Wilshire/Fairfax station
Wilshire/Fairfax 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 in LA's Miracle Mile area along Wilshire Boulevard at its intersection with Fairfax Avenue. It is slated to open in 2025.[1] It will be served by the D Line (formerly Purple) and will be the second station west of Wilshire/Western station.[2][3][4]
![]() Wilshire/Fairfax station under construction in March 2024 | |||||||||||
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Location | 6026 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°3′45″N 118°21′37″W / 34.06250°N 118.36028°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 | 2025 | ||||||||||
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Service
editStation layout
editG | Street level | Entrance/Exit |
B1 | Mezzanine | Faregates, ticket machines, to Entrance/Exit |
B2 | Westbound | ← D Line toward Wilshire/La Cienega (Terminus) |
Island platform, doors will open on the left | ||
Eastbound | D Line toward Union Station (Wilshire/La Brea) → |
This is one of two possible transfer stations with the K Line Northern Extension to Hollywood under study, the other being Wilshire/La Brea station.[5]
Attractions
editAdjacent to the new station is Hancock Park, a Los Angeles city park. Various museums surround the park, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the George C. Page Museum, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures and the La Brea Tar Pits pavilions. Among others on Wilshire Boulevard, they make up "Museum Row" on the Miracle Mile.[6] The Petersen Automotive Museum and Craft Contemporary are within walking distance. Television City, Farmers Market and The Grove are a half mile north on Fairfax Avenue from this station.
References
edit- ^ "D Line Subway Extension Project – Section 1". Metro. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
- ^ Boxley, Brittany. "Plans Announced to Extend the Purple Line" Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. Annenberg TV News. 13 Nov 2012.
- ^ Brightwell, Eric. "Exploring the Planned Course of the Metro Purple Line Extension" Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine. KCET. 28 Aug 2012.
- ^ Braymer, Noel T. "LA Busy Building over 35 Miles of New Rail Transit over the Next 10 Years." Archived 2013-12-24 at the Wayback Machine RailPAC. 8 Dec 2012.
- ^ "Three routes recommended for further study on Crenshaw Northern Extension project". August 17, 2020. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ Oscars.org Archived 2013-08-20 at the Wayback Machine: The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures