The LA Union Station is a landmark 1939 terminal designed in the Mission Moderne style. It is a…read morebeautifully designed space and has a lot of history. There is a mural of immigrants on one side of the station which represents the diversity of the people in LA. This train station is known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States. It is also very convenient instead of making the drive to DTLA sometimes. There is a lot to see and it is right across from the famous Olvera St and LA Chinatown. So many food places to eat and great dim sum! During the summer, you can get Metrolink tickets for just $10 on any weekend day. Yelp Review #59- 2026

Didn't plan on being at Union Station in Los Angeles, but when airfare can be more expensive and…read moreUbers are more crazy, you look for alternatives. I needed to get from LAX to Irvine on the cheap and looked at my alternatives. After looking at Greyhound and other airport shuttle services in the area, I decided to take the Amtrak that departed from Union Station Los Angeles to Irvine. It was not a short ride by any means, but it was convenient for me to get to where I wanted to go for a decent price. I booked the Amtrak ticket online about 2 days before arriving in Los Angeles. It was a fair price and definitely cheaper than an Uber ride. I was shocked at how much an Uber ride is in Los Angeles compared to the Amtrak. I arrived at Union Station around 6:30am on a Saturday morning in mid September 2026 after getting off a LAX FlyAway bus from LAX. I had time to kill and I walked around Union Station. Felt like a run down building but had its usual modern refinements. Even if its 2026, it felt like being in the 1960's and it's a train depot. With every modern enhancement here and concessions here, it felt like Union station was in a time warp, but we do need trains to get people and goods where they need to be. My time here at Union Station Los Angeles was brief. Even an Amtrak staff member who was driving in a golf cart saw me waiting on the platform told me to take an earlier train instead of waiting, but I decided to wait for my ticketed train anyway (an hour later). Thought that was weird. I walked around Union Station to kill time and when it was time to, I walked back to platform 9 with 15 minutes till departure and boarded the Surfrider train bound for San Diego and getting off at Irvine station. Union Station has limited concessions here but at least there's restrooms and places to sit down to wait for your train out of Los Angeles. The overall experience here at Union Station was typical. It is a waystation for those who are commuting on the Amtrak. It is a nice building for the Amtrak hub for all trains passing thru the Los Angeles corridor. The building is dated but it works for most people who are traveling on Amtrak and the Metrolink on any given casual day. For the most part though, my experience here was good and uneventful. I saw a couple of people talking out loud and could have been homeless. I'm thankful that Union Station is predominately safe and have uniformed security around to make sure that everyone is safe and secured. And so, if you are coming or going inside Los Angeles and want to find alternatives to air travel, consider Amtrak and Union Station Los Angeles for your way out of California and where you want to be. Union Station Los Angeles is located at 800 N Alameda Street in downtown Los Angeles, California. It's a main hub for Amtrak and a gateway to cities north, east, and south of the city. All Amtrak tickets can be purchased at Union Station Amtrak kiosks or online at Amtrak's website in advance. The tickets are fairly cheap, depending on how far you travel. Only thing about train travel is that its fairly slower than air travel, but it can be quite inexpensive compared to air travel too. Just depends on what you want to do and if you have the time for it. Union Station is open to the public, but I'm thinking it can be restrictive if you don't have a ticket and officials can ask you for a ticket if you're just loitering in the building. I'm not sure if there is a parking lot for those who park and take the train, but you'd think there is. I'm just a tourist that took a train here at Union Station. I'm sure there there's a lot of public transportation options in the Los Angeles area to get you to Union Station, if you decide you want to ride the Amtrak. I'm just glad that there are restrooms here at Union Station. It just feels like a big building with a few concessions and restrooms. The rest of it is platforms for the departing and arriving Amtrak trains. Like a large theater or a small airport. Happy travels! 4.0 stars for the overall experience. Support local! B

This is not bad for the price that you pay on the train. For 1.75 the trip was very cheap compared…read moreto an Uber or taxi or even driving. I was here on a leisure trip and the cheapest way to get around is by local transit/train. The station did look a bit old and dirty and I guess it depends on what time you show up. We were taking the train back to the airport and it was convenient. The only thing I found strange is that the elevators only take you down to the ground floor but not up. You have to take the escalator up. Also, the escalator was broken when we were there.

