Chinatown Station is an elevated

Elevated railway

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 light rail

Light rail

Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail

Los Angeles County Metro Rail

Metro Rail is the rapid transit rail system consisting of five separate lines serving 70 stations in the Los Angeles County, California area. The new Expo line is due to enter service in early 2012. It connects with the Metro liner bus rapid transit system and also with the Metrolink commuter...

 system. It is located at the intersection of North Spring Street and College Street, on the edge of Chinatown

Chinatown, Los Angeles

Chinatown in Los Angeles, California is located in the city's downtown area. Built in 1938, it is the second Chinatown to be constructed in Los Angeles. The original historic Chinatown was founded in the late 19th century, but was demolished to make room for Union Station, the city's major rail...

 just north of Downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles

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. The station is served by the Gold Line.

Chinatown Station is a short walk from North Broadway

Broadway (Los Angeles)

Broadway is a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, California, that runs from Lincoln Heights on the Eastside, through Chinatown, passing through Central Plaza and the Dragon Gate, the Los Angeles Civic Center, passing the Los Angeles Times building at First Street, and Broadway's historic commercial...

, a bustling street of Chinese-American restaurants and stores. The station is also a short distance from Dodger Stadium

Dodger Stadium

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.

Nearby sights and attractions

• Chinatown Jewelry Mart
• Chinatown Library
  Library
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• Dynasty Shopping Center
• Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium
  Dodger Stadium, also sometimes called Chavez Ravine, is a stadium in Los Angeles. Located adjacent to Downtown Los Angeles, Dodger Stadium has been the home ballpark of Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers team since 1962...
  
  
• Old Chinatown
• The Shop
• Thien Hau Temple
  Thien Hau Temple
  Thien Hau Temple, also known as Chùa Bà Thiên Hậu in Vietnamese and as Tiān Hòu Gōng in Chinese, is a Taoist temple in Los Angeles Chinatown. It is one of the more popular areas for worship and tourism in the Los Angeles area...
  
  

Bus connections

• Metro Local
  Metro Local
  Metro Local is a bus system in Los Angeles County operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority . This retronym designation was placed to differentiate it from the Metro Rapid service...
  
  : 45, 76, 81, 83, 84, 90, 91, 94, 96
• Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid
  Metro Rapid is a bus rapid transit service in Los Angeles County, California that operates in mixed traffic environments and has fewer stops than the Metro Local service. The system is mainly operated by LACMTA. Two routes are operated by Santa Monica Transit and one by Culver City Transit...
  
  : 794
• LADOT Commuter Express: 409, 413, 419
• LADOT DASH: B, DD (weekends only), Lincoln Heights/Chinatown

External links

• Station home page