103rd Street/Watts Towers station

103rd St/Watts Towers
103rd St/Watts Towers
	103rd Street/Watts Towers station platform in November 2015
General information
Location	10100 Grandee Avenue; Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	33°56′34″N 118°14′36″W / 33.9427°N 118.2432°W
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Los Angeles Metro Bus; LADOT DASH;
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	62 spaces
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	July 14, 1990; 34 years ago
Rebuilt	November 2, 2019
Previous names	103rd Street/Kenneth Hahn
Passengers
FY 2024	1,769 (avg. wkdy boardings)
Services
Location
Location

103rd Street/Watts Towers 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 103rd Street, after which the station is named, along with the nearby landmark Watts Towers in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.^[4]

It is adjacent to the Watts Station, which historically served the Watts, Long Beach, and San Pedro lines of the Pacific Electric Railway.

Service

Hours and frequency

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.^[5]

Connections

As of December 15, 2024^[update], the following connections are available:^[6]

Los Angeles Metro Bus: 117
LADOT DASH: Watts

Notable places nearby

The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:

Good Shepherd Convalescent Hospital
Jordan High School
Jordan Downs
Verbum Dei High School
Watts Senior Center
Watts Station — former Pacific Electric Railway station listed on the National Register of Historic Places
Watts Towers

References

^ "Metro Parking Lots by Line". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved November 5, 2021.
^ Lozano, Carlos (November 2, 2019). "Metro rail service between Los Angeles and Long Beach reopens". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 19, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
^ "FY2024 Ridership by Station". misken67 via Los Angeles Metro Public Records. August 2024.
^ "Metro Blue Line Connections" (PDF). Metro. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 25, 2012. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "A Line Timetable" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 15, 2024. Retrieved January 1, 2025.
^ "A Line Timetable – Connections section" (PDF). Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 15, 2024. p. 2. Retrieved January 1, 2025.