17th Street/SMC station

17th Street/SMC station is an at-grade light rail station in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system located near the intersection of 17th Street and Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica, California. It is located 0.6 miles northwest from Santa Monica College (SMC), for which the station is named. It is served by the E Line.^[6]

17th St/SMC
17th Street/SMC station platform in 2016
General information
Location	1701 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, California
Coordinates	34.0237°N 118.4797°W / 34.0237; -118.4797
Owned by	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Big Blue Bus
Construction
Parking	70 spaces[1]
Bicycle facilities	Metro Bike Share station,[2] racks and lockers[3]
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	October 17, 1875 (1875-10-17)
Rebuilt	May 20, 2016 (2016-05-20)[4]
Previous names	Sunset
Passengers
FY 2025	1,606 (avg. wkdy boardings)[5]
Services
Preceding station Metro Rail Following station Downtown Santa Monica Terminus E Line 26th Street/Bergamot toward East Los Angeles
Location

History

The interurban Santa Monica Air Line ran south of Colorado on a private right-of-way in this area. While the E Line follows the Air Line's right-of-way for much of its route, the line and its stations in this area were moved to the median of Colorado Boulevard per a request from the City of Santa Monica during its design phase.

Service

Station layout

The station is located in the Midtown District of Santa Monica, in the center of Colorado Avenue west of 17th Street, adjacent to Memorial Park: the City of Santa Monica refers to this station area as the "Memorial Park Neighborhood Transit Village".^[7] It is three blocks from Santa Monica College.

The east end of the station is at 17th Street and the west end of the station is mid-block between 15th and 16th Streets with entrances at either end. Parking and an off-street bus stop is located just south of Colorado between 16th and 17th Streets.^[8]

Hours and frequency

E Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day.^[9]

Connections

As of December 15, 2024^[update], the following connections are available:^[10][11]

• Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica): 5, 41