7th Street/Metro Center station
7th Street/Metro Center station is an underground light rail and rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the A, B, D, and E lines 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 7th Street, after which the station is named, at its intersections with Figueroa, Flower and Hope Streets.[2]
7th St/Metro Center
7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon
660 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
2 side platforms (light rail)
1 island platform (subway)
4
Underground
Paid parking nearby
Metro Bike Share station[1]
Yes
February 15, 1991
It is officially named 7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon station after former U.S. Rep. Julian Dixon, who had a pivotal role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system.[3]
History[edit]
7th Street/Metro Center was constructed by the Southern California Rapid Transit District, which later became part of today's LA Metro, as part of the first 4.5-mile (7.2 km) minimum operating segment (MOS-1) of the Metro Rail subway (now B Line). Ground was broken for the project on September 29, 1986.[4]
The upper level of this station, used by light rail trains, opened on February 15, 1991,[5] nearly two years before the rest of the MOS-1 subway stations. However, the opening was several months after the rest of the Blue Line's (now A Line) stations.[6] The lower level subway platform opened with the rest of the MOS-1 segment stations on January 30, 1993.[7]
Metro spent nearly $2 million worth of enhancements to 7th Street/Metro Center station as part of the Expo Line project, which was completed weeks before the Expo Line (now E Line) began service to La Cienega/Jefferson station. These enhancements included a new dispatch booth and improved signage in the station.[8]
The station served as the northern and eastern terminus for the A Line and E Line, respectively. Both lines were extended on June 16, 2023 as part of the Regional Connector Transit Project.