Expo/La Brea  | |||||||||||||
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 La Brea/Expo station, under construction in 2011 | |||||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||||
| Other names | Expo/La Brea/Ethel Bradley | ||||||||||||
| Location | 5060 West Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°01′29″N118°21′19″W / 34.0248°N 118.3552°W /34.0248; -118.3552 | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks andlockers[1] | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||
| Opened | October 17, 1875 (1875-10-17) | ||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | April 28, 2012 (2012-04-28) | ||||||||||||
| Previous names | Airville | ||||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||||
| FY 2025 | 1,554 (avg. wkdy boardings)[2] | ||||||||||||
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Expo/La Brea station is an elevatedlight rail station on theE Line of theLos Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located over the intersection of Exposition Boulevard andLa Brea Avenue, after which the station is named, in theWest Adams neighborhood ofLos Angeles.[3]
The official name of the station changed toExpo/La Brea/Ethel Bradley on October 10, 2015, in honor of Ethel Bradley, the wife of former Los Angeles mayorTom Bradley.
Originally a stop on theLos Angeles and Independence andPacific Electric railroads, it closed on September 30, 1953, with the closure of theSanta Monica Air Line and remained out of service until re-opening on Saturday, April 28, 2012. It was completely rebuilt for the opening of theExpo Line from little more than a station stop marker. Regular scheduled service resumed Monday, April 30, 2012.
E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.[4]
As of December 15, 2024[update], the following connections are available:[5]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
The station's art was created by artist Jose Lozano. EntitledLA Metro Lotería, the installation depicts scenes related to using LA's Metro system in the style of aLotería card game.[6]
