Harbor Gateway Transit Center

Harbor Gateway Transit Center
Harbor Gateway Transit Center
Location	731 W. 182nd St., Gardena, CA 90248
Coordinates	33°52′11″N 118°17′16″W / 33.86973°N 118.28790°W / 33.86973; -118.28790
Line(s)	Silver Line
Platforms	12 bay island platform
Connections	Metro Silver Line, Metro Local, Metro Limited and Metro Express ; municipal transit bus lines.
Construction
Parking	900 "Park and Ride" lot spaces
History
Opened	June, 1996 ; Re-branded as a Metro Silver Line station on December 13, 2009.
Services
Preceding station   Metro Busway   Following station Carson toward Downtown San Pedro Silver Line Rosecrans toward El Monte

Harbor Gateway Transit Center (formerly Artesia Transit Center) is a Metro Silver Line station and a large bus station at southern end of the Harbor Transitway located in the southwest corner of Interstate 110 (Harbor Freeway) and State Route 91 (Gardena Freeway) in Harbor Gateway close to Carson. The station has 12 bus bays and 900 park and ride spaces, and is the southern terminus of the Metro Silver Line (on select trips). Many passengers connect to this station from other buses to transfer to the Silver Line. Public restrooms for passengers as began installation in October 2012 and opened in February 2013. The nextrip bus screens were installed in November 2012 and became fully functional in April 2013. The large hub is undergoing station improvements.

Metro renamed the Artesia Transit Center to the Harbor Gateway Transit Center during December 2011 but completed the process by June 2013. The Metro pylon sign installed in May 2012 displays the station's name as Artesia Transit Center, but it was renamed to display "Harbor Gateway Transit Center." The station name signs were changed to reflect the new station's name.

On August 17, 2012, Metro Silver Line launched Expanded Late-Night Service for the line on Fridays and Saturdays. Metro added 1 new additional late night trip for the Silver line, both directions on Fridays and Saturdays. The late night service enhancement does not apply on Sundays nor on Mondays-Fridays. On Fridays and Saturdays, the last Metro Silver Line bus to Downtown Los Angeles and El Monte Bus Station departs at 1:56 a.m.

On November 18, 2012 Torrance Transit added a new bus route that operates between Downtown Los Angeles, Harbor Gateway Transit Center and Torrance. Torrance transit line 4 line only runs during Mondays-Fridays during the peak hour. The line follows the Metro Silver Line route until terminating in Downtown Los Angeles: Union Station.