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Norwalk station is a below-grade 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), below Interstate 605 (San Gabriel River Freeway) in the city of Norwalk, California, after which the station is named. It is currently the eastern terminus of the C Line.

Norwalk
Metro train waits at Norwalk station
General information
Location	12901 Hoxie Avenue Norwalk, California
Coordinates	33.9139°N 118.1050°W / 33.9139; -118.1050
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Long Beach Transit Los Angeles Metro Bus Norwalk Transit
Construction
Structure type	Freeway median, below-grade
Parking	1,759 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Racks and lockers[2]
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	August 12, 1995; 27 years ago (1995-08-12)
Previous names	I-605/I-105
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Lakewood Boulevard toward Redondo Beach C Line Terminus
Location

The original name for the station was I-605/I-105 for its location but was later changed to Norwalk.

This station serves as a major transfer point in the Metro system. From the station, Metro Express route 460 offers service to the Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in Orange County, Express route 577 provides service to both El Monte Station and California State University, Long Beach.

One of the major criticisms of the C Line is that it doesn't extend to Metrolink's Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station, 2.8 miles (4.5 km) to the east. The gap creates a major inconvenience for anyone wanting to take rail transit between Orange County or the Inland Empire and western Los Angeles County. Norwalk Transit route 4 connects the two stations, but the trip takes 15 to 25 minutes, and travel times can be longer because of times between buses or traffic.[3]

Service

Station layout

G	Street level	Entrances/Exits, faregates, ticket machines, bus plaza, park and ride
Platform	Westbound	←  C Line toward Redondo Beach (Lakewood Boulevard)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Westbound	←  C Line toward Redondo Beach (Lakewood Boulevard)

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.[4]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[5]

• Long Beach Transit: 172, 173
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 111, 115, 120, 125, Express 460, Express 577
• Norwalk Transit: 2, 4, 5, 7

Future plans

There have been persistent proposals for a 2.8-mile (4.5 km) eastward extension of the Los Angeles Metro C/K Line from its current terminus at Norwalk Station to reach the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station, serviced by Metrolink.[3][6] This project carries a proposed cost of $321 million for an aerial bridge, and a $360 million cost for a subway. Since an initial Environmental Impact Review (EIR) in 1993, there has been no solid progress for this proposal. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) 2009 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) lists funding priorities to build through year 2040 – the C Line east extension is not a funded project in the Metro's 2009 LRTP and is instead in the Tier 1 Strategic Unfunded Plan.[7]

Station artwork

The station has a bee theme, a nod to the indigenous place names for Norwalk, Sejat, Sejatngna and Sehat, which meant “Place of the Bees.”

Artist Meg Cranston used this historical reference as her inspiration to create her artworks collectively called “Suka: Place of the Bees.” The art pieces include a large bee sculpture for the entry to the parking lot, smaller bee sculptures are beneath the station canopies, a bee motif silkscreened onto the elevator glass, honeycomb pattern (hexagonal) wall tiles and paving patterns, and bronze tiles on the platform reference ancient coins which featured the honeybee.[8]

References

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

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