Manchester station (Los Angeles Metro)

Manchester
Manchester Silver Line station
Location	452 1/2 W Manchester Ave
Coordinates	33°57′35″N 118°16′51″W / 33.95974°N 118.28083°W
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Silver Line
Platforms	2 Island platforms
Construction
Parking	127 "Park and Ride" lot spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	June 1996; Re-branded as a Metro Silver Line station on December 13, 2009.
Services
Preceding station   Metro Busway   Following station Harbor Freeway toward Downtown San Pedro Silver Line Slauson toward El Monte

Manchester is a bus rapid transit Metro Silver Line transitway station on the Harbor Transitway/I-110 at its overcrossing of Manchester Avenue in South Los Angeles. The station was re-branded as a station for the Metro Silver Line when the line began service on December 13, 2009. The station is managed by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The Firestone Station of the Metro Blue Line is located around 3 miles east of the station (at the intersection of Firestone Blvd. and Graham Avenue).

Layout

■ Silver Line	toward El Monte (Slauson)
■ Silver Line	toward Harbor Gateway Transit Center/Pacific/21th Street (Harbor Freeway)

The station has two side platforms in the median of the Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway). The platforms can be accessed using elevators and lifts from Manchester Avenue below the freeway. This station has two parking lots, one or each side of the freeway with a total of 127 spaces. The entrance to the station is provided by stairs and elevators under the freeway. Metro Local line 115 stops directly below the station at the street level (Manchester Avenue). On September 6, 2011, the new stop located directly below the Manchester Silver Line station opened for Metro Local line: 115. The new stop is only for eastbound passengers. A westbound stop for lines 115 was not constructed. The station was upgraded with improved lighting in December 2010. CCTV and next bus trip arrival television screens were added onto the station in December 2012 and the monitors became activated on June 2013.

Services

Metro Silver Line  

Metro Silver Line buses stop at the station on the busway/freeway level which can be accessed by elevators and stairs. Metro Silver Line service hours are approximately from 4:15 AM until 1:45 AM Monday- Friday & 5:00 A.M.- 1:45 A.M. Saturdays/ Sundays & Holidays.

Other transitway Services

These services stop on the same level as the Metro Silver Line (busway/freeway level). Metro Express: 460, 550 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM & PM peak periods only)

• Torrance Transit: 4 (Weekday peak a.m. northbound and weekday peak p.m. southbound only)
• Orange County Transportation Authority: 701, 721 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM & PM peak periods only)

Services from Manchester Avenue

• Metro Express: 442 (Weekdays Rush Hour AM northbound only & PM peak southbound only)
• Metro Local: 45, 81, 115
• Metro Rapid: 745

Nearby destinations

• KIPP Empower Academy
• Manchester Elementary School
• Bank of America
• Public Storage
• Western Dental
• Subway
• Tam's Burgers
• Church's Chicken
• Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
• Winchell's

Station photos

• 
  The new constructed eastbound bus stop for Metro Local line: 115 at the Manchester Silver Line station. This is part of the Metro Expresslanes Project. A westbound stop was never constructed.
• 
  The Street level at the Manchester station. Notice the new bus stop for Metro Local line: 115.
• 
  Looking at the southbound platform.
• 
  Metro Express Line: 460 to Disneyland at Manchester Silver Line Station in 2011.
• 
  These information stands were barely placed on this station less than 2 months ago.
• 
  Northbound boarding platform before station improvements were made.
• 
  Metro Express line: 460 at Manchester Silver Line station heading to Downtown LA. Notice that a Metro Rapid bus is being used on line 460.
• 
  Metro Local Line 115 bus stop at Manchester Metro Silver Line Station. Only an eastbound bus stop was constructed for Line 115.
• 
  Stairs towards the northbound platform.
• 
  Southbound platform station exit towards the street level.
• 
  Metro Silver Line at Manchester Metro Silver Line Station. On Sundays, Metro Silver Line operates every 30 minutes until 8:00 p.m. Night service operates every 40 minutes.
• 
  Southbound platform.

References

External links

• http://www.metro.net/board/Items/2011/10_October/20111020OPItem52.pdf