37th Street/USC station

37th Street/USC is a busway station located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated between the LATTC/Ortho Institute and Slauson stations on the Metro Silver Line, which runs between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and San Pedro as part of the Metro Busway system. The station consists of two side platforms in the center of Interstate 110 above 37th Street, adjacent to the University of Southern California campus. The station serves the University Park, Exposition Park and Historic South Central neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

37th Street/USC
The southbound platform at 37th Street/USC station, looking north
Location	421½ W 37th St Los Angeles, California 90007
Coordinates	34.01749°N 118.28028°W / 34.01749; -118.28028
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line(s)	J Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1997 (1997)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station Slauson toward Downtown San Pedro J Line LATTC/Ortho Institute (with interim stops) toward El Monte
Location

37th Street/USC was built between 1989 and 1997 as part of the Harbor Transitway and opened to passengers in Spring 1997. Metro Silver Line buses serve the station twenty-four hours a day; the headway between buses is about four minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. 37th Street/USC station is also served by several Metro Express, LADOT Commuter Express, Orange County Transportation Authority and Torrance Transit bus routes that stop at the same platforms, primarily during peak periods.

Location

37th Street/USC station is situated along the Harbor Transitway near the University Park, Exposition Park and Historic South-Central neighborhoods of Los Angeles.[1] The entrances to its two side platforms are located along West 37th Street between South Flower Street and South Hope Street. The station is just east of the University of Southern California campus and Exposition Park. Inside Exposition Park are the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, the Banc of California Stadium, the California Science Center, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the California African American Museum.[2] The Jefferson/USC station, served by the Metro E Line, is 1/4 mile west of the station on Exposition Boulevard.

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	←  J Linetoward El Monte (LATTC/Ortho Institute)
	Southbound	→  J Linetoward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Slauson) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
G	Street level	Entrance/Exit, ticket vending machine

37th Street/USC station consists of two 245-foot-long (75 m) side platforms, located above a ground-level plaza along West 37th Street. The ground-level plaza includes bus boarding bays and a TAP card ticket vending machine was added in early 2017 to support all-door boarding on the Silver Line.[3]

Services

A northbound Metro Silver Line bus approaching 37th Street/USC station.

37th Street/USC station is part of the Los Angeles Metro's Silver Line, which runs between the El Monte Station in El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center in Gardena, California, with select trips continuing onto San Pedro.[4] The Silver Line is part of the Metro Busway system.[5]

On weekdays, Silver Line buses operate roughly every four to ten minutes during rush hour, with longer headways of 15 minutes during midday hours, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[4] On weekends, Silver Line buses arrive at 37th Street/USC station every 20 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[4]

In addition to Silver Line buses, the busway platforms at 37th Street/USC station are also served by the all-day Metro Express route 460 to Disneyland. There are also several routes that use the busway that are geared towards people commuting to Los Angeles, operating only during weekday rush-hours, operating towards the city in the morning and returning at night: LADOT Commuter Express route 438 to Redondo Beach and route 448 to Rancho Palos Verdes; Orange County Transportation Authority route 701 to Huntington Beach and route 721 to Fullerton; and Torrance Transit route 4X to Torrance.[6]

37th Street/USC station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near to the station on surface streets: Metro Local route 81 that runs between Eagle Rock and South Los Angeles, route 102 that runs between LAX and South Gate, and route 200 that begins near the station and runs to Echo Park; Metro Express route 442 to Hawthorne and route 550 to San Pedro; LADOT DASH shuttle route F that operates between Downtown Los Angeles and the station area via Figueroa Street, the King-East route that serves the Historic South Central neighborhood, and the Southeast route that serves the South Park neighborhood; and shuttles operated by the University of Southern California.[6][4]

Station Photos

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  Northbound Platform
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  Benches on Platform
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  Map Display at Street Level
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  Street Level Bus Stop
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  Elevator to Southbound Platform
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  Stairs to Platform
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  Station in December 2011.
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  37th Street/USC Station with station signage improvements.
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  Station signage installed in August 2013.

References

1. "South L.A." Mapping L.A. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
2. Lubell, Sam (May 30, 2019). "Exposition Park plans a makeover that would make Seurat smile". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
3. "Metro - File #: 2015-1804". metro.legistar.com. LA Metro. April 14, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
4. Line 901/950 (06/23/19) -- Metro Busway - 910 El Monte - Harbor Gateway, 950 El Monte - San Pedro (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 23, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
5. Metro Rail & Busway map (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
6. Metro Bus and Rail System Map (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 2018. Retrieved November 18, 2019.

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