Redondo Beach station

{{Short description|Light rail station in Redondo Beach, California}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox station

| style = Los Angeles Metro Rail

| name = Redondo Beach

| symbol_location = losangeles

| symbol = K

| image = Redondo Beach station platform, November 2024.jpg

| image_caption = Redondo Beach station platform in November 2024

| address = 5301 Marine Avenue

| borough = Redondo Beach, California

| coordinates = {{coord|33.8947|-118.3693|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

| platform = 1 island platform

| tracks = 2

| connections = {{Unbulleted list

| Beach Cities Transit

| GTrans

| Lawndale Beat

| LADOT Commuter Express

| Los Angeles Metro Bus

}}

| structure = Elevated

| parking = 340 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 = 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

| status =

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

| former = Marine Ave/Redondo Beach Ave (1995–2003){{Cite web |title=Image showing Marine Ave / Redondo Beach Ave sign |url=https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17144 |access-date=November 13, 2021 |website=www.nycsubway.org |archive-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113014411/https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?17144 |url-status=live }}

| pass_year = {{LAMetro Ridership|date}}

| passengers = {{LAMetro Ridership|Redondo Beach}}

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=K|type=southern segment|left=Douglas}}

| other_services_header = Former services

| other_services_collapsible = yes

| other_services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Los Angeles Metro Rail|line=C|right=Douglas}}

| mapframe = yes

| mapframe-zoom = 14

}}

Redondo Beach station is an elevated light rail station on the K Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located over Marine Avenue in the city of Redondo Beach, California, after which the station is named. It opened with the commencement of Green Line service on August 12, 1995.{{cite news |title=Green Light for the Green Line |newspaper=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times/127346949/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |agency=The Los Angeles Times |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 12, 1995|page=334 }} {{free access}} The station has been served by the K Line since a restructuring in November 2024.

The station is currently the southern terminus of the K Line. An extension beyond Redondo Beach into Torrance is in the planning stages.{{cite news |last1=Sharp |first1=Steven |date=9 August 2022 |title=Metro rolls out new options for C Line extension to Torrance |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/metro-rolls-out-new-options-c-line-extension-torrance |access-date=12 August 2022 |work=Urbanize Los Angeles}}

The station was initially named Marine Ave/Redondo Beach Ave but was later simplified to Redondo Beach in 2003.{{Cite web |date=August 21, 2003 |title=August 2003 Board Meeting - Item 10 |url=https://boardarchives.metro.net/Items/2003/08_August/11007555.pdf |access-date=March 16, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=4}}{{Cite web |date=August 2003 |title=Metro Bus and Metro Rail System Map - West/Central Los Angeles |url=http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/system_map/images/wcla.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031212095044/http://www.mta.net/riding_metro/system_map/images/wcla.pdf |archive-date=December 12, 2003 |access-date=April 6, 2024 |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}

The train platform, currently suitable for two-car trains, is planned to be lengthened by 2028 to accommodate longer three-car trains.{{Cite news |last=Sharp |first=Steven |date=January 14, 2020 |title=Metro Seeks State Funds to Extend Green Line Platforms |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/metro-seeks-state-funds-extend-green-line-platforms |access-date=April 7, 2023 |work=Urbanize Los Angeles |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Steven |first=Sharp |date=April 25, 2023 |title=State awards more funding for L.A. area transportation projects |url=https://la.urbanize.city/post/state-awards-more-funding-la-area-transportation-projects |access-date=April 25, 2023 |work=Urbanize Los Angeles}}