Compton station

Los Angeles Metro Rail station

Preceding station	Metro Rail			Following station
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks toward Azusa		A Line		Artesia toward Long Beach

Former services

Preceding station		Following station
Dominguez towards Morgan Avenue	Long Beach	Winona towards Pacific Electric Building
Dominguez towards San Pedro	San Pedro via Dominguez
Dominguez towards Santa Ana SP	Santa Ana
Dominguez towards Balboa	Balboa

Location

Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of Compton, California.^[3]

Service

Station layout

Northbound	← A Line toward Azusa (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Southbound	→ A Line toward Long Beach (Artesia) →

Hours and frequency

A 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.^[4]

Connections

On May 8, 2011, Metro and City of Compton officials opened the new Martin Luther King Jr. Transit Center adjacent to Compton station. The transit center has eight new bus bays and allows easy and safe access to the rail station.

As of April 9, 2023^[update], the following connections are available:^[5]

Compton Renaissance Transit: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
GTrans (Gardena): 3
Greyhound Lines
Los Angeles Metro Bus: 125, 127, 128, 202

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Compton Civic Center and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
Compton High School
Gateway Towne Center

References

^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ "Metro Blue Line Announces New Closures Starting June 1". KNBC-TV. City News Service. April 1, 2019. Archived from the original on March 4, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "Metro A Line schedule". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 9, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved April 13, 2023.