Wilshire/Vermont (LACMTA station)

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Wilshire/Vermont

Station statistics

Address

660 S. Alvarado St., Los Angeles 90057

Lines

Red Line

Purple Line

Other service

"Kiss & Ride" passenger drop-off area

Platforms

Two side platforms

Parking

None

Bicycle facilities

14 Bike Rack Spaces

Other information

Opened

July 13, 1996

Accessible

The Wilshire/Vermont station is a transfer point for the Wilshire/Western Purple Line subway and the North Hollwood Red Line subway, located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. The eastbound Purple and Red Line trains (to Union Station) converge on the upper platform of the Wilshre/Vermont station, and the westbound Purple (to Wilshire/Western) and Red (to North Hollywood) trains split off into two different routes just west of the lower platform.

The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by Bob Zuell. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the red line and its patrons do when they zoom in and out of the station. Addition artwork at the station is the creation of Peter Shire. The Wilshire/Vermont station also contains the two longest continuous escalators in the state of California; these escalators stretch from the ground level to the lower platform of the Wilshire/Vermont station.

Currently, a new development occupying above the Wilshire/Vermont station is under construction and is expected to be completed in Spring 2007.

1 Connections
- 1.1 Metro Services
- 1.2 Other Local Services
2 External link

[edit] Connections

[edit] Metro Services

Metro Local: 20, 204

Metro Rapid: 720, 754

[edit] Other Local Services

LADOT DASH: Wilshire Center/Koreatown

[edit] External link

Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 34.057175° -118.27632°
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image from TerraServer-USA

Previous station		Metro Rail System		Next station
Vermont/Beverly Westbound toward North Hollywood		Red Line		Westlake/MacArthur Park Eastbound toward Union Station
Wilshire/Normandie Westbound toward Wilshire/Western		Purple Line		Westlake/MacArthur Park Eastbound toward Union Station