17th Street/SMC station

{{Short description|Light rail station}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Infobox station

| name = 17th St/SMC

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = E

| image = MetroELineSMCStation.jpg

| image_caption = 17th Street/SMC station platform in 2016

| address = 1701 Colorado Avenue

| borough = Santa Monica, California

| coordinates = {{coord|34.0237|-118.4797|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = Big Blue Bus

| parking = 70 spaces{{cite news |title=The Expo Line is finally coming to the Westside, but limited parking raises concerns |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Laura J. |last=Nelson |date=May 14, 2016 |access-date=June 20, 2016 |url=http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-expo-parking-20160514-story.html |archive-date=June 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618195923/http://www.latimes.com/local/westside/la-me-expo-parking-20160514-story.html |url-status=live }}

| bicycle = Metro Bike Share station,{{Cite web |title=Station Map |url=https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=Metro Bike Share |date=27 January 2015 |language=en-US |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102233640/https://bikeshare.metro.net/stations/ |url-status=live }} racks and lockers{{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 }}

| accessible = Yes

| former = Sunset

| status =

| opened = {{start date|1875|10|17}}

| rebuilt = {{start date|2016|05|20}}{{cite news |last1=Nelson |first1=Laura J. |title=Expo Line Service Can Be Less Than Expeditious |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-expo-line-may-20/158552659/ |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 20, 2016 |pages=A1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-expo-line-part-2/158552695/ A10]|via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|17th Street/SMC}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=E|left=Downtown Santa Monica|to-left1=Downtown Santa Monica|right=26th Street/Bergamot}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

17th Street/SMC station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system located near the intersection of 17th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is located 0.6 miles northwest from Santa Monica College (SMC), for which the station is named. It is served by the E Line.{{cite web|url=http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php |title=.:: Expo Line:: |access-date=March 31, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812041202/http://backup.buildexpo.org/phase2_overview.php |archive-date=August 12, 2011 }}

History

The interurban Santa Monica Air Line ran south of Colorado on a private right-of-way in this area. While the E Line follows the Air Line's right-of-way for much of its route, the line and its stations in this area were moved to the median of Colorado Boulevard per a request from the City of Santa Monica during its design phase.

Service

= Station layout =

The station is located in the Midtown District of Santa Monica, in the center of Colorado Avenue west of 17th Street, adjacent to Memorial Park: the City of Santa Monica refers to this station area as the "Memorial Park Neighborhood Transit Village".{{cite web|url=http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/final_luce.ppt|title=2010 Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE)|access-date=May 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305182449/http://www.shapethefuture2025.net/presentations/final_luce.ppt|archive-date=March 5, 2012|url-status=dead}} It is three blocks from Santa Monica College.

The east end of the station is at 17th Street and the west end of the station is mid-block between 15th and 16th Streets with entrances at either end. Parking and an off-street bus stop is located just south of Colorado between 16th and 17th Streets.{{Cite web |url=http://www.buildexpo.org/phase2/Phase%202%20FEIR%20Documents/02_ProjectAlternatives_FEIR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 9, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161009151338/http://www.buildexpo.org/phase2/Phase%202%20FEIR%20Documents/02_ProjectAlternatives_FEIR.pdf |url-status=usurped }}

= Hours and frequency =

{{LA Metro hours and frequency|E}}

= Connections =

{{As of|2024|12|15|df=us}}, the following connections are available:{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=E Line Timetable – Connections section |url=https://cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/12183221/804_TT_12-15-24.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2025 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=1}}{{Cite web |date=December 15, 2024 |title=Little Blue Book |url=https://www.bigbluebus.com/Routes-and-Schedules/PdfHandler.ashx/little-blue-book.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2025 |publisher=Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica)}}

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