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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Entrance.jpg|thumb|right|The main entrance of the station.]]
'''Wilshire/Vermont''' is a [[heavy rail|heavy-rail]] [[subway station]] in the [[Los Angeles County Metro Rail|Los Angeles Metro]] system. It is located at [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Vermont Avenue]], in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]' [[Mid-Wilshire]]/[[Koreatown, Los Angeles, California|Koreatown]] District. This station is served by the [[Red Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and the [[Purple Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/purple_line.htm |title=Purple Line station information |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] }}</ref>
'''Wilshire/Vermont''' is a [[heavy rail|heavy-rail]] [[subway station]] in the [[Los Angeles County Metro Rail|Los Angeles Metro]] system. It is located at [[Wilshire Boulevard]] and [[Vermont Avenue]], in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]' [[Mid-Wilshire]]/[[Koreatown, Los Angeles, California|Koreatown]] District. This station is served by the [[Red Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and the [[Purple Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/purple_line.htm |title=Purple Line station information |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] }}</ref>


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==Location==
==Location==
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Entrance.jpg|thumb|left|The main entrance to the station]]
As its name implies, Wilshire/Vermont station is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. The station itself is slightly to the northeast of the intersection, allowing diverging B Line trains to head north underneath Vermont. A number of educational institutions, including Southwestern University and the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] Community Schools, are located nearby.
As its name implies, Wilshire/Vermont station is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. The station itself is slightly to the northeast of the intersection, allowing diverging B Line trains to head north underneath Vermont. A number of educational institutions, including Southwestern University and the [[Robert F. Kennedy]] Community Schools, are located nearby.


===Transit-oriented development===
===Transit-oriented development===
Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use [[transit village]] development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm [[Arquitectonica]] and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent [[Young Oak Kim Academy|middle school]].<ref>[http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1017/people_and_places.html "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016"], ''Architecture Week'', October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).</ref><ref>Christopher Hawthorne, [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/03/entertainment/et-wilshire3 " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 3, 2007.</ref> The property is managed by [[Greystar Real Estate Partners]].
Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use [[transit village]] development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm [[Arquitectonica]] and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent [[Young Oak Kim Academy|middle school]].<ref>[http://www.architectureweek.com/2007/1017/people_and_places.html "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016"], ''Architecture Week'', October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).</ref><ref>Christopher Hawthorne, [http://articles.latimes.com/2007/oct/03/entertainment/et-wilshire3 " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws."], ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', October 3, 2007.</ref> The property is managed by [[Greystar Real Estate Partners]].
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==Station layout==
==Station layout==
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|rowspan=3 valign=top|'''B1'''
|rowspan=3 valign=top|'''B1'''
|'''Southbound/Eastbound'''
|'''Southbound/Eastbound'''
|<span style="color:white;">→</span> {{LACMTA icon|Red|showtext=yes}} toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] <small>([[Westlake/MacArthur Park (Los Angeles Metro station)|Westlake/MacArthur Park]])</small> →<br><span style="color:white;">→</span> {{LACMTA icon|Purple|showtext=yes}} toward Union Station <small>(Westlake/MacArthur Park)</small> →
|<span style="color:white;">→</span> {{LACMTA icon|B|showtext=yes}} toward [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] <small>([[Westlake/MacArthur Park (Los Angeles Metro station)|Westlake/MacArthur Park]])</small> →<br><span style="color:white;">→</span> {{LACMTA icon|D|showtext=yes}} toward Union Station <small>(Westlake/MacArthur Park)</small> →
|-
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the right </small>
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the right </small>
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''B2'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''B2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound/Westbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound/Westbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← {{LACMTA icon|Red|showtext=yes}} toward [[North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station)|North Hollywood]] <small>([[Vermont/Beverly (Los Angeles Metro station)|Vermont/Beverly]])</small><br>← {{LACMTA icon|Purple|showtext=yes}} toward [[Wilshire/Western (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Western]] <small>([[Wilshire/Normandie (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Normandie]])</small>
|style="border-bottom:solid 0px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=400|← {{LACMTA icon|B|showtext=yes}} toward [[North Hollywood (Los Angeles Metro station)|North Hollywood]] <small>([[Vermont/Beverly (Los Angeles Metro station)|Vermont/Beverly]])</small><br>← {{LACMTA icon|D|showtext=yes}} toward [[Wilshire/Western (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Western]] <small>([[Wilshire/Normandie (Los Angeles Metro station)|Wilshire/Normandie]])</small>
|-
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the left </small>
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Split platform]], doors will open on the left </small>
|}
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[[File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Escalator.jpg|thumb|left|Wilshire/Vermont station is known to have the longest escalator in the [[United States]] west of the [[Mississippi River]].<ref name=Hymon>{{cite web |last=Hymon|first=Steve |url=http://thesource.metro.net/2014/08/11/transportation-headlines-monday-august-11/ |title=Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11 |work=The Source |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] |date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-11}}</ref>]]
The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and Northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.
The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and Northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.