We took the GREEN LINE from the South Bay Beach Cities area and got off at the HARBOR FREEWAY…read moreSTATION to then catch a transfer connection onto the SILVER BUS to get to the USC area to attend an NFL Los Angeles Rams football game, over at the LA Coliseum. Luckily, the bus was staffed decently, as the 1st bus took about 20 mins to get to the station, which is I think their routine frequency, but was packed, so let a few passengers off and only accepted a few new passengers at this station, leaving many behind waiting for the next bus. Fortunately, the next bus came within 5-10 mins and was empty enough to appease the demand of most of the awaiting passengers. Mind you, this was nearly 2 hrs before gametime, so considered rather early, and I'm not sure how much better or worst it would be as it comes closer to gametime with what I speculate a higher demand for transit with massive amounts of passengers. The area itself is a bit of an urban jungle, so just be aware to be safe, just like in sports as they say "Defense often wins the game!" - - so, don't fool around with your cell phone to tempt others to rob you and snatch it; don't stare down strangers to inspire confrontation; keep your possessions close to you and closed (especially ladies with purses); and mind your own business. Those are my personal safety tips...

So easy to use! Tons of metro staff and security at the…read morestation to guide you. Great station to get off to avoid paying for parking and avoid having to drive the streets of LA! Riding with a metro TAP card (which is free to get by downloading the app) is only $1.75 per person per ride!!!

A nicely decorated station in the heart of Hollywood. The Hollywood/Vine Station is very accessible…read moreand is a fairly large station. You will notice the ceilings with the old film reels, which is pretty neat. They are not real though, just decorative art. At a recent weekday visit, this station was a little bit on the emptier side, and I didn't see any transit ambassadors or anything. But, the station has many people walking through the station in the daytime. You will be walking up or down two floors of escalators, depending on the direction you are coming from. This station is a little dim on the upper levels, but it is bright on the train level. There are no down escalators to the train level though. Only stairs. There is an elevator, though I did not take it, but did see it there. General travel during the day, this station seems fine. It's the B Line (formerly the Red Line) that runs through here.

The bus to my work is 1/2 block away and a 10 bus ride. People here balk at riding the bus. In The…read moreBay, I've taken the SF Muni and the last BART train back to the East Bay at 1:00am. I purchased my TAP Metro card from the kiosk. Easy. I'm ready.

This isn't the sexiest stop look wise, but it does its job and it beats driving on 10 to get to…read morethis area if you ask me. I passed by it on my way to Santa Monica but never used it till recently when we had a friend visiting who was lodging in the area. He used this stop a lot. This is the Santa Monica line, we changed at 7th and Metro to get on it. It is above the ground, which is nice. The actual station is outdoors which is nice. Not the best views or layout, they could use more benches, more signs and more machines. But glad it's there. If you need to get to the area, it beats driving!

Metro Green Line…read more This line has changed from a straight shot to or from Redondo to Norwalk. Now you must hop off from the K LINE and exit the LAX drop off just to connect to the green line. It's frustrating but it must be done to get on the green line. Overall, this train is ok compared to the blue and red line. Warning, you will encounter all types of people that are crazy, deranged, violent, smelly, loud, strange, weird etc.. You name it. Overall, it's a solid line for commuting from Point A-B. It's safe pertaining to engineering and train conductors. The people inside determines your experience. Ride at your own risk. Once you are on the Green line, you can expect a 25 minute ride all the way to Norwalk. There is a point from Long Beach Blvd all the way to Lakewood where it has not stops and it is zooming right through. That would be a 5 mile consistent ride without interrupted stops. Overall the Green line is solid.

Typically park here overnight to avoid the egregious parking fees charged by LAX airport hotels. $3…read moreper 24 hours can't be beat. Haven't experienced theft or vandalism (knock on wood). The new northern stops on the C line make it even easier to walk to a hotel. Unfortunately the parking kiosks don't recognize a Tap card in an Apple wallet. Have to scan the QR code to pay.

The Los Angeles Metro Expo/Crenshaw Station consists of two distinct parts, located very close to…read moreeach other to make it a transfer station. In effect, it connects the East-West Metro E Line (Expo) to the North-South Metro K Line (Pink), making it a very important station for people trying to get to the airport and sporting venues like Sofi Stadium and Kia Spectrum. The at-grade station servicing the E Line opened on 2012, and was a stop on Phase I connecting downtown LA to Culver City. The underground station being the current terminus of the K Line, opened in 2022. It is quite deep underground (maybe 120 feet), having to take stairs to get to an intermediate floor, and then a long escalator to get to ground level. The two lines do not share a common track, and because the original station is outside, one has to walk street level and possibly cross a busy street to be able to connect. That's what I ended up doing when trying to exit the underground coming from Inglewood, and trying to catch the East bound 'E' train to downtown Los Angeles. Not ideal. The long term goal of the K line is to continue north, connecting to the D line and ultimately the B line. Since both of those lines run underground, it makes sense that this station would be as well. And the connection to make a transfer should be a lot better than what it is in Crenshaw/Expo.

