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Coordinates: 33°56′44″N 118°22′43″W / 33.945598°N 118.378573°W / 33.945598; -118.378573
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{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
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{{Infobox station | style = Los Angeles Metro Rail
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| name = Aviation/Century
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| symbol_location = losangeles
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| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail
| symbol = Crenshaw
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| name = Aviation/Century
| lines = {{LACMTA icon strip|Crenshaw}}
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| symbol_location = losangeles
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| mapframe=yes|mapframe-zoom=14
| borough = [[Los Angeles]], California
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| coordinates = {{coord|33.945598|-118.378573|display=inline,title}}
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| platform = 1 center platform
| owned = [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
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| tracks = 2
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| platform = 1 [[island platform]]
| entrances =
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| tracks = 2
| faregates =
| connections =
| ADA = yes
| structure = Elevated
| code =
| parking =
| parking =
| bicycle =
| disabled = Yes
| bicycle = TBD
| status = Complete, but not operating<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aviation/Century Station |url=https://kline.metro.net/about-aviation-century/ |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]}}</ref>
| owned = Metro
| opened = <!-- {{Start date and age|2022|11|DD}} -->
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| opening = {{Start date and age|2024|07}}
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| status = Under construction
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| opened = 2023 (projected)
| other_services_header = Future services
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| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=K|left=LAX/Metro Transit Center|right=Aviation/Imperial|to-right=Norwalk}}
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'''Aviation/Century''' is an under-construction [[elevated]] [[light rail]] [[Metro station|station]] in the [[Los Angeles County Metro Rail]] system, located near the intersection of [[Aviation Boulevard|Aviation]] and [[Century Boulevard]]s in the [[Westchester, Los Angeles|Westchester]] district of [[Los Angeles]]. It will be served by the [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|C Line]] and [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|K Line]]. The Aviation/Century station is currently under construction and slated to open in 2023. The Century railroad bridge was demolished on July 25, 2014, to make way for the station. The Metro LAX Shuttle bus is expected to move here from the C Line [[Aviation/LAX station]] before the LAX People Mover opens at [[Aviation/96th Street station]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Broverman |first1=Neal |title=The Crenshaw Line Is Closer to Opening. The LAX People Mover? Not So Much. |url=https://www.lamag.com/driver/lax-people-mover/ |access-date=19 August 2020 |agency=Los Angeles Magazine |date=13 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Green |first1=Nick |title=Why the end of the line for the Green Line may arrive in 2020 |url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/12/05/why-the-end-of-the-line-for-the-green-line-may-arrive-in-2020/ |access-date=19 August 2020 |agency=Daily Breeze |date=5 December 2018}}</ref> in 2024.
'''Aviation/Century station''' is an elevated [[light rail]] station on the [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|K Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system. It is located alongside [[Aviation Boulevard]] above its intersection of [[Century Boulevard]], located in the [[Westchester, Los Angeles|Westchester]] neighborhood of [[Los Angeles]].

It is currently under construction and is slated to open in 2022.

The Century railroad bridge was demolished on July 25, 2014, to make way for the station.


The station incorporates artwork by the artist [[Sherin Guirguis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lamag.com/driver/metro-crenshaw-line-artwork/|title=An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine|last=Broverman|first=Neal|date=2018-01-22|work=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-21|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
The station incorporates artwork by the artist [[Sherin Guirguis]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lamag.com/driver/metro-crenshaw-line-artwork/|title=An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine|last=Broverman|first=Neal|date=2018-01-22|work=Los Angeles Magazine|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-21|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==References==
== Service ==
=== Station layout ===
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''Platform'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray" width=100|'''Northbound'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray"|← {{LACMTA icon|K|showtext=yes}} toward {{LAMs|Expo/Crenshaw}} {{small|({{LAMs|LAX/Metro Transit Center}})}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center" colspan=2|{{small|[[Island platform]], doors will open on the left }}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|{{0|→}} {{LACMTA icon|K|showtext=yes}} toward {{LAMs|Norwalk}} {{small|({{LAMs|Aviation/Imperial}})}} →
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Street level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray" valign=top|Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines
|}

== References ==
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Revision as of 18:35, 10 July 2022

Aviation/Century
K Line
General information
LocationLos Angeles, California
Coordinates33°56′44″N 118°22′43″W / 33.945598°N 118.378573°W / 33.945598; -118.378573
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusComplete, but not operating[1]
History
OpeningJuly 2024; 6 months ago (2024-07)
Future services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
LAX/Metro Transit Center
toward Expo/​Crenshaw
 K Line Aviation/​Imperial
toward Norwalk
Location
Map

Aviation/Century station is an elevated light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located alongside Aviation Boulevard above its intersection of Century Boulevard, located in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles.

It is currently under construction and is slated to open in 2022.

The Century railroad bridge was demolished on July 25, 2014, to make way for the station.

The station incorporates artwork by the artist Sherin Guirguis.[2]

Service

Station layout

Platform Northbound ←  K Line toward Expo/​Crenshaw (LAX/Metro Transit Center)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound  K Line toward Norwalk (Aviation/​Imperial) →
G Street level Entrance/Exit, faregates, ticket machines

References

  1. ^ "Aviation/Century Station". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  2. ^ Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2019.


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