Wilshire/Western station
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Wilshire/Western station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Wilshire Boulevard at Western Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown districts of Los Angeles. It is the current western terminus of the D Line.
Prior plans called for the D Line to extend to Fairfax Avenue, then turn north into the San Fernando Valley but due to political disagreements, the line currently terminates here and the B Line travels to the Valley via Vermont Avenue.[1] Metro is now currently constructing the D Line Extension to extend the D Line west from this station to Westwood/VA Hospital station in Westwood, near UCLA.[2]
The two artwork installations at Wilshire/Western are called "People Coming", and the other "People Going". They are large murals at each end of the station. The artist responsible is Richard Wyatt, a Lynwood native.
The courtyard features a plaque commemorating former California Assembly member Alfred H. Song and is officially named "Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song station," although the full name is not used on any station signs.[3][4]
Service
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Connections
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- LADOT DASH: Wilshire Center/Koreatown, Hollywood/Wilshire
Notable places nearby
The station is within walking distance of the following notable places:
References
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- D Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations
- Koreatown, Los Angeles
- Mid-Wilshire, Los Angeles
- Wilshire Boulevard
- Railway stations in the United States opened in 1996
- 1996 establishments in California
- Railway stations located underground in California