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Downtown Inglewood station is an at-grade light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Florence Avenue between Market and Locust Streets in the central business district of the city of Inglewood, California.

Downtown Inglewood
Downtown Inglewood station platform
General information
Location	321 East Florence Avenue Inglewood, California
Coordinates	33.966996°N 118.351389°W / 33.966996; -118.351389
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus Torrance Transit SoFi Stadium Shuttle
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Bicycle facilities	6 racks, 8 lockers
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 7, 2022; 42 days ago (2022-10-07)[1]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Fairview Heights toward Expo/Crenshaw K Line Westchester/Veterans Terminus
Location

The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1] Metro held a ceremonial ribbon cutting ceremony for the station on September 10, 2022.[2]

The station incorporates artwork by the artist Kenturah Davis.[3]

During the 2028 Summer Olympics, the station will serve spectators traveling to and from venues located in Inglewood including opening and closing ceremonies and soccer games at SoFi Stadium, Archery at Rivers Lake, and Gymnastics at Kia Forum.[4]

Service

Station layout

Northbound	← K Line toward Expo/Crenshaw (Fairview Heights)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ K Line toward Westchester/Veterans (Terminus) →

Hours and frequency

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

Connections

As of October 7, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[6]

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 40, 111, 211, 212, 215
• Torrance Transit: 10X (NFL game days only)
• SoFi Stadium Shuttle (service to home games at SoFi Stadium)

Notable places nearby

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

• Centinela Park, including the Aguaje de Centinela monuments
• Helen Lundeberg’s massive WPA-era History of Transportation petrochrome mosaic mural at Grevillea Art Park
• Inglewood City Hall
• Inglewood Post Office, a WPA Moderne-style building with a New Deal sculpture, Archibald Garner’s “Centinela Springs” mahogany carving, and the bas relief “Buffalo, Bear, Ram, Lion” (Newell & Peticolas) on the exterior, created 1937[7]
• Inglewood Public Library (at Inglewood City Hall), with its substantial collection of framed original children’s book illustrations^{[citation needed]}
• Inglewood Courthouse
• Market Street
  • Fox Theatre Inglewood

Downtown Inglewood station and nearby Fairview Heights station are both within walking distance of the following sporting venues:

• Hollywood Park Casino, originally part of Hollywood Park Racetrack (1938–2013), still offers off-track betting on horse races
• Kia Forum, commonly known as the Forum
• SoFi Stadium

People mover

The Inglewood Transit Connector is a 1.6-mile (2.6 km) automated guideway transit line planned to be built by the City of Inglewood. A new elevated station will be constructed nearby and will act as the northern terminus of the line, which will serve a station at the Forum and a station at Hollywood Park (connecting to SoFi Stadium, the Hollywood Park Casino and Intuit Dome).[8]

References

Media related to Downtown Inglewood station at Wikimedia Commons

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