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Florence station (Los Angeles Metro)

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Florence station is an at-grade light rail station on the A Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The station is located alongside the Union Pacific freight railroad's Wilmington Subdivision (the historic route of the Pacific Electric Railway), at its intersection with Florence Avenue, after which the station is named, in the unincorporated Los Angeles County neighborhood of Florence.

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Florence station (Los Angeles Metro)
East Florence Avenue,

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N 33.9748 ° E -118.243 °
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Western Auto

East Florence Avenue
90201 , Florence-Firestone
California, United States
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