
← J Line toward El Monte ( Pershing Square) These enhancements included a new dispatch booth and improved signage in the station. Metro spent nearly $2 million worth of enhancements to 7th Street/Metro Center station as part of the Expo Line project, which was completed weeks before the Expo Line (now E Line) began service to La Cienega/Jefferson station.

The lower level subway platform opened with the rest of the MOS-1 segment stations on January 30, 1993. However, the opening was several months after the rest of the Blue Line's (now A Line) stations. The upper level of this station, used by light rail trains, opened on February 15, 1991, nearly two years before the rest of the MOS-1 subway stations. Ground was broken for the project on September 29, 1986. History ħth Street/Metro Center was constructed by the Southern California Rapid Transit District, which later became part of today's LA Metro, as part of the first 4.5-mile (7.2 km) minimum operating segment (MOS-1) of the Metro Rail subway line. Julian Dixon, who had a pivotal role in obtaining the federal funding that enabled construction of the Metro Rail system. It is officially named 7th Street/Metro Center/Julian Dixon station after former U.S. Both lines are expected to be extended in 2023 as part of the Regional Connector project. This station is the current northern and eastern terminus for the A Line and E Line, respectively.

The station is located under 7th Street, after which the station is named, at its intersections with Figueroa, Flower and Hope Streets. The station also has street level stops for the J Line of the Los Angeles Metro Busway system. 7th Street/Metro Center station is an underground light rail and rapid transit (known locally as a subway) station on the A, B, D, and E lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.
