Civic Center (Los Angeles Metro station)

Civic Center         Los Angeles Metro rapid transit station
A train departing Civic Center to Union Station
Location
City	Los Angeles
Neighborhood	Downtown: Civic Center, Bunker Hill
Address	101 South Hill Street
Coordinates	34°03′15″N 118°14′48″W / 34.0543°N 118.2467°W / 34.0543; -118.2467Coordinates: 34°03′15″N 118°14′48″W / 34.0543°N 118.2467°W / 34.0543; -118.2467
Metro Rail / BRT Services
Metro Rail	Red Line   Purple Line
Metro Liner BRT	Silver Line
Station Design
Structure	HRT, underground 1 center platform 2 tracks
Entrance(s)	1st/Hill SW corner Hill @ Court of Flags E corner
Fare Gates	yes
Accessible
Parking	none
Bicycle Facilities	6 bike rack spaces 6 locker spaces
Miscellaneous
Owned by	Metro (LACMTA)
Status	in service
Date Opened	January 30, 1993
Connecting Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Pershing Square toward North Hollywood Red Line Union Station Terminus Pershing Square toward Wilshire/Western Purple Line Preceding station   Metro Liner BRT   Following station 7th St/Metro Center (with interim stops) toward Artesia Transit Center Silver Line Union Station (with interim stops) toward El Monte Bus Station

Civic Center Station is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located on Hill Street between 1st and Temple Streets in the Civic Center area of Downtown Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line and the Purple Line. ^[1][2] It is also served by the Metro Silver Line (BRT) at street level. ^[3]

Metro Rail service & Metro Liner service

Red and Purple Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.^[4]
Silver Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 1:00 AM daily.

Station design

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.

Name

The station's full (formal) name is Civic Center/Tom Bradley. This name honors Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles who had a pivotal role in turning the subway into reality.

Attractions

• Ahmanson Theatre/Mark Taper Forum
• Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
• Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
• Little Tokyo
• Los Angeles City Hall
• Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)
• New Otani Hotel and Garden
• Walt Disney Concert Hall

Bus connections

Metro services

• Metro Local: 2, 4, 10, 14, 30, 33, 37, 40, 42, 45, 48, 68, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 81, 83, 84, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 302, 378
• Metro Express: 439, 487, 489
• Metro Rapid: 728, 730, 733, 740, 745, 770, 794

Other local and commuter services

• Antelope Valley Transit Authority: 785*
• City of Santa Clarita Transit: 799*
• Foothill Transit: 481*, 493*, 497*, 498*, 499*, 699*, Silver Streak
• LADOT Commuter Express: 409*, 413*, 419*, 422*, 423*, 430*, 431*, 437*, 438*, 448*, 534*
• LADOT DASH: A, B, D, DD (weekends only)
• Montebello Transit: 341, 342, 343
• Santa Monica Transit: 10
• Torrance Transit: 1, 2

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

In fiction

• On the popular television series Alias, the CIA black ops unit Authorized Personnel Only is located behind a maintenance door at Civic Station.

References

1. ^ "Red Line station information". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/red_line.htm. 
2. ^ "Purple Line station information". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/purple_line.htm. 
3. ^ "Silver Line station information". http://www.metro.net/around/rail/silver-line/. 
4. ^ "Blue Line timetable". http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/802.pdf. Retrieved 2010-05-10. 

External links

• Station connections overview