California State University, Los Angeles (LACMTA station)
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California State University, Los Angeles is Metrolink
Metrolink (Southern California)
Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....

 station serving the San Bernardino Line and the Metro Silver Line bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...

 line. Local bus services operate from outside the station.

Layout

The station is situated on Interstate 10 (San Bernario Freeway) and the San Bernardino Line and can be access from Campus Road close to California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles
California State University, Los Angeles is a public comprehensive university, part of the California State University system...

. A single railway platform is used for rail services in both directions; platforms for the silver line are located on both sides of the Interstate 10 with the far platform being accessed using stairs and lifts.

Just west of this station the transitway lanes "crossover" (the westbound lanes are south of the eastbound lanes), and they stay that way until the end near Union Station
Union Station (Los Angeles)
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California. The station has rail services by Amtrak and Amtrak California and Metrolink; light rail/subways are the Metro Rail Red Line, Purple Line, Gold Line. Bus rapid transport runs on the Silver Line...

, and just east of this station the transitway moves off the separate right of way and move into the middle of Interstate 10.

Services

Metro Liner (bus rapid transit)
  • Silver Line northbound to El Monte Station every 12 minutes during peak and every 15–30 minutes off peak. Evening/Night: every 10–15 minutes and every 60 minutes after 10 p.m. Weekends: every 30–60 minutes
  • Silver Line southbound to Artesia Transit Center. Every 5-10 mins during peak, and every 15–30 minutes off-peak. Evening/Night: every 20 minutes and every 60 minutes after 9 p.m. Weekends: every 30–60 minutes


Express bus services
Other express bus services, accessed from the Silverline platforms
  • Metro Express
    Metro Express
    Metro Express is a form of express bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buses are usually express for a portion of the route, then run either local or limited stop in other areas...

    : 485, 487, 489
  • Foothill Transit
    Foothill Transit
    Foothill Transit is a joint powers authority of 21 member cities in the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys. It operates a fixed-route bus public transit service in the San Gabriel Valley of Greater Los Angeles, California.-Overview:...

    : 481, 493, 497, 498, 499, 699, Silver Streak


Local bus services
Other local bus stops. Access from bus stops outside station
  • Metro Local
    Metro Local
    Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...

    : 71, 256, 665, El Sol
    El Sol (bus line)
    El Sol is a bus line that serves the unincorporated East Los Angeles area of Los Angeles County...

    : Orange, Children's Court Shuttle, ACT: Blue and Monterey Park
    Monterey Park Spirit Bus
    The Monterey Park Spirit Bus is Monterey Park, California's transportation service, providing local routes that serve the need of those commuting within the city itself or who plan on using the bus to connect with rail service to Los Angeles or surrounding suburbs...

    : 5 from local bus stops outside station.

Daily nightly station closure

As part of the Metro Expresslanes Project, this station began closing on September 26, 2011 for construction of the HOT lanes on the 1-10 freeway. The daily night will be in effect until September 30, 2012.westbound Metro Metro Silver Line will not serve the Westbound (To Downtown Los Angeles and Artesia Transit Center
Artesia Transit Center
Artesia Transit Center is a Metro Silver Line station and large bus station at southern end of the Harbor Transitway located in the southwest corner of Interstate 110 and State Route 91 in Los Angeles...

) station platform during the hours of 10PM-5AM daily . There are no shuttles available, but passengers may use Metro Local
Metro Local
Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...

: 70. Metro Silver Line will not serve the Eastbound (To El Monte Bus Station) station platform during the hours of 10PM-6AM daily. During the station closure hours , the Metro Silver Line , Metro Express
Metro Express
Metro Express is a form of express bus service in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Buses are usually express for a portion of the route, then run either local or limited stop in other areas...

: 485, and 487 WILL NOT SERVE the station. All of these lines will not use the El Monte Busway. Affected passengers may use Metro Local
Metro Local
Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...

: 70. The Metro Silver Line  early A.M. trips Westbound departing El Monte Bus Station at 4:15 A.M., and 4:40 A.M. will not serve this station and the Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center station during the closure hours. The Metro Silver Line  early A.M. trip Eastbound departing Artesia Transit Center
Artesia Transit Center
Artesia Transit Center is a Metro Silver Line station and large bus station at southern end of the Harbor Transitway located in the southwest corner of Interstate 110 and State Route 91 in Los Angeles...

 at 5:00 A.M. will not serve this station and the Los Angeles County – USC Medical Center station during the closure hours.

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