Civic Center/Grand Park station

Civic Center/Grand Park station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the B Line and D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station also has street level stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. The station is located under Hill Street at its intersection with 1st Street.[3] It is located in the Civic Center neighborhood of Los Angeles, after which the station is named, alongside the nearby Grand Park.

For the station in East Los Angeles, see East LA Civic Center station.
Not to be confused with Civic Center/UN Plaza station, a BART and Muni Metro station in San Francisco.
Civic Center/Grand Park
     
Civic Center/Grand Park station platform
General information
Other namesCivic Center/Grand Park/Tom Bradley
Location101 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34.0543°N 118.2467°W / 34.0543; -118.2467
Owned byMetro
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsSee connections section
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingPaid parking nearby
Bicycle facilitiesMetro Bike Share station,[1] racks and lockers[2]
History
OpenedJanuary 30, 1993 (1993-01-30)
Previous namesCivic Center (1993–2013)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Pershing Square
toward North Hollywood
 B Line Union Station
Terminus
Pershing Square
toward Wilshire/Western
 D Line
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Pershing Square
(with interim stops)
toward Downtown San Pedro
 J Line
(street service)
 Union Station
(with interim stops)
toward El Monte
Location

The station is officially named Civic Center/Grand Park/Tom Bradley station after former Los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley, who had a pivotal role in turning the subway into reality.[4]

Service

Station layout
G Street level Entrances/Exits, Civic Center, Grand Park
1st St/Hill St (Northbound) ←  J Line toward El Monte (Spring/1st)
1st St/Hill St (Southbound) →  J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Grand/3rd) →
B1 North Mezzanine Faregates, ticket machines, to Grand Park
South Mezzanine Faregates, ticket machines, to Hill Street/1st Street
B2 Northbound/
Westbound		 ←  B Line toward North Hollywood (Pershing Square)
←  D Line toward Wilshire/Western (Pershing Square)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound →  B Line and  D Line toward Union Station (Terminus) →

Hours and frequency

B Line trains run every day between approximately 4:30 a.m. and midnight and D Line every day trains run between approximately 5 a.m. and midnight. Towards North Hollywood or Wilshire/Western, trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, 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. Towards Union Station, trains operate every five minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, every six minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends after approximately 10 a.m. (with a 7.5-minute headway early Saturday and Sunday mornings). Night service is every 10 minutes.[5]

J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center as route 910, with some trips continuing on to San Pedro between 6am and 8 pm and signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to ten minutes during peak hours, with longer headways of 15 minutes during the daytime, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 20 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[6]

Connections

Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

Notable places nearby

Station artwork

The station features a colorful art installation titled I Dreamed I Could Fly, which has six fiberglass persons in flight, intended to be representative of the human spiritual voyage. The installation was designed by Jonathan Borofsky.[7]

References
  1. "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. "Civic Center Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
  4. Elkind, Ethan N. (2014). Railtown : the fight for the Los Angeles metro rail and the future of the city. Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-95720-6. OCLC 868963746.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  5. "Metro B Line/D Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  6. "Metro J Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 12, 2021. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  7. "I Dreamed I Could Fly". Metro Art. Retrieved 2021-12-07.
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