Martin Luther King Jr. station (Los Angeles Metro)
Martin Luther King Jr. station is an underground light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located underneath Crenshaw Boulevard at its intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Baldwin Hills and Leimert Park. The station’s main entrance is next to the iconic Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza shopping mall.
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| Location | 4051 South Crenshaw Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34.009571°N 118.335288°W | ||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Connections | Los Angeles Metro Bus LADOT DASH | ||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||
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| Opened | October 7, 2022[1] | ||||||||||||
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The station opened on October 7, 2022.[1]
The station incorporates artwork by three artists: Mara Lonner, Shinique Smith, and Eileen Cowin.[2]
Service
Station layout
| G | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
| B1 | Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit |
| B2 | Northbound | ← K Line toward Expo/Crenshaw (Terminus) |
| Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Southbound | K Line toward Westchester/Veterans (Leimert Park) → | |
Hours and frequency
K Line service hours are approximately from 4:30 a.m. until 12:00 a.m. daily. Trains operate every ten minutes during peak hours Monday through Friday, and every 12 minutes during the daytime on weekdays and all day on the weekends. Night service is every 20 minutes.[3]
Connections
As of June 25, 2023, the following connections are available:[4]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 40, 105, 210
- LADOT DASH: Crenshaw, Leimert/Slauson, Midtown
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
- Patel, Tine (October 7, 2022). "LA Metro's new K Line opens today". CBS. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved October 7, 2022.
- Broverman, Neal (January 22, 2018). "An Early Look at All the Artwork Coming to the Metro Crenshaw Line Los Angeles Magazine". Los Angeles Magazine. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
- "Metro K Line schedule". September 23, 2022. Retrieved September 24, 2022.
- "K Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 25, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
- "MTA Crenshaw/LAX Project". baldwinhillsctenshsawplaza.com. Archived from the original on 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2019-10-09.
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