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{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{primary sources|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| style              = Los Angeles Metro Rail
| name               = Pershing Square
| symbol_location    = losangeles
| symbol             = B
| symbol2            = D
| symbol3            = J
| image              = Pershing Square platform 2016.jpg
| image_caption      = Pershing Square station platform in 2016
| address            = 500 South [[Hill Street (Los Angeles)|Hill Street]]
| borough            = [[Los Angeles]], California
| coordinates        = {{coord|34.0543|-118.2467|display=inline,title}}
| owned              = [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]
| platform           = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks             = 2
| connections        = See [[#Connections|connections section]]
| structure          = Underground
| parking            = Paid parking nearby
| bicycle            = [[Metro Bike Share]] station,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Station Map |url=https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=[[Metro Bike Share]] |date=January 27, 2015 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bicycle parking rack|racks]] and [[bicycle locker|lockers]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secure Bike Parking on Metro |url=https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906210731/https://bikehub.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20-2070_Secure_Bike_Parking_Master_Map_jp-ENG.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| status             = 
| opened             = {{Start date and age|1993|01|30}}
| pass_year          = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}
| passengers         = {{LAMetro Ridership|Pershing Square|no}} ({{abbr|avg. wkdy|average weekday}} boardings, rail only){{LAMetro Ridership|citation}}
| services           = {{Adjacent stations
  | system1 = Los Angeles Metro Rail
   | line1 = B | left1 = 7th Street/Metro Center | right1 = Civic Center/Grand Park
   | line2 = D | left2 = 7th Street/Metro Center | right2 = Civic Center/Grand Park
  |system3 = Los Angeles Metro Busway
   | line3 = J | left3 = 7th Street/Metro Center | right3 = Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill | note-mid3 = (street service) | note-left3 = (stops en route)
   }}
| mapframe           = yes
| mapframe-zoom      = 14
}}

'''Pershing Square station''' is an underground [[rapid transit]] (known locally as a subway) station on the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B Line]] and [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] system. The station also has street-level stops for the [[J Line (Los Angeles Metro)|J Line]] of the [[Los Angeles Metro Busway]] system. The station is located under [[Hill Street (Los Angeles)|Hill Street]] between [[Los Angeles streets, 1–10|4th and 5th Street]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pershing Square Connections |url=http://media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/map_connections_pershingsq.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210412173804/http://media.metro.net/riding_metro/maps/images/map_connections_pershingsq.pdf |archive-date=April 12, 2021 |access-date=December 7, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]]}}</ref> It is located in [[Downtown Los Angeles]] with one station entrance across the street from [[Pershing Square (Los Angeles)|Pershing Square]], after which the station is named, and the other is located near the historic [[Angels Flight]] funicular which provides access to the high-rise office buildings in the [[Bunker Hill, Los Angeles|Bunker Hill]] neighborhood.

== Service ==
=== Hours and frequency ===
{{LA Metro hours and frequency|B/D}}

{{LA Metro hours and frequency|J}}

=== Connections ===
In addition to the rail and busway services, Pershing Square station is a major hub for municipal bus lines. {{As of|2023|9|10|df=us}}, the following connections are available:<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 10, 2023 |title=B & D Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/15122720/802_TT_09-10-23-Revised.pdf |access-date=January 20, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=2}}</ref>
* [[City of Commerce Transit]]: 600<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2022 |title=City of Commerce Transit System Map |url=https://www.ci.commerce.ca.us/Home/ShowDocument?id=170 |access-date=June 17, 2023 |website=[[City of Commerce Transit]]}}</ref>
* [[Foothill Transit]]: [[Silver Streak (bus)|Silver Streak]]
* [[LADOT Commuter Express]]: {{LADOT route|419}}*
* [[LADOT DASH]]: B, D
* [[Los Angeles Metro Bus]]: {{LA Metro route|4}}, {{LA Metro route|10}}, {{LA Metro route|14}}, {{LA Metro route|16}}, {{LA Metro route|18}}, {{LA Metro route|28}}, {{LA Metro route|30}}, {{LA Metro route|33}}, {{LA Metro route|37}}, {{LA Metro route|38}}, {{LA Metro route|40}}, {{LA Metro route|45}}, {{LA Metro route|48}}, {{LA Metro route|53}}, {{LA Metro route|55}}, {{LA Metro route|62}}, {{LA Metro route|76}}, {{LA Metro route|78}}, {{LA Metro route|81}}, {{LA Metro route|92}}, {{LA Metro route|94}}, Express{{nbsp}}{{LA Metro route|460}}, Express{{nbsp}}{{LA Metro route|487}}, Express{{nbsp}}{{LA Metro route|489}}*, Rapid{{nbsp}}{{LA Metro route|720}}
* [[Montebello Bus Lines]]: [[Montebello Bus Lines#40|40]], [[Montebello Bus Lines#50|50]], [[Montebello Bus Lines#90|90{{nbsp}}Express]]
* [[Torrance Transit]]: [[Torrance Transit#4|4X]]*
Note: * indicates commuter service that operates only during weekday rush hours.

== Notable places nearby ==
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
* [[Angels Landing (Los Angeles)|Angels Landing]] – Two high-rise buildings planned on the site above the station
* [[Grand Central Market]]
* [[Historic Core, Los Angeles, California|Historic Core/Broadway]]
* [[Jewelry District, Los Angeles, California|Jewelry District]]
* [[Los Angeles Theatre Center]] (LATC)
* [[Millennium Biltmore Hotel]]
* [[Pershing Square (Los Angeles)|Pershing Square]]
* [[Los Angeles Public Library|Richard J. Riordan Central Library]]
* [[Title Guarantee and Trust Company Building]]
* [[U.S. Bank Tower]]

== Station artwork ==
[[File:Pershing Square mezzanine 2016.jpg|thumb|Mezzanine level]]
The station is decorated with a neon art piece by [[Stephen Antonakos]]. The work pays tribute to the first neon sign in the United States, which was hung in 1924 in the Pershing Square area.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neons for Pershing Square |url=https://art.metro.net/artworks/neons-for-pershing-square/ |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=[[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority|Metro]] Art |language=en-US |archive-date=October 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024152914/https://art.metro.net/artworks/neons-for-pershing-square/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==

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