Civic Center/Grand Park station

This article is about the Los Angeles Metro Rail station. For the East Los Angeles station, see East LA Civic Center station. For other stations named Civic Center, see Civic Center station.
Civic Center/Grand Park
B Line  D Line  J Line 
Civic Center/Grand Park station platform
General information
Other namesCivic Center/Grand Park/Tom Bradley
Location101 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, California
Coordinates34°03′15″N 118°14′48″W / 34.0543°N 118.2467°W / 34.0543; -118.2467
Owned byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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; 31 years ago (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
Union Station
(with interim stops)
toward El Monte
 J Line
(street service)
 Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill
(with interim stops)
toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro
Location
Map

Civic Center/Grand Park station is an underground rapid transit 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.

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]

  1. ^ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. 27 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
  2. ^ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Civic Center Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  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. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2021-12-08.