Hawthorne/Lennox station

{{Short description|Los Angeles Metro Rail station}}

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

{{Infobox station

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Hawthorne/Lennox

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = C

| image = Hawthorne Metro Green Line Station 1.JPG

| image_caption = Hawthorne/Lennox station platform, 2012

| address = 11132 Hawthorne Boulevard

| borough = Lennox, California

| coordinates = {{coord|33.9335|-118.3526|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| Los Angeles Metro Bus

| the Link

| SoFi Stadium Shuttle

| GTrans

}}

| structure = Freeway median, below-grade

| parking = 362 spaces{{Cite web |title=Metro Parking Lots by Line |url=https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ |access-date=November 5, 2021 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=August 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810121559/https://www.metro.net/riding/parking/lotsbyline/ |url-status=live }}

| bicycle =

| accessible = Yes

| status =

| opened = {{Start date|1995|08|12}}

| former = Hawthorne Blvd/I-105 (1995–2000)
Hawthorne (2000–2012)

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Hawthorne/Lennox}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=C|left=Aviation/LAX|right=Crenshaw}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Hawthorne/Lennox station is a below-grade light rail station on the C Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is situated in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway) and named after Hawthorne Boulevard and the Lennox community where it is located. The station is also close to the city of Hawthorne and opened as part of the Green Line on August 12, 1995.{{cite news |date=August 12, 1995 |title=Green Light for the Green Line |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127346949/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |page=334 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=}} {{free access}}

The station was initially named Hawthorne Blvd/I-105 but was later simplified to Hawthorne/Lennox in 2012 with its location clarified.{{Cite web |date=October 20, 2011 |title=October 2011 Board Meeting - Item 38 |url=https://boardarchives.metro.net/Items/2011/10_October/20111020EMACItem38.pdf |access-date=March 17, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}

The SoFi Stadium Shuttle serves this station on football game days and other major events. Buses typically leave every 5–8 minutes to transport fans to the stadium. To speed service, fares are not collected onboard the shuttle, but a valid Metro fare is still required to pass the faregates and enter the platform at this station.{{Cite web |title=Go Metro on Game Day |url=https://www.metro.net/riding/gameday |access-date=March 17, 2024 |website=metro.net}}{{Cite web |last=Chen |first=Anna |date=August 9, 2021 |title=Go Metro to gameday at SoFi Stadium |url=https://thesource.metro.net/2021/08/09/go-metro-to-gameday-at-sofi-stadium/ |access-date=March 17, 2024 |website=The Source |language=en-US}}