Harbor Freeway station

Harbor Freeway station (formerly Harbor Freeway/I-105 station) is a transit center located on the Harbor Transitway, within the Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange of Interstate 105 and Interstate 110 near Figueroa Street in the neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The station is served by the light rail C Line, the bus rapid transit J Line and other bus services. The station is owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

Service

Station layout

The station has three levels: the upper level provides access to the C Line, the middle level has the connections to local bus services and the 253 space park and ride lot, and the lower level provides access to the J Line and other express buses operating on the Harbor Transitway. It is located near the Athens district of Los Angeles.

Other Harbor Transitway services

since June 6, 2025Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), these routes stop at the same boarding platforms of the Metro J Line at the freeway level:

• Dodger Stadium Express (home games during baseball season only)
• LADOT Commuter Express: Template:LADOT route (weekday rush-hour only)
• Los Angeles Metro Bus: ExpressTemplate:LA Metro route (weekday rush-hour only)
• Torrance Transit: 4X

Connections

These non-Harbor Transitway routes stop on the west side of Figueroa Street:

• Los Angeles Metro Bus: Template:LA Metro route, Template:LA Metro route, Template:LA Metro route, Template:LA Metro route
• GTrans (Gardena): 1X
• Torrance Transit: 1

Freeway noise issues

Due to the upper platform's location within a freeway medium and in the interchange of two of Los Angeles' busiest freeways, it has received criticism for subjecting C-train riders to significant amounts of highway traffic noise and has been cited as a notable example of hostile transit infrastructure.

History

The site is approximately the former Forest (later South Los Angeles) station on the San Pedro via Gardena Line of the Pacific Electric. It was also the southern terminus of the Los Angeles Railway 7 Line, allowing interchanges between the two systems. Pacific Electric service ended in 1940, while the 7 Line ran until 1955.

Incident

File:Harbor Freeway Station- Metro Silver Line platform 2013.JPG

Bollards were installed at Harbor Freeway station and all similar stations after the crash.

On February 22, 2012, a drunk driver on the Harbor Freeway mistakenly entered the bus-only station area of the Harbor Freeway station. The driver, 51-year-old Stephen L. Lubin of Sun Valley, was traveling in his 2009 Honda Fit (Template:Cvt over the freeway's posted speed limit) as he entered the station and encountered a bus stopped at the platform. Lubin swerved to avoid hitting the bus and drove onto the station platform where he hit seven people, critically injuring six, before slamming into a pole on the platform.

After the crash, Metro's CEO Art Leahy asked Metro's safety committee staff to review the layout of busway stations and safety signage on the roadways leading into the station areas. As a result of that investigation, Metro added concrete-filled metal bollards to all stations on the Harbor Transitway and the El Monte Busway to prevent vehicles from entering the platform and additional markings were added on roadways leading into stations.