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Crenshaw station is a elevated light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above Crenshaw Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Hawthorne, California.

Crenshaw
Crenshaw station platform
General information
Location	11901 South Crenshaw Boulevard Hawthorne, California
Coordinates	33.9252°N 118.3265°W / 33.9252; -118.3265
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus Torrance Transit
Construction
Structure type	Freeway median, elevated
Parking	506 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 12, 1995; 27 years ago (1995-08-12)
Previous names	Crenshaw Blvd/I-105[3]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Hawthorne/Lennox toward Redondo Beach C Line Vermont/Athens toward Norwalk
Location

The station is not named for the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, which is located several miles north of this station, and is served by K Line.

The original name for the station was Crenshaw Blvd/I-105, but was later simplified to just Crenshaw.

The stories on the tiled walls in street-level plaza were collected and organized by Buzz Spector in an artwork entitled "Crenshaw Stories."[4]

Service

Station layout

Platform	Westbound	←  C Line toward Redondo Beach (Hawthorne/Lennox)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→  C Line toward Norwalk (Vermont/Athens) →
G	Street level	Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines, park and ride

Hours and frequency

C Line service hours are approximately from 4:00 a.m. until 12:30 a.m. daily. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every 15 minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Night service is every 20 minutes.[5]

Connections

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

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 207, 209, 210
• Torrance Transit: 10X

References

Media related to Crenshaw (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons

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