LA General Medical Center  | |||||||||||
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.JPG) Station platform, looking east | |||||||||||
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| Location | 1930 Pomeroy Avenue Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′20″N 118°12′39″W / 34.05566°N 118.21094°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | See Busway services section | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 4, 1974 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | LAC+USC Medical Center | ||||||||||
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LA General Medical Center station is a busway station located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. It is situated between Union Station and Cal State LA station on the El Monte Busway. The station is served by two bus rapid transit routes: the J Line, operated by Metro and the Silver Streak, operated by Foothill Transit. It is also used by several Metro Express and Foothill Transit bus services, most of which only run during weekday peak periods. The station consists of an island platforms in the center of the El Monte Busway, near its namesake, the Los Angeles General Medical Center. The station was completed on November 4, 1974, and is accessed by a bridge from Pomeroy Avenue between Kingston Avenue and Brittania Street.[1]
The station was named LAC+USC Medical Center until December 10, 2023, when it was changed to reflect the hospital's new name.[2]
Metro has additional plans to add the station as infill to the Metrolink San Bernardino Line. This would involve building a second track and center platform. The cost of this project is estimated between $51 million and $110 million.[3] Currently, westbound Metrolink passengers must exit at the Cal State LA station and take any of the westbound buses one stop to the Medical Center.
- ^ Hillmer, Jon; Parry, Stephen T. (June 5, 1994). The El Monte Busway: A Twenty-Year Retrospective (PDF) (Report). Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive.
- ^ Hymon, Steve (November 27, 2023). "Dec. 10 service changes: more light rail service and many bus line improvements". The Source. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
- ^ @numble (June 20, 2023). "LA Metro study on infill Metrolink station at LA General Medical Center (LA County-USC Medical Center). Would build a second track and center platform. Cost $51m-$110m (depends on if pedestrian bridge is built). Existing bridge is hard to retrofit" (Tweet) – via Twitter.