Wilshire/Western station is an underground rapid transit station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Wilshire Boulevard at Western Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown districts of Los Angeles.
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 Wilshire/Western station platform, July 2025 | |||||||||||
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| Other names | Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song | ||||||||||
| Location | 3775 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′42″N 118°18′33″W / 34.0617°N 118.3091°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station,[1] racks and lockers[2] | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | July 13, 1996 | ||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 2,401 (avg. wkdy boardings)[3] | ||||||||||
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Prior plans called for the D Line to extend to Fairfax Avenue, then turn north into the San Fernando Valley but due to political disagreements, the line terminated here for 30 years, and the B Line travels to the Valley via Vermont Avenue.[4] Metro is now currently constructing the D Line Extension to extend the D Line west from this station to Westwood/VA Hospital station in Westwood, near UCLA.[5] Section 1 of the extension opened on May 8, 2026, extending the D Line to Wilshire/La Cienega station in Beverly Hills.[6]
The two artwork installations at Wilshire/Western are called "People Coming", and the other "People Going". They are large murals at each end of the station. The artist responsible is Richard Wyatt, a Lynwood native.
The courtyard features a plaque commemorating former California Assembly member Alfred H. Song and is officially named "Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song station," although the full name is not used on any station signs.[7][8]
Service
editHours and frequency
editD Line trains run every day between approximately 5 a.m. and midnight. Trains operate every 10 minutes during peak hours. Early morning and night service is approximately every 20 minutes.[9]
Connections
editAs of September 10, 2023[update], the following connections are available:[10]
- Los Angeles Metro Bus: 18, 20, 66, 207, 210, Rapid 720
- Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica): 7
- LADOT DASH: Wilshire Center/Koreatown, Hollywood/Wilshire
Notable places nearby
editThe station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
- Pellissier Building and Wiltern Theatre
- Los Altos Apartments
- Getty House, official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles
- St. Basil Catholic Church
- St. Brendan Catholic Church
- Wilshire Boulevard Temple
- Liberty Park
- Consulate General of Bolivia
References
edit- ↑ "Station Map". Metro Bike Share. January 27, 2015. Archived from the original on January 2, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2021.
- ↑ "Secure Bike Parking on Metro" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
- ↑ "LA Metro 2025 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. September 2025.
- ↑ Elkind, Ethan N. (2014). Railtown: the Fight for the Los Angeles Metro Rail and the Future of the City. Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-95720-6. OCLC 868963746.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Purple Line Extension". www.metro.net. Archived from the original on September 29, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2020.
- ↑ Dallow, Lily; Ramos, Annie Rose (May 8, 2026). "Metro's D Line extension opens, connecting downtown L.A. to Beverly Hills in about 20 minutes". KTLA. Nexstar Media Group. Retrieved May 8, 2026.
- ↑ "Koreatown to install memorial for late Asian American politician". The Korea Times. September 10, 2014.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "JoinCalifornia – Alfred H. Song". JoinCalifornia.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "B & D Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles Metro. April 12, 2026. Retrieved April 12, 2026.
- ↑ "B & D Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 10, 2023. p. 2. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
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