37th Street/USC was built between 1989 and 1997 as part of the Harbor Transitway and opened to passengers on July 28, 1997, about a year after the other stations on the transitway.[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. 37th Street/USC station is also served by several Los Angeles Metro Bus, LADOT Commuter Express and Torrance Transit bus services, most of which only run during weekday peak periods.
The station is close to two Metro E Line stations. Jefferson/USC is 0.3 miles (0.48 km) north on South Flower Street and Expo Park/USC is 0.4 miles (0.64 km) west on Exposition Boulevard.
Station layout
37th Street/USC station consists of two 245-foot-long (75 m) side platforms, located above a ground-level plaza along West 37th Street. The ground-level plaza includes bus boarding bays and a Transit Access Pass (TAP) ticket vending machine was added in early 2017 to support all-door boarding on the J Line.[4]
Services
A northbound Metro J Line bus approaching 37th Street/USC station.
J Line buses run 24 hours a day between El Monte Station, Downtown Los Angeles, and the Harbor Gateway Transit Center, as route 910. Some trips continue to San Pedro between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. and are signed as Route 950. On weekdays, buses operate every four to eight minutes during peak hours. They operate every 10 minutes in the midday, 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight. On weekends, buses arrive every 15 minutes most of the day. They operate every 20 minutes during evenings, 40 minutes during nights, and every hour overnight.[7]
In addition to J Line buses, the busway platforms at 37th Street/USC station are also served by the all-day Los Angeles Metro Bus 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: LADOT Commuter Express route 438 to Redondo Beach, 439 to El Segundo and route 448 to Rancho Palos Verdes; and Torrance Transit route 4X to Torrance (also operates all-day Saturday).[6]
37th Street/USC station is also served by several bus routes that use bus stops near to the station on surface streets: Los Angeles Metro Bus route 81 that runs between Eagle Rock and South Los Angeles, route 102 that runs between LAX and South Gate, and route 200 that begins near the station and runs to Echo Park; Metro Express route 550 to San Pedro; LADOT DASH shuttle route F that operates between Downtown Los Angeles and the station area via Figueroa Street, the King-East route that serves the Historic South Central neighborhood, and the Southeast route that serves the South Park neighborhood; and shuttles operated by the University of Southern California.[6][5]
References
^Radcliffe, Jim (July 28, 1997). "Final stretch of elevated Harbor Freeway to open". Daily Breeze. p. A2 – via NewsBank.
