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Union Station's Bus Transit Plaza To Close For 3 Months Of Renovation Work

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Union Station's busy bus and shuttle hub will close Monday for three months of renovation work, temporarily relocating stops for the LAX FlyAway, buses and other shuttles.

The Patsaouras Transit Plaza is scheduled to be closed through Oct. 10, Steve Jaffe, Metro's deputy executive officer of general services, said.

"The Patsaouras plaza has been used by 1,000 buses per week day for more than 20 years and it's time to get this necessary resource back into shape and add some improvements," Jaffe said in a statement.

The plaza sits on top of a four-story parking structure on the eastern side of Union Station, Metro officials said. The brick surface, which had become rutted and broken in some places from being used over the course of millions of bus trips, will be stripped down to its foundation and rebuilt with added strength and safety amenities.

patsaouras map
(credit: Metro)

The stops that usually use the transit plaza will be at the following locations:

-- west entrance of Union Station, which will have stops for BoltBus, Megabus and LAX FlyAway;
-- Alameda Avenue west of Union Station, which serve as the stop for Metro Lines 40 and 442, AVTA Line 785 and OCTA Line 701;
-- Cesar Chavez Avenue at Alameda Street and Vignes Street, which will serve as the stops for Metro Lines 33 owl, 40, 68, 70, 71, 78-79-378, 442, 704, 728, 733, 745 and 770, and Commuter Express Lines 431 and 534;
-- Southbound Vignes Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue, which will be the stop for Dash D, Dash Lincoln Heights/Chinatown, Santa Clarita Transit Line 794;
-- El Monte Busway east of Alameda Street, which includes stops for Foothill Transit Line 699 and Commerce Casino/Citadel bus; and
-- Union Station interior roadway, near the rental car area, will be the stop for the USC Shuttles, Bunker Hill Shuttle, Mount St. Mary's University Shuttle and all other shuttles.

Metro provided a map and detailed instructions in both English and Spanish (PDF).

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