Slauson station (Silver Line)

Slauson
Slauson Metro Silver Line station
Location	350 1/2 W Slauson Ave
Coordinates	33°59′21″N 118°16′50″W / 33.98915°N 118.28046°W
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Silver Line
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	June 1996; Re-branded as a Metro Silver Line station on December 13, 2009.
Services
Preceding station   Metro Busway   Following station Manchester toward Downtown San Pedro Silver Line 37th Street/USC toward El Monte

Slauson is a bus rapid transport transitway station for the Metro Silver Line on the Harbor Transitway/(I-110) at the overcrossing of Slauson Avenue in South Los Angeles. The station was re-branded as a station for the Metro Silver Line when the line began service on December 13, 2009. It is managed by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Slauson Metro Blue Line Station is located approximately 2 miles to the east.

Layout

■ Silver Line	toward El Monte (37th Street/USC)
■ Silver Line	toward Harbor Gateway Transit Center/Pacific/21th Street (Manchester)

The station has two side platforms in the median of the Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). The platforms can be accessed using elevators and lifts from Slauson Avenue below the freeway or by an overbridge from the park and ride to the east of the freeway. This station has two parking lots, one or each side of the freeway with a total of 160 spaces. Metro Local and limited lines 108 and 358 stop directly below the station at the street level (Slauson Avenue). As part of the Metro Express Lanes project, the station received some major station improvements. On September 6, 2011, the new stop located directly below the Slauson Silver Line station opened for Metro Local: 108 & Metro Limited: 358. The new stop is only for eastbound passengers. A westbound stop for lines 108 & 358 was not constructed. The station was upgraded with improved lighting in December 2010. CCTV and next bus trip arrival television screens were added onto the station in December 2012 and the monitors became activated on June 2013.

Service

Metro Silver Line   

Metro Silver Line buses stop at the station on the busway/freeway level which can be accessed by elevators and stairs. Metro Silver Line service hours are approximately from 4:15 AM until 1:45 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:45 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays.

Other transitway services

These services stop on the same level as the Metro Silver Line (busway/freeway level).

• Metro Express: 442 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM northbound only & PM peak southbound only), 460, 550 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM & PM peak periods only)
• Torrance Transit: 4 (Weekday peak a.m. northbound and weekday peak p.m. southbound only)
• Orange County Transportation Authority: 701 & 721 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM & PM peak periods only)

Services from Slauson Avenue

• Metro Local: 45, 81, 108, 358
• Metro Rapid: 745
• LADOT DASH: Southeast

Nearby Destinations

• Pike path (planned)
• Tam's Burgers Number 14
• Tacos El Gavilan
• Donut Shop
• Metro PCS Authorized Dealer
• Diana's Beauty Salon
• El Divino Salvador Medical Clinic

Station Photos

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  West parking lot of the Slauson Silver Line station. Security cameras are currently being installed at the station parking lot.
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  Eastbound Metro Local line 108 & Metro Limited line: 358 bus stop at Slauson Silver Line Station. The stop was added as part of the Metro Express Lanes Project. A westbound stop was not constructed.
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  Stairs on the southbound platform downwards towards Slauson Street.
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  The southbound island platform. Notice the station does not have the station signage with the Silver Line icon.
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  Entrance to the Slauson Silver Line Station.
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  The station east side parking lot. This side has an entrance to the freeway station pedestrian bridge.
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  Station security cameras and digital message signs for the Metro Silver Line currently being installed at the station. This is part of the Metro Express Lanes Project.
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  Panoramic view of the Slauson Silver Line Station at night.
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  Metro Silver Line arriving at Slauson/1-110 Station.
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  The station during May 2012.
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  Southbound platform and station exit.
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  Slauson Metro Silver Line station, northbound platform.
• 
  Metro Silver Line bus departing Slauson Metro Silver Line station.

References

External links

• Station 'relation' in OpenStreetMap
• Silver Line destinations
• Metro Silver Line timetable
• Los Angeles County Congestion Reduction Program: Status report - April 2011
• http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2011/10_October/20111020OPItem52.pdf