I use this station everyday and it feels unsafe but it's ok. Trains are frequent and often. It does…read moreget interesting at night; I've seen things. Parking is a sh*t show. The West Angeles Church opened up their parking lot for commuters but they've now limited the number of floors, making it really hard to find available parking. Since the church doesn't pay taxes anyway, the city should require them to open the entire garage for commuters. Happy riding!

Not a bad stop if you need to go in the area. I had to go in West Adams area and this stop was…read morecloser by. Expo/Western is on Santa Monica line, a couple of stops away from USC. It is an outdoor stop. No parking. Lots of seating, signs, security people working here which is nice. Safe station when I visited, pretty clean. Lots of signage in the area to orient yourself, gas stations, shops, restaurants. A pleasant surprise!

I wouldn't quite call it a tradition, but during three of the past six holiday seasons, I've taken…read moremy two teenage nephews on L.A. Metro excursions. (The younger, like his uncle, is mildly obsessed with public transportation and even served on the SFMTA youth board or commission or whatever.) Both of them enjoy experiencing parts of L.A. in ways they never have before, so I'm the "local" tour guide and expert. I didn't plan our day very well a few years back, so we needed to end our excursion early. We were headed west on the E Line. I was trying to think of an interestingly different way to get back to where we had caught a different train earlier, but time was ticking, so our only real option was to get off the train at Expo/Western and turn around. This is a "far-side" station, meaning that each direction has its own platform and that those platforms are past the street (in this case, Western Avenue). So we off-boarded past Western, and wouldn't you know it?--an eastbound train was coming, but because of the far-side situation, we had to cross the street twice to get over to the eastbound platform. We ran, but we didn't make it in time. I proceeded to explain to my charges that Western used to be the western boundary of Los Angeles and that a few miles north of here, at the corner of Western Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, there was an underground Metro station for the D Line, which we had briefly ridden earlier in the day. As we talked and I answered questions, I was surprised by how many people started to fill up the platform. Granted, we had to wait more than ten minutes, but it was not quite rush hour on a weekday; where were all these people going? Its platforms are pretty long, so there's plenty of room to spread out. It was surprisingly clean, and at least on the platform itself--it's a whole other story on the train--I didn't feel unsafe, either as an out-of-town tourist or as a seasoned public-transit rider.

Aviation/Century Station is good!!! They really did good with the designs & the tracks. It good…read morethat the metro c line goes to LAX/Metro Transit Center & The Metro K Line Goes To Redondo Beach.

Worst line on LA metro train, always under maintenance and in accurate when comes to timing,…read moreforeign train lines are much way more better, specially cleanliness, comfort and accuracy, overall Metro train lines are not dependable. please improve!! represent LA

Very busy Metro Station in the heart of Downtown Los Angeles regardless of the time of day. A two…read morelevel station with multiple trains and subways coming and going all day. The 7th Street/Metro Station trains and subways connect you with Union Station, the Valley/North Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Long Beach, and Pamona. The station is very clean considering how busy it is with so many people. This station has a very NYC feel to it. There is a large and visible security and police presence which makes this station feel safe. Unlike most Metro stations, you'll see unhoused and sketchy people at this location. However, it feels safe because of the large Police presence. Just my experience.

The hub the connect most! If more stations were as connecting at 7th St/Metro Center LA would be so…read moremuch more public transit friendly! You can connect with the Metro Blue (A) and Expo Line (E) lines on the upper platform or the Red (B) and Purple (D) on the lower platforms not to mention the Silver (J) line above ground. There are tap stands and gates at every entrance and exit, even between switch and when you tap between trains it simple "Transfers" and doesn't reduce your fare at all. I think I had three transfers from near Studio City to NoHo to this station to the Blue line the other day... Was kind of cool! Definitely enjoy going green and riding metro when I can. I did here a rumor that the new K (Pink) Line might extend over to here as well at some point which would be pretty great. It's often busy here and the Expo and Blue are constantly running. The Red and Purple lines don't run as frequently as the others and as the day goes on, but it's about a 10 minute wait usually until after 5 PM where things shift and by night maybe every 15 to 30 minutes. I believe eventually Metro and this station will get back to later hours again and eventually run all night. Great Metro staff and the most you'll see at any station other than Union station. You can catch trains and/or exit from through The Bloc shopping center or across the street on the corner of 7th & Flower St.