Patsaouras Transit Plaza is a bus station located on the east side of Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and near the El Monte Busway. The Transit Plaza was originally named the Gateway Transit Plaza, but was named after Nick Patsaouras, former RTD board member who was an advocate for public transportation.
The MTA Building is located at the northern end of the plaza.
Video Patsaouras Transit Plaza
Services
Metro and municipal buses
- Metro Local
- Metro Rapid
- Metro Express
- Antelope Valley Transit Authority
- City of Santa Clarita Transit
- Foothill Transit
- LADOT Commuter Express
- LADOT DASH
- Orange County Transportation Authority
- University of Southern California shuttles
- Mount St. Mary's College shuttles
- City of Commerce Municipal Bus Lines
- Hollywood Bowl shuttle
Several other services' bus stops are located near the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:
- Big Blue Bus
- Torrance Transit
- Silver Line
- Silver Streak
LAX FlyAway
LAX FlyAway service is offered between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport. FlyAway buses run every 30 minutes between 5 am and 1 am and on the hour between 1 am and 5 am. Tickets are sold from a ticket kiosk at the southwest corner of the island platform.
Long-distance motorcoach
Megabus provides several routes from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza:
- M10 to Las Vegas
- M11 to San Francisco via Oakland
- M12 to San Francisco via San Jose
BoltBus also operates long-distance motorcoach routes from Union Station. They do not use the plaza itself, but stop at a curb on the west side of the station.
Maps Patsaouras Transit Plaza
Future expansion
A new transitway station for the Metro Silver Line and other transit buses operating on the El Monte Busway is being built to the south of the Patsaouras Transit Plaza in the median of the El Monte Busway. It will allow buses travelling in both directions on the busway to serve the Union station with a minimum of delay for passengers for other destinations. When the project is completed, a bridge will allow passengers to walk directly from the Patsaouras Transit Plaza to the busway station, thereby eliminating a long, convoluted walk across the Union Station property to the current stop located on the El Monte Busway at Alameda. The project is funded by tolls collected as a part of the Metro ExpressLanes project and a grant from the U.S. government. As of April 2017 the station is under construction, and is expected to open in the spring of 2018.
References
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