Wilshire/Western station
Wilshire/Western station platform, July 2025 | |||||||||||
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| Other names | Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song | ||||||||||
| Location | 3775 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 34°03′42″N 118°18′33″W / 34.0617°N 118.3091°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Los Angeles Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | Metro Bike Share station, racks and lockers | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 13, 1996 | ||||||||||
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| FY 2025 | 2,401 (avg. wkdy boardings) | ||||||||||
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Wilshire/Western station is an underground rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. It is located under Wilshire Boulevard at Western Avenue, after which the station is named, in the Mid-Wilshire and Koreatown districts of Los Angeles. It is the current western terminus of the D Line.
Prior plans called for the D Line to extend to Fairfax Avenue, then turn north into the San Fernando Valley but due to political disagreements, the line currently terminates here and the B Line travels to the Valley via Vermont Avenue. Metro is now currently constructing the D Line Extension to extend the D Line west from this station to Westwood/VA Hospital station in Westwood, near UCLA.
The two artwork installations at Wilshire/Western are called "People Coming", and the other "People Going". They are large murals at each end of the station. The artist responsible is Richard Wyatt, a Lynwood native.
The courtyard features a plaque commemorating former California Assembly member Alfred H. Song and is officially named "Wilshire/Western/Alfred Hoyun Song station," although the full name is not used on any station signs.