Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (LACMTA station)
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Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center is a Silver Line
Metro Silver Line (LACMTA)
The Silver Line is a bus rapid transit line which operates between El Monte Bus Station, Los Angeles Union Station, Downtown Los Angeles and the Artesia Transit Center. The line, one of two on the Metro Liner system, uses High-occupancy vehicle lanes on the El Monte Busway and Harbor Transitway...

 station on El Monte Busway
El Monte Busway
The El Monte Busway is a 11 mile shared-use bus corridor and high occupancy vehicle lane running west along the Interstate 10 from the Interstate 605 and El Monte Bus Station via transitway stations at California State University Metro Station, USC Medical Center Metro Station into Downtown Los...

 ( Interstate 10/San Bernardino Freeway
San Bernardino Freeway
The San Bernardino Freeway, formerly known as the Ramona Freeway is a freeway in Los Angeles and Orange Counties in the southern part of the U.S. state of California. It refers to the following two segments:...

) located near the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center
Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center, also known as County/USC, by the abbreviation LAC+USC, or by the name Los Angeles County General, is a 600-bed public teaching hospital located in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California...

 in Los Angles.

Layout

The station uses an island platform
Island platform
An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 layout. The entrance to the station is provided by a bridge that can be accessed from Pomeroy Avenue. Local buses stop on the upper street level.

Services

Metro Liner (bus rapid transit)
Metro Silver Line service hours are approximately from 4:15 AM until 1:45 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:45 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays .

Other transitway buses
Buses stop on the lower freeway level.
  • 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 services
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, 251 (selected trips), 620

LADOT DASH: Boyle Heights

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. http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/070.pdf 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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