Compton station

Compton station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision, at its intersection with Compton Boulevard, after which the station is named, in the city of .
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: light rail station on the Los Angeles Metro
  • Also known as: “Compton” and “Compton Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and Compton High School.

Memorial
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The is a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. in the civic center of . It was built in 1978 by Gerald Gladstone. is situated 1,100 feet south of Compton station.

School
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is a high school in , United States, part of the Compton Unified School District. is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Compton station.

Aerodrome
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is a public airport in , southern Los Angeles County, , 2 miles southwest of Downtown Compton. It is the oldest continuously operating airport in the Los Angeles basin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Compton and East Rancho Dominguez.

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is one of the of , and is mainly known for being the birthplace of rappers Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, NWA, DJ Quik, and The Game, as well as of professional tennis players Serena and Venus Williams.

Hamlet
, also known as East Compton, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. is situated 1½ miles east of Compton station.

Suburb
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, alternatively named Willow Brook, is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Los Angeles County, California, United States. is situated 2 miles northwest of Compton station.

Compton station

Latitude
33.89793° or 33° 53′ 53″ north
Longitude
-118.2243° or 118° 13′ 28″ west
Operator
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Network
LACMTA
Open location code
8553VQXG+57
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2199132880
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q5157140
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Urdu—“Compton station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “康普頓站”
  • French: “Compton”
  • Korean: “컴튼역”
  • Polish: “Compton (metro w Los Angeles)”
  • Polish: “Compton (stacja metra)”
  • Polish: “Compton”
  • Spanish: “Compton (Metro de Los Ángeles)”
  • Spanish: “Compton”
  • Ukrainian: “Комптон”
  • Urdu: “کامپٹن اسٹیشن”

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