26th Street/Bergamot (LA Metro Expo Line)

26th Street/Bergamot is a stop on the Expo Line, located on the southern side of Olympic Blvd, with two side platforms that begin at the grade-crossing of 26th Street and run east ending at a pedestrian grade-crossing. The Exposition Corridor Bike path runs between the Santa Monica-bound platform and the station.

Access to each platform is different. The Los Angeles-bound platform has a wide central entrance area in the middle of the platform where it gets wider. Here there are TVMs and a clear line of Tap readers. At each end of this area a ramp leads down to each of the grade-crossings and the sidewalk of 26th Street at the western end. There are short staircases up at each end of the Los Angeles-bound platform by the grade-crossings that should lead up TAP readers as more-efficient secondary entrances but these are gated up and are emergency exits.

Access to the Santa Monica-bound platform is much more direct. There is a ramp up to the western end of the platform from the SW corner of 26th Street and Olympia Blvd, TVMs are located along the bike path below this ramp, followed by bike racks and a few silver bike boxes. At the eastern end of the platform there is an open staircase up from the pedestrian crossing, followed by another bank of TVMs along the bike path and then a second ramp that leads up to the middle of the platform.

Artwork: Local Color by Costance Mallinson with 24 panels showing flowers and other debris collected in the local area
Photos 1-34: December 22, 2019

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Stepping off a Los Angeles-bound train

A platform sign under a silver platform canopy

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P3010 #1004 leaves for 7MC as the sign says

P3010 #1004 leaves crossing the 26th St IL pedestrian grade-crossing

ADA sign for platform 2 for the Metro Rail Expo Line to Downtown Los Angeles

Panels of Local Color and the emergency exit at the end of the Los Angeles-bound platform that should be open

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The wide middle portion of the Los Angeles-bound platform where TVMs and tap targets are and the only platform access. It seems like turnstiles could be here

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One of the ramps down off the Los Angeles-bound platform

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Local Color and the emergency exit that should be a passenger staircase at one end of the Los Angeles-bound platform

Going up the gentle ramp to the Los Angeles-bound platforms only mid-platform entrance

Looking across to one end of the Santa Monica-bound platform were tap targets are

A station pillar at the entrance to Downtown LA

Looking down the wide sidewalk that leads to the ramp (the staircase is just for emergencies) to the Los Angeles-bound platform

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