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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:LA_Metro_Norwalk_station_platform,_November_2023.jpg) Norwalk station platform | |||||||||||
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| Location | 12901 Hoxie Avenue Norwalk, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°54′50″N 118°06′18″W / 33.9139°N 118.1050°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Freeway median, below-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | 1,759 paid spaces[1] | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | August 12, 1995 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | I-605/I-105 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| FY 2024 | 2,182 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3] | ||||||||||
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Norwalk station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), below Interstate 605 (San Gabriel River Freeway) in the city of Norwalk, California, after which the station is named. It is currently the eastern terminus of the C Line.
The original name for the station was I-605/I-105 for its location but was later changed to Norwalk.
This station serves as a major transfer point in the Metro system. Across the bridge from the station, Metro Express route 460 offers service to the Disneyland Resort and Knott's Berry Farm in Orange County, Express route 577 provides service to both El Monte Station and California State University, Long Beach.
One of the major criticisms of the C Line is that it doesn't extend to Metrolink's Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station, located 2.8 miles (4.5 km) to the east. The gap creates a major inconvenience for anyone wanting to take rail transit between Orange County or the Inland Empire and western Los Angeles County. Norwalk Transit route 4 connects the two stations, but the trip takes 15 to 25 minutes, and travel times can be longer because of connection times between buses or traffic.[4] Originally, the Century Freeway was to start at Interstate 5, but a lawsuit from the City of Norwalk prevented the construction of this right of way.
Parking is $3 per day.
- ^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
- ^ Weikel, Dan (January 10, 2016). "Closing 2.8-mile transit gap in Norwalk could smooth regional commute". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.