Owned by Metro Parking none Previous names The Palms; Bay View Phone +1 323-466-3876 Tracks 2 | Platforms 1 center platform Disabled access Yes Opened 17 October 1875 Rebuilt 20 May 2016 | |
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Location 10001 National Boulevard, Los Angeles Address 10021 National Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90034, USA Similar Westwood/Rancho Park station, Expo/Bundy station, Expo/Sepulveda station, 26th Street/Bergamot station, 17th Street/Santa Monica C | ||
Expo line arriving at palms station
Palms is an elevated light-rail station on the Expo Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, at the intersection of National Boulevard and Palms Boulevard in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles.
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Expo line test train pulling into palms station
Location and design
The station is in Palms, Los Angeles, a dense residential neighborhood just south of I-10 and north of Culver City. It is within walking distance of the Castle Heights and Cheviot Hills neighborhoods.
The station location is adjacent to I-10, just west of the three-way intersection of National, Palms and Exposition boulevards and perched on an embankment above National Boulevard. Access is provided by stairs and elevators at the east end of the station.
Construction incorporated an existing steel bridge from the Air Line era and added a new concrete bridge, both immediately east of the station over the National/Palms intersection, as well as re-used an existing rail tunnel west of the station.
History
Bay View was a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad. It was renamed The Palms in 1886.
The Eastlake style Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot building was situated approximately 600 yards (550 m) west of the present station location, on the south side of the tracks, and remained in active rail service until the closure of the Pacific Electric Air Line in 1953.
Used in many motion pictures, the building eventually fell into disrepair and abandonment, but was declared a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1963. A grassroots organization, S.O.S. (Save Our Station), moved it in February 1976 to the Heritage Square Museum grounds in the Montecito Heights community of the Arroyo Seco. It now serves as the museum's gift shop and visitor center.
Nomenclature
Originally slated to be renamed "National/Palms" on re-opening, it remains "Palms" as a result of a request by the Palms Neighborhood Council. The council's resolution stated that:
On April 25, 2013, the Metro board of directors voted in favor of "Palms" as the official name of the station.