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Compton
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Compton station platform
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| Location | 275 Willowbrook Avenue Compton, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°53′51″N 118°13′27″W / 33.8975°N 118.2243°W / 33.8975; -118.2243 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parking | 40 spaces[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Racks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | July 14, 1990; 34 years ago (1990-07-14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | June 1, 2019[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
| Northbound | ←  A Line toward Azusa (Willowbrook/Rosa Parks)
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| Island platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Southbound | → A Line toward Long Beach (Artesia) →
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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]
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]
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
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