Hawthorne/Lennox Station

I decided to take public transportation while bodywork is being done on my car. I was sort of lost because i hadn’t used public transportation since 1989. You have to buy a tap card for $ 1.00 and load money on it. Make sure. you read. that kiosk machine thoroughly. You have to use tap card or prepaid day or week ticket. When you transfer to bus you have the option to use the tap card or pay the exact fare. Overall very quick and efficient ride.

As of last week almost all of the parking lot is fenced off with no explanation. I do not see any signs to explain why only 8 or 10 parking spaces are left. It was quite a shock not to be able to park there for my ordinary commute. The lot was never full, but you always saw 15 – 20 cars there. Now it is much too small. This is why I gave 2 stars.
The station is horrendously loud and oddly placed to one side of Hawthorne Blvd. instead of underneath, which would have provided closer access to the bus routes and made use of the bridge as shelter. On the plus side, Metro keeps the station pretty clean. I see the custodians a lot. Graffiti disappears in a day or two.

i was actually prompted to write this because of an article in todays LA Times
. I parked here in early December for apprx. 4 hours and the piece of crap car I was driving was broken into and trust me it was a piece of crap see my review on the whole experience
. At any rate, I am writing because as lovely as that article was and as someone who has lived in other cities I would love to utilize LA’s train system. I hate the buses and always will but the train is doable but when you have stations such as these where 1) cars get broken into no matter the make or model and 2) there are no security measures whatsoever, no guards walking around, no one checking hell, there isnt even a security camera… the trip to take the trains totally isnt worth it. Now I am not sure if train stations in better neighborhoods dont have this problem but seriously park here at your risk has never been more true. DONT LEAVE YOUR CAR HERE

First, I’m a big fan of the Metro Orange/​Red/​Gold/​Silver/​Blue/​Green lines. I think Los Angeles has made a huge jump in the right direction with respect to their public transportation.
However, the Hawthorne station on the Green Line is awful. Which is sad, because it could be so nice!
The station itself is in the middle of the freeway, which makes it noisy. No big deal. But, the actual platform and tracks were littered with garbage, the trash cans were full and over flowing. There was no escalator to get up to the street level, which doesnt work for little miss fatty with bad knees. So, I opted to use the elevator. Fail! The door opened and I was overcome by the smell of stale urine and the foul odor of fecal matter. Yes, you guessed it, there was a giant pile of turd right there in the corner. And this was no animal turd. It was a human «I ate some really bad Mexican food» turd.
Absolutely disgusting, yo.

The station itself deserves 3 stars. It’s outside but shaded. It’s in the middle of the freeway though. To get to it, you have to walk down a long staircase from the street level.
The reason why this station gets an extra star is because it’s a park-​and-​ride station so you can park your car there for free and ride on the train. Also, I never have any problems finding parking here during the day Monday-​Friday. Often times when the lot at the Aviation station is filled up, I will drive down to Hawthorne, park there, and ride.