Westwood/VA Hospital station is an under construction, underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.[1] The station will be located underground between Bonsall Avenue and the I-405 freeway, south of Wilshire Boulevard. The main station entrance will be located south of Wilshire Boulevard, next to Bonsall Avenue, directly serving the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center. Another entrance will be located north of Wilshire Boulevard.[2]
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 Westwood/VA Hospital station under construction in August 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′16″N 118°27′13″W / 34.05444°N 118.45361°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2027 | ||||||||||
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The station is currently in the under construction Phase 3 of the D Line Extension project, with contractors hired in 2019.[3] The station is slated to open along with Westwood/UCLA station in 2027.[4] One of the six alternatives of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor is planned to connect to the D Line at this station.
Attractions
edit- West Los Angeles VA Medical Center
- Sawtelle Japantown
- San Vicente Boulevard in Brentwood.[2]
- Wadsworth Chapel
- Wadsworth Theater
- Streetcar Depot, West Los Angeles
- Los Angeles National Cemetery
- Wilshire Federal Building
- Jackie Robinson Stadium
- Tongva Sacred Springs
- Bad News Bears Field
References
edit- ^ "Purple Line Extension". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ a b "Purple Line Extension Transit Project Section 3 - Fact Sheet – Station Locations" (PDF). Metro Los Angeles. Winter 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "Metro hires a contractor to build the Purple Line subway to West L.A." Los Angeles Times. May 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ^ "D Line Subway Extension Project – Section 3". Metro. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
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