Palms station

Palms
Palms station during construction
Location	10001 National Boulevard, Los Angeles
Coordinates	34°01′45″N 118°24′13″W / 34.0291°N 118.4036°W / 34.0291; -118.4036Coordinates: 34°01′45″N 118°24′13″W / 34.0291°N 118.4036°W / 34.0291; -118.4036
Owned by	Metro
Platforms	1 center platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Parking	none
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1875
Rebuilt	May 20, 2016
Previous names	The Palms; Bay View
Services
Preceding station   Metro Rail   Following station Westwood/Rancho Park toward Downtown Santa Monica Expo Line Culver City toward 7th Street/Metro Center   Former services   Pacific Electric Talamantes toward Rustic Canyon Air Line Culver Junction toward Pacific Electric Building

Palms is an elevated light-rail station on the Expo Line of the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, at the intersection of National Boulevard and Palms Boulevard in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles.

The station is in Palms, Los Angeles, a dense residential neighborhood just south of I-10 and north of Culver City. It is within walking distance of the Castle Heights and Cheviot Hills neighborhoods.

The station location is adjacent to I-10, just west of the three-way intersection of National, Palms and Exposition boulevards and perched on an embankment above National Boulevard. Access is provided by stairs and elevators at the east end of the station.

Construction incorporated an existing steel bridge from the Air Line era and added a new concrete bridge, both immediately east of the station over the National/Palms intersection, as well as re-used an existing rail tunnel west of the station.

Bay View was a stop on the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad. It was renamed The Palms in 1886.

The Eastlake style Palms-Southern Pacific Railroad Depot building was situated approximately 600 yards (550 m) west of the present station location, on the south side of the tracks, and remained in active rail service until the closure of the Pacific Electric Air Line in 1953.