East LA Civic Center station

Los Angeles Metro Rail station

Preceding station	Metro Rail			Following station
Maravilla toward Santa Monica		E Line		Atlantic Terminus

Former services

Preceding station	Metro Rail			Following station
Atlantic Terminus		L Line		Maravilla toward APU/Citrus College

Location

East LA Civic Center station is an at-grade light rail station on the E Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of 3rd Street and Mednik Avenue in East Los Angeles, California, adjacent to the Los Angeles County government buildings of the East Los Angeles Civic Center, after which the station is named. This station opened on November 15, 2009, as part of the Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Service

Station layout

East LA Civic Center station utilizes a simple island platform setup with two tracks in the median of East 3rd Street. There are two ramps for platform access, one at the intersection of Civic Center Way, leading to the namesake East LA Civic Center, and the other at the intersection of South Mednik Avenue.

Westbound	← E Line toward Santa Monica (Maravilla)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound	→ E Line toward Atlantic (Terminus) →

Hours and frequency

E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.^[1]

Connections

The station is located one block west the Dionicio Morales Transit Plaza, the hub for El Sol, the neighborhood shuttle bus system for East Los Angeles.

As of December 10, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[2]

El Sol: City Terrace/East Los Angeles College, Union Pacific/Salazar Park, Whittier Boulevard/Saybrook Park
Los Angeles Metro Bus: 106, 258
Montebello Transit: 40

References

^ "Metro E Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
^ "E Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. p. 1. Retrieved December 26, 2023.