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Vermont/Beverly station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Vermont Avenue at its intersection with Beverly Boulevard, after which the station is named, near the border of the Los Angeles neighborhoods of East Hollywood and Wilshire Center.

This article relies excessively on references to primary sources. (March 2021)

Vermont/Beverly
Vermont/Beverly station platform
General information
Location	301 North Vermont Avenue Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34.0764°N 118.2917°W / 34.0764; -118.2917
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Bicycle facilities	Metro Bike Share station[1] and racks
Architect	Anil Verma Associates & George Stone
History
Opened	June 12, 1999; 23 years ago (1999-06-12)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Vermont/Santa Monica toward North Hollywood B Line Wilshire/Vermont toward Union Station
Location

Service

Station layout

Vermont/Beverly is a two-story station; the top level is a mezzanine with ticket machines while the bottom is the platform level. The station uses a island platform with two tracks.

G	Street level	Entrance/Exit
B1	Mezzanine	Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit
B2	Northbound	← B Line toward North Hollywood (Vermont/Santa Monica)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Southbound	→ B Line toward Union Station (Wilshire/Vermont) →

Hours and frequency

B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight. 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 10 a.m. (with a 15-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 20 minutes.[2]

Connections

As of February 20, 2022^[update], the following connections are available:[3]

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: 10, 14, 204, Rapid 754

Station artwork

Vermont/Beverly, like many of the B Line stations, was designed by an artist/architect team. For this station, artist George Stone collaborated with architects Anil Verma Associates. Their design features natural-looking rock formations on all levels of the station, which purposefully contrast with the glass-clad columns soaring from the station platform.

Artist George Stone designed the rocks based on the geology of the station location. The artist and architects said they embraced the concept of inserting the uniquely shaped rocks into the traditional shape of a station "box."

The design is meant to remind riders that the station exists within a natural geological setting, while the artificial nature of the rocks recalls the props used on nearby Hollywood sets and the area's theme parks.[4]

References

Media related to Vermont/Beverly (Los Angeles Metro station) at Wikimedia Commons

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