Slauson station (A Line)

Slauson station is an elevated light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located within the historic right-of-way of the Pacific Electric Railway and elevated over the intersection of Slauson Avenue, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of Florence.

Slauson
 
Slauson station platform
General information
Location1700 Slauson Avenue
Florence, California
Coordinates 33.9881°N 118.2433°W / 33.9881; -118.2433
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesRacks
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 14, 1990 (1990-07-14)
RebuiltNovember 2, 2019
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Vernon A Line Florence
toward Long Beach
Former services
Preceding station Pacific Electric Following station
Fleming
towards Morgan Avenue
Long Beach Vernon
Fleming
towards Balboa
Balboa
Fleming
towards San Pedro
San Pedro via Dominguez
San Pedro via Gardena
Fleming
towards Santa Ana SP Depot
Santa Ana
Fleming
towards Clifton
Redondo Beach via Gardena
Fleming
towards El Segundo
Hawthorne–El Segundo
Dozier
towards Santa Ana SP Depot
Whittier
Dozier
towards Fullerton
Fullerton
Dozier
towards Yorba Linda
La Habra–Fullerton–Yorba Linda
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Terminus West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor
Phase 1
Pacific/Randolph
toward Pioneer
Arts/Industrial District West Santa Ana Branch Transit Corridor
Phase 2
Location

The station is on a long viaduct that carries the A Line over the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision and its junction with the La Habra Subdivision.

A J Line station with an identical name is located approximately 2.1 miles (3.4 km) west of the station. Passengers may use Los Angeles Metro Bus route 108 to travel between the two stations.

This station will be the eastern trailhead of the Rail to Rail bike path.

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