Manchester station (Los Angeles Metro)

Manchester is a busway station located in Los Angeles, California. It is situated between the Slauson and Harbor Freeway stations on the J Line, a bus rapid transit route which runs between El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and San Pedro as part of the Metro Busway system. The station consists of two side platforms in the center of Interstate 110 above Manchester Avenue. The station serves the Vermont Knolls, Vermont Vista, Florence, and Broadway-Manchester neighborhoods of Los Angeles.

Manchester
 
Location452½ W Manchester Ave
Los Angeles, California 90003
Coordinates33.98915°N 118.28046°W / 33.98915; -118.28046
Owned byCalifornia Department of Transportation
Operated byLos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms2 side platforms
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Parking247 "park and ride" lot spaces
Disabled accessYes
History
OpenedAugust 1, 1996 (1996-08-01)
Services
Preceding station Metro Busway Following station
Harbor Freeway
toward Downtown San Pedro
 J Line Slauson
toward El Monte
Location

Manchester station was built between 1989 and 1996 as part of the Harbor Transitway and opened to passengers on August 1, 1996.[1] J Line buses serve the station twenty-four hours a day; the headway between buses is about four minutes during peak periods, with less frequent service at other times. Manchester station is also served by several Metro Express, Orange County Transportation Authority, and Torrance Transit bus services, most of which only run during weekday peak periods.

Station layout
Platform
level		 Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound ←  J Line toward El Monte (Slauson)
Southbound →  J Line toward Harbor Gateway or San Pedro (Harbor Freeway station) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right
G Street level Entrance/Exit, ticket vending machines

Manchester station is situated along the Harbor Transitway and consists of two side platforms in the median of the Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). The station is located near the Vermont Knolls, Vermont Vista, Florence and Broadway-Manchester neighborhoods of Los Angeles.[2]

The busway platforms are accessed from two ground-level plazas on the north and south sides of East Manchester Avenue between South Figueroa Street and South Broadway or a pedestrian bridge from the east park and ride lot. The ground-level plazas have stops each have a TAP card ticket vending machine that was added in early 2017 to support all-door boarding on the J Line.[3] The station has 247 park and ride spaces in two parking lots built into the "leaves" of the partial cloverleaf interchange between Manchester Avenue and Interstate 110.[4]

Services

Manchester station is used by the Metro J Line bus rapid transit route which runs between the El Monte Station in El Monte, Downtown Los Angeles and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center in Gardena, California, with select trips continuing onto San Pedro.[5] The J Line is part of the Metro Busway system.[6] On weekdays, J Line buses operate roughly every four to ten minutes during rush hour, with longer headways of 15 minutes during midday hours, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[5] On weekends, J Line buses arrive at Manchester station every 20 minutes most of the day, with longer headways of 40 minutes during nights and every hour overnight.[5]

In addition to J Line buses, the busway platforms at Manchester station are also served by the all-day Metro Express route 460 to Disneyland. There are also several routes that use the busway, geared towards people commuting to Los Angeles, operating only during weekday rush-hours, operating towards the city in the morning and returning at night: Metro Express route 550 to San Pedro; Orange County Transportation Authority route 701 to Huntington Beach and route 721 to Fullerton; and Torrance Transit route 4X to Torrance (also operates all-day Saturday). The station is also served by the Dodger Stadium Express shuttle that operates during home games during baseball season.[6]

Manchester station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near to the station on surface streets: Metro Local route 45 that runs between Lincoln Heights and Rosewood via Broadway, 81 that runs between Eagle Rock and South Los Angeles via Figueroa, and 115 that runs between Playa del Rey and Norwalk via Manchester.[6][5]

Station photos
  • Ground-level plaza
  • Ground-level plaza stop for buses traveling east on Manchester Avenue
  • Stairs from ground-level plaza to northbound platform
  • Metro Silver Line (now J Line) bus at station
  • Southbound platform
  • Southbound platform station exit towards the street level.
  • Northbound platform before station improvements

References
  1. Radcliffe, Jim (June 27, 1996). "Harbor Transitway opens, reducing congestion - Impact felt during evening commute". Daily Breeze. p. A3 – via NewsBank.
  2. "South L.A." Mapping L.A. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. "Metro - File #: 2015-1804". metro.legistar.com. LA Metro. April 14, 2016. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  4. "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Metro.net. Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
  5. J Line map and timetable (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 13, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
  6. Bus and Rail System map (PDF) (Map). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 2018. Retrieved December 20, 2020.
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