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Artesia Station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Artesia Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.[3]

Artesia
Artesia station platform
General information
Location	19201⁄2 Acacia Avenue Compton, California
Coordinates	33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Compton Renaissance Transit Long Beach Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus Torrance Transit
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	380 spaces[1]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	July 14, 1990; 32 years ago (1990-07-14)
Rebuilt	June 1, 2019[2]
Previous names	Dominguez (Pacific Electric)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Del Amo toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Compton toward 7th Street/Metro Center
Former services Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station Dominguez Junction towards Morgan Avenue Long Beach Compton towards Pacific Electric Building Dominguez Junction towards San Pedro San Pedro via Dominguez
Future services Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Del Amo toward Downtown Long Beach A Line Compton toward APU/Citrus College
Location

Artesia is a park and ride station with 380 parking spaces. The station is near the southern border of Compton, California near the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez. It is on Artesia Boulevard near the intersection of Alameda Street. It is also close to the Artesia Freeway (SR 91).

On June 7, 2012, editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as,"extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and,"a Third World train station."[4]

Service

Station layout

Northbound	← A Line toward 7th Street/Metro Center (Compton)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ A Line toward Downtown Long Beach (Del Amo) →

Hours and frequency

A Line trains run every day between approximately 4:00 a.m. and 12:30 am. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every twelve minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 8 a.m. (with a 15/20-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[6]

• Compton Renaissance Transit: 5
• Long Beach Transit: 51, 61, 141[7]
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 60, 202, 205, 260
• Torrance Transit: 6, 13

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

• Compton College
• Crystal Casino
• Dominguez Rancho Adobe
• Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy

References

External links

• Metro website

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