Slauson station (J Line)

This article is about a Metro Busway station. For the Metro Rail station, see Slauson station (A Line).

Slauson
Slauson station southbound platform, looking south with pedestrian bridge in the background
General information
Location	350+1⁄2 West Slauson Avenue Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	33°59′21″N 118°16′50″W
Owned by	California Department of Transportation
Operated by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)	See Services section
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Parking	151 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	August 1, 1996 (1996-08-01)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station 37th Street/USC toward El Monte J Line Manchester toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro
Location

Slauson station is a busway station located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated between the 37th Street/USC and Manchester stations on the J Line, a bus rapid transit route which runs between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and San Pedro as part of the Metro Busway system. The station consists of two side platforms in the center of Interstate 110 above Slauson Avenue. The station serves the Vermont-Slauson, South Park and Florence neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

Slauson station was built between 1989 and 1996 as part of the Harbor Transitway and opened to passengers on August 1, 1996. J Line buses serve the station twenty-four hours a day; the headway between buses is about four minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Slauson station is also served by several Los Angeles Metro Bus and Torrance Transit bus services, most of which only run during weekday peak periods.

An A Line station with an identical name is located approximately 2.1 miles (3.4 km) east of the station. Passengers may use LA Metro Bus route 108 to travel between the two.

Station layout

Northbound platform, looking south with pedestrian bridge in the background before installation of safety bollards

Slauson station is situated along the Harbor Transitway and consists of two side platforms in the median of the Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). The station is located near the Vermont-Slauson, South Park and Florence neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

The busway platforms are accessed from either a ground-level plaza on south side of East Slauson Avenue between South Figueroa Street and South Broadway or a pedestrian bridge from the east park and ride lot. The ground-level plaza has a stop for buses traveling east on Slauson Avenue (westbound buses board a block away) and a TAP card ticket vending machine that was added in early 2017 to support all-door boarding on the J Line. The station has 151 park and ride spaces in two parking lots built into the "leaves" of the partial cloverleaf interchange between Slauson Avenue and Interstate 110.

Services

Metro J Line bus departing

Slauson station is used by the Metro J Line bus rapid transit route which runs between the El Monte Station in El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center in Gardena, California, with select trips continuing on to San Pedro. The J Line is part of the Metro Busway system.

J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center, as route 910. Some trips continue to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and are signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours. They operate every 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day. They operate every 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight.

In addition to J Line buses, the busway platforms at Slauson station are also served by the all-day Los Angeles Metro Bus route 460 to Disneyland. There are also several routes that use the busway, geared towards people commuting to Los Angeles, operating only during weekday rush-hours, operating towards the city in the morning and returning at night: LA Metro Bus route 550 to San Pedro; and Torrance Transit route 4X to Torrance (also operates all-day Saturday). The station is also served by the Dodger Stadium Express shuttle that operates during home games during baseball season.

Slauson station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near to the station on surface streets: LA Metro Bus route 45 that runs between Lincoln Heights and Rosewood via Broadway, 81 that runs between Eagle Rock and South Los Angeles via Figueroa, 108 that runs between Marina del Rey and Pico Rivera via Slauson and the LADOT DASH Southeast shuttle route that serves the South Park neighborhood.

References

Media related to Slauson station at Wikimedia Commons