Westwood/UCLA station
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 Westwood/UCLA station under construction in August 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′31″N 118°26′46″W / 34.05861°N 118.44611°W | ||||||||||
| Owner | Los Angeles Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2027 | ||||||||||
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Westwood/UCLA station is an under construction, underground rapid transit station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.[1] The station will be located under Wilshire Boulevard between Veteran Avenue and Westwood Boulevard, south of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The main station's entrance will be on the west side on Gayley Avenue, with its other entrances on the north and south sides of Wilshire Boulevard and the west side of Westwood Boulevard.[2]
The station is currently under construction, part of Section 3 of the D Line Extension project, with contractors hired in 2019.[3] The station is slated to open along with Westwood/VA Hospital station in the Fall of 2027.[4] The Sepulveda Transit Corridor is planned to connect to the D Line at this station.[5][6][7]
Attractions
- Nearby destinations include the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Pauley Pavilion, Westwood Village, Tehrangeles and the neighborhood of Westwood.[2]
- The Hammer Museum
- The Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary.
- The Wilshire Federal Building
- Los Angeles National Cemetery
- Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- 10990 Wilshire Building, KB Home headquarters
- Geffen Playhouse theater
- Consulate General of Pakistan, Czech Republic and the Bahamas
- St. Paul the Apostle Church and School
- Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden
- Nimoy Theater
References
- ↑ "Purple Line Extension". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- 1 2 "Purple Line Extension Transit Project Section 3 - Fact Sheet – Station Locations" (PDF). Metro Los Angeles. Winter 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 29, 2020. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Metro hires a contractor to build the Purple Line subway to West L.A." Los Angeles Times. May 23, 2019. Archived from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved February 29, 2020.
- ↑ Mandelkern, India (July 23, 2025). "D Line Subway Extension Section 1 update: Ninety-eight percent finished and counting". The Source. Los Angeles Metro. Retrieved July 24, 2025.
- ↑ "Metro Board to consider advancing C Line Extension to Torrance and Sepulveda Transit Corridor at January meeting". The Source. Metro. January 9, 2026. Retrieved January 14, 2026.
- ↑ Linton, Joe (January 14, 2026). "Metro Committee Approves Sepulveda Rail Alignment, Postpones Torrance Rail Approval". Streetsblog LA. OpenPlans. Retrieved January 16, 2026.
- ↑ Dallow, Lily (January 22, 2026). "L.A. Metro Board approves new underground rail line through Sepulveda Pass". KTLA. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
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