Artesia (Los Angeles Metro station)

Artesia
The Artesia Station platform
Location	1920½ Acacia Avenue Compton, CA 90020
Coordinates	33°52′36″N 118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227Coordinates: 33°52′36″N 118°13′22″W / 33.8766°N 118.2227°W / 33.8766; -118.2227
Owned by	Metro
Line(s)	Blue Line
Platforms	1 center platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	380 "Park and Ride" spaces
Bicycle facilities	8 bike rack spaces
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	in service
History
Opened	July 14, 1990
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Del Amo toward Downtown Long Beach Blue Line Compton toward 7th Street/Metro Center

Artesia is an at grade light rail station on the Los Angeles County Metro Blue Line. It has an island platform, and is on the Blue Line right-of-way near Artesia Boulevard in the city of Compton, California. Artesia is a park and ride station with 380 parking spaces. The station is near the southern border of Compton, California near the unincorporated community of Rancho Dominguez. It is on Artesia Boulevard near the intersection of Alemeda Street. It is also close to the Artesia Freeway.

The Artesia station is the closest Blue Line station to California State University, Dominguez Hills.

A June 7, 2012 editorial in the Los Angeles Times described the station as "extremely unfriendly to pedestrians" and "a Third World train station."

Blue Line service hours are approximately from 5:00 AM until 12:45 AM daily.