hope St) ← Gold Line  (planned) toward Atlantic (2nd Pl/Hope St)
	Platform 2 (Southbound/Westbound)	→ Blue Line  toward Downtown Long Beach (Pico)→ → Expo Line  toward Downtown Santa Monica (Pico)→ → Gold Line (planned) toward Downtown Santa Monica (Pico)→
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	West Mezzanine	Faregates, ticket machines 7th Street/Figueroa Street Exit
B3 Red/Purple Line platforms	Platform 3 (Northbound/Westbound)	←  Red Line  toward North Hollywood (Westlake/MacArthur Park) ←  Purple Line  toward Wilshire/Western (Westlake/MacArthur Park)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 4 (Southbound/Eastbound)	→  Red Line  toward Union Station (Pershing Square) → →  Purple Line  toward Union Station (Pershing Square) →

Station enhancements

Metro spent nearly $2 million worth of enhancements to 7th Street/Metro Center station as part of the Expo Line project which was completed weeks before the Metro Expo Line began service to La Cienega/Jefferson Station. This enhancement included a new dispatch booth and improved signage in the station.^[2]

Services

Metro Blue & Expo Lines platforms (Upper Level)

Metro Red & Purple Lines platform at 7th Street/Metro Center Station. At this transfer station passengers can connect to the Metro Silver Line at the street level, or the Metro Blue & Expo Lines above this platform.

Metro Rail and Metro Liner service

Blue, Expo, Red and Purple Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.^[3][4]
Silver Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.^[5]

Metro Buses

Metro Bus lines 20,51,52,60 (local), 351 (limited), 442,460,487, and 489 (express), 720 and 760 (rapid) stop near the station entrances at 7th and Hope streets, 7th and Flower streets and 7th and Figueroa Streets.

Municipal buses

Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus express Line 10, and LADOT Dash shuttles Routes D, E, and F also stop at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station.

Long-distance motorcoach

California Shuttle Bus provides service to San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose from a bus stop at the corner of Figueroa and 7th streets.

Regional Connector

The under construction Regional Connector Transit Corridor will result in the Blue Line and Expo Line continuing north from this station terminus through Downtown Los Angeles (via the Financial District and the Bunker Hill area) to connect with the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station on the Gold Line, which will then become an underground subway station and move across the street.

References

1. "Purple Line station information".
2. http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2010/07_July/20100722RBMItem26.pdf
3. "Blue Line Timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
4. "Red/Purple Line Timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.
5. "Silver Line Timetable" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-05-10.

External links

• Station connections overview
• OpenStreetMap relation for the station