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toward Union Station. Location. Vermont/Santa Monica station (also known as Vermont/Santa Monica/L.A. City College station) is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system serving Los Angeles County, California in the United States. It consists of six lines: four light rail lines (the A, C, E and K lines) and two rapid transit lines (the B and D lines), serving a total of 101 stations. The system connects with the Metro Busway bus rapid transit system ...
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Route
The B Line is a subway that begins at North Hollywood station in North Hollywood, in the San Fernando Valley. The line turns southeast underneath Cahuenga Pass and passes through Hollywood and Koreatown, traveling east along Hollywood Boulevard and then south along Vermont Avenue. Arriving at Wilshire/Vermont station, the line merges with the D Line, and the lines continue between Wilshire Boulevard and 7th Street (and briefly Ingraham Street), where the lines interchange with the A and E lig...
Hours and frequency
B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. Trains operate every 12 minutes during peak hours. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes.
Station listing
The following table lists the stations of the B Line, from north to south. All stations are located in the city of Los Angeles, California.
The current B Line is the product of a long-term plan to connect Downtown Los Angeles to central and western portions of the city with a subway system. Original proposals in the 1980s had it running down Wilshire Boulevard to Fairfax Avenue and then north to the San Fernando Valley. Residents in some parts of the city bitterly opposed the subway. A...
Extension to Arts District
In 2010, at the request of L.A. City Councilman Tom LaBonge, Metro staff studied the possibility of adding a station along the west bank of the Los Angeles Riverto 6th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. The study concluded that such an extension, completed at-grade along Metro-owned right-of-way, could be completed for as little as $90 million. The study suggested an alternative station at the Division 20 Yard north of 4th Street and Santa Fe Avenue. This station would be closer to the residential p...
Extensions to the South
One of the proposals for the Vermont Transit Corridor being considered by Metro would extend a subway line from Wilshire/Vermont station down Vermont Avenue to 120th Street. Metro is also considering other types of mass transit for the line, including light rail and busway options.
On December 22, 2006, a rider accidentally spilled a vial of mercury on the platform at Pershing Square station. He notified the operator on a passenger intercom before boarding a train, but Los An...On August 19, 2011, near the Hollywood/Vine station, an altercation between two passengers resulted in one being fatally stabbed.The suspect was arrested on August 24.On September 4, 2012, a 54-year-old man fell onto the tracks at the North Hollywood station and was hit by an oncoming train.He was rushed to hospital, where he later died.On May 22, 2018, an unidentified man "probably jumped" onto the tracks at the 7th St/Metro Center station and was hit by an oncoming train. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died. It is u...Vermont/Santa Monica station is an underground rapid transit station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Vermont Avenue at its intersection with Santa Monica Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the East Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Dec 18, 2014 · Spencer Lowell. The Los Angeles Metro station at Santa Monica and Vermont, designed by Mehrdad Yazdani, Assoc. AIA, then with Ellerbe Becket (now the design principal of CannonDesign’s Yazdani Studio) features a dramatic canopy that draws rail-riders into the subterranean station.
Jan 27, 2015 · Project Description. This Metro Red-Line station has an iconic presence in the visually chaotic surroundings of its Los Angeles neighborhood. Designed by Mehrdad Yazdani, Assoc. AIA, then with Ellerbe Becket (now the design principal of CannonDesign’s Yazdani Studio), the station features an almond-shaped canopy—internally illuminated and ...
Feb 28, 2020 · Vermont/Santa Monica Designed by architect Ellerbe Becket and artist Robert Millar, the Vermont/Santa Monica station is an urban landscape that juxtaposes daytime natural and nighttime artificial light.
