Culver City Expo Line

Was meeting some friends at the movie theater at LA Live to watch this low budget indie film called «Star Wars: the Force Awakens.» You may or may not have heard of it =D. Anyways, I took the Expo Line from this station to Downtown and really like the station and the elevated platform you catch the train from. It’s very nice, clean, and efficient. It’s also very large. I can’t wait until this station stops being the end/​beginning of the line and it’s extended to Santa Monica!
My only knock of this station and why I went with 3 stars instead of four, is that the parking lot isn’t very well lit and wasn’t built very well. I feel like I was almost involved in an accident on the way in and one on the way out. Maybe this was done on purpose as Metro’s attempt to discourage people from driving all together. Although, I guess I should give them props for providing free parking.

the train is fast, clean, and easy to use. a mentally handicap person can figure out how to use it. it gets you from point A to point B faster than driving.

Although it took me personally a little while to give the train a shot; I have been loving it from CC to DTLA. Boy it sure beats the hell out of driving on the freeway with people I want to beat the hell out of.
This is a nice new station. Large parking lot actually gets full. The station at La Cienega one stop down has a 5 story parking structure.
I have seen MTA scanners checking peoples tickets/​Taps a couple times so Pay Up.

Convenient metro can’t wait till it is finished and goes all the way to santa monica it will mAke my commute to work way easier lol

I’m so lucky to live in culver city near the expo line! I absolutely hate driving around in this city especially during rush hour… Or anytime… So I love the expo line to get downtown to the staples center, to go bar hopping, or to USC for tailgating. It’s super convenient and its beats paying for parking anywhere downtown. And also it saves me from drinking and driving many a time! Can’t wait for the expansion to Santa Monica!

Very smooth ride from DTLA to Culver City and back, It just takes about 25 minutes. When they extend it to Santa Monica, it will be even better. I had to transfer to a Metro Rapid Line bus to get to Santa Monica and that was a bumpy and long ride.

My go-​to method of transportation to trek from WLA/​Culver City to DTLA/​Staples Center. Who wants to sit in traffic on the 10 when it takes the same amount of time (and less parking $$) on the train? Trains come and go about every 10 – 15 mins. Can’t wait til they open the extension of the Expo Line to Santa Monica. There’s a huge lot with free parking at the Culver City station and Jefferson station, but I wouldn’t recommend leaving your car there overnight. There are cops who are usually on the premises during normal operation hours, but not overnight.

took this line to staples center last night. i seem to remember it being faster the last time i rode. left the station at 7:18 and arrived at 7:45. used to be WAY more fun when there were traffic cops (SHERIFF no less) standing outside the staples center station (Pico) watching you tap your fare card. BOOOOOOO to him!

I was debating between 3 and 4 stars, but decided on 4 because the Expo line is a wonderful thing. I’m so excited that it’s finally come to the westside.
This is a clean, well-​kept station. And FREE parking! Most of my westside friends drive here to take the train downtown for work. It’s a straight shot to the 7^th/​Metro station, and as opposed to driving, you always know it will be a 29-​minute ride. Most of the ride is above ground, so you can get cell phone reception. And it’s never too crowded.
Like a teenager in the awkward years, figuring out how to best be themselves, this line has some growing pains. It crosses tracks on the way out, meaning a train can’t leave the station until the next one comes in. They run about 15 – 20 minutes apart during peak hours, which can really mess things up. They also tend to run late… I’ll often wait at the 7^th/​Metro stop for a very, very long time, seeing 5 Blue Line trains go by before I get an Expo Line. Less erratic service will hopefully come with the line extension.
I, for one, an extremely grateful for this new development and look forward to it getting even better!

This stop is as far west as the Expo line extends, and I can’t wait for it to reach Santa Monica (2015!!). But as the closest point of contact for those of us on the Westside, the Culver City Expo Station is pretty great. Free parking, and lots of it (unless there is a USC game happening, then we need a structure!), is something that few other terminals can boast. There is limited street parking around this lot, but read the signs!
It’s well-​lit and there always seems to be a solid security presence here, although there could be more machines for busier times. But waiting at the TAP Card machine is still a helluva lot better than sitting on the 10 in traffic.

I would have given this place 5 stars if they had more ticket machines! There was a long line, all the way across the parking lot on the day of a football game I was going to downtown. Then, after waiting a really long time in line to buy my train ticket, no one even checked whether I had one! It was such a strange and unnecessary process. They really need to work on letting folks buy tickets in advance online or having the Tap card scannable from your phone. This station could be much more efficient, but it’s great that there is free parking on site, and once we got on the train, it was smooth sailing!

I love it! I have been taking the Expo line since last May! As a father of a six year old boy I have found tremendous value taking the Expo line. It makes trips to California Science Center and the Museum of Natural History that much more fun. Exit the 10 at Robertson and park in the lot and you don;t have to worry about parking. I have even taken the train to Staples for a game… it was great!!! We surpassed all that 10 East traffic.

I’m on a train! This weekend was my 2^nd train adventure in L.A. Luckily, the boy gave me clear instructions so that I wouldn’t get lost on my hour long journey (three trains, oy vey) from Culver City to Reseda for a dinner date later that night.
This train experience was probably one of the best. It was also one of the slowest in my opinion. There are several stops that last longer than I’d like them to. People are slow getting off and on and I just want to make it to my next train. The Tap card process is a little confusing. I’m impatient sometimes or in a hurry so I don’t always take the time to read things clearly especially if there’s a line behind me so I ended up having to pay $ 1.50 at each stop but whatever. I arrived, barely in time, to get to dinner.
Overall, the train is clean, there is plenty of parking, and it runs super late like until 1AM.