Crenshaw station (sometimes referred to as Crenshaw C Line station to differentiate it from a similarly named station on the E and

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) is an elevated

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station on the C Line of the

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system. It is located in the median of Interstate 105 (Century Freeway), above

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, after which the station is named. The station is in the city of

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and opened as part of the Green Line on August 12, 1995. The station is not named for the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, which is located several miles north of it and is served by the

. The station was initially named Crenshaw/I-105 but was later simplified to Crenshaw in 2000. The stories on the tiled walls at the station's street-level plaza were collected and organized by Buzz Spector in an artwork entitled "Crenshaw Stories."

Service

Hours and frequency

Connections

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: , , *

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: 10 Hawthorne Municipal Airport is walking distance from the station.

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C Line (Los Angeles Metro) stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995 Hawthorne, California Crenshaw, Los Angeles Inglewood, California 1995 establishments in California {{LACMTA-stub