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|image1=HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Upper Platform Pillar.jpg|caption1=The upper platform's pillar art.
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|image2=HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Lower Platform Pillar.jpg|caption2=The lower platform's pillar art.}}


===Artwork===
===Artwork===
The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by [[Bob Zoell]]. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B 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 (in fact, west of the Mississippi;<ref name="Hymon"/> these escalators stretch from the ground level to the lower platform of the Wilshire/Vermont station.
The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by [[Bob Zoell]]. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B 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 (in fact, west of the Mississippi;<ref name="Hymon"/> these escalators stretch from the ground level to the lower platform of the Wilshire/Vermont station.
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HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Upper Platform Pillar.jpg|The upper platform's pillar art.
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HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Lower Platform Pillar.jpg|The lower platform's pillar art.
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File:HSY- Los Angeles Metro, Wilshire-Vermont, Escalator.jpg|Wilshire/Vermont station is known to have the longest escalator in the [[United States]] west of the [[Mississippi River]]<ref name=Hymon>{{cite web |last=Hymon|first=Steve |url=http://thesource.metro.net/2014/08/11/transportation-headlines-monday-august-11/ |title=Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11 |work=The Source |publisher=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] |date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=2014-08-11}}</ref>
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==Bus connections==
==Bus connections==
*[[Metro Local]]: 18, 20, 51, 52, 201, 204
*[[Metro Local]]: 18, 20, 51, 52, 201, 204
*[[Metro Rapid]]: 720, 754
*[[Metro Rapid]]: 720, 754
*[[LADOT DASH]]: Wilshire Center/Koreatown
*[[LADOT DASH]]: Wilshire Center/Koreatown

==Popular culture==
In 2009, a sign listing the Wilshire/Vermont station was used in a [[Geico]] "It's So Easy A Caveman Could Do It" commercial featuring the song "[[Let Me Be Myself]]" by [[Three Doors Down]].{{cn|date=September 2020}}{{Relevance inline|reason=is this culturally significant?|date=September 2020}}


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_wilshire_vermont.pdf Station connections overview]
* [http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/red_wilshire_vermont.pdf Station connections overview]


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Revision as of 22:16, 23 December 2020

Wilshire/Vermont
B Line D Line

Top: View of upper floor platform bound for Union Station
Bottom: View of lower floor platform bound for North Hollywood Station (B Line) or Wilshire/Western Station (D Line)
General information
Location3191 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90005
Coordinates34°03′25″N 118°16′35″W / 34.0570°N 118.2763°W / 34.0570; -118.2763
Owned byMetro
Line(s) B Line,  D Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections"Kiss & Ride" passenger drop-off area
Construction
Parkingnone
Bicycle facilities14 bike rack spaces
AccessibleYes
Other information
Statusin service
History
OpenedJuly 13, 1996; 28 years ago (July 13, 1996)
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station
Vermont/​Beverly
toward North Hollywood
 B Line Westlake/​MacArthur Park
toward Union Station
Wilshire/​Normandie
toward Wilshire/Western
 D Line

Wilshire/Vermont is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles Metro system. It is located at Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue, in Los Angeles' Mid-Wilshire/Koreatown District. This station is served by the B Line and the D Line.[1]

This is one of only two stations in the entire system that has underground side platforms, the other being the 7th Street/Metro Center station.

Location

The main entrance to the station

As its name implies, Wilshire/Vermont station is located at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. The station itself is slightly to the northeast of the intersection, allowing diverging B Line trains to head north underneath Vermont. A number of educational institutions, including Southwestern University and the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools, are located nearby.

Transit-oriented development

Above the station is the Wilshire Vermont Station mixed-use transit village development, a $136-million apartment and retail complex designed by the architecture firm Arquitectonica and developed by Urban Partners and MacFarlane Partners on land owned by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The development opened in 2007 and includes apartments, retail, and (as of 2009) an adjacent middle school.[2][3] The property is managed by Greystar Real Estate Partners.

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Southbound/Eastbound →  B Line toward Union Station (Westlake/MacArthur Park) →
→  D Line toward Union Station (Westlake/MacArthur Park) →
Split platform, doors will open on the right
Mezzanine faregates, ticket machines
B2 Northbound/Westbound ←  B Line toward North Hollywood (Vermont/Beverly)
←  D Line toward Wilshire/Western (Wilshire/Normandie)
Split platform, doors will open on the left

The station is located where the B Line and D Line converge on their way to Downtown Los Angeles. The station is designed with two platform levels: eastbound D and B Line trains (to Union Station) use the upper level, and westbound D (to Wilshire/Western) and Northbound B (to North Hollywood) trains use the lower level.

Artwork

The artwork at the station depicts typographic letters and symbols designed by Bob Zoell. The letters on the pillars of the lower platform spell out "going by-by", what the B 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 (in fact, west of the Mississippi;[4] these escalators stretch from the ground level to the lower platform of the Wilshire/Vermont station.

  • The upper platform's pillar art.
    The upper platform's pillar art.
  • The lower platform's pillar art.
    The lower platform's pillar art.
  • Wilshire/Vermont station is known to have the longest escalator in the United States west of the Mississippi River[4]
    Wilshire/Vermont station is known to have the longest escalator in the United States west of the Mississippi River[4]

Bus connections

References

  1. ^ "Purple Line station information". Metro.
  2. ^ "People and Places: Los Angeles 2007.1016", Architecture Week, October 16, 2007 (accessed February 23, 2010).
  3. ^ Christopher Hawthorne, " Just keep your distance: The Wilshire Vermont Station is dramatic from far away. A walk in its courtyard exposes its flaws.", Los Angeles Times, October 3, 2007.
  4. ^ a b Hymon, Steve (August 11, 2014). "Transportation headlines, Monday, August 11". The Source. Metro. Retrieved 2014-08-11.
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