The entrance is on the northeast corner of Wilshire Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard, at the eastern edge of the city. Since May 8, 2026, an escalator there has gone down to a D Line platform. From that platform, Wilshire/Fairfax is one stop away and Wilshire/La Brea is two. Union Station is a little over 20 minutes away.
Metro made the case for the extension around jobs. Its own rider guide calls Mid-Wilshire and the Westside the region's second-largest job center after downtown Los Angeles. The first five months tell a different story. The fastest growth on the new segment has come on weekends, and the destination one stop east has its busiest run of openings stacked into October through December. Until Beverly Dr station opens next spring, the Wilshire/La Cienega stop works best as a way to reach Museum Row on a Saturday or a Friday night.
The ridership numbers lean toward Saturday
Metro's May 2026 ridership report found D Line ridership up 62% over May 2025. That works out to an estimated 8,000 to 10,000 more rides a day on the extension. Weekday growth was solid, but weekend D Line ridership rose nearly 80%.
June followed the same pattern. Metro compared June 2026 with June 2024, since the line was closed for extension work in June 2025. On that basis D Line ridership was more than 45% higher, and Saturday ridership was 70% higher. Metro's July 14 release on the June numbers listed leisure travelers among the drivers of systemwide growth.
All of these figures cover the whole line. Metro hasn't published boardings for Wilshire/La Cienega itself. June also included World Cup match days, which pushed up rail use systemwide. Even so, the gap between weekend and overall growth showed up in two separate months. The weekend trip is the use case the numbers support most clearly so far.
How the trip works from the eastern edge of the city
A weekend trip runs on a few practical facts, and the station's design decides most of them.
Wilshire/La Cienega is not a park-and-ride. Metro didn't build new parking structures at the Beverly Hills stations. The City notes that existing parking facilities are within a half-mile walk. The station plazas have new bike lockers. Metro Line 105 runs on La Cienega, and Wilshire Lines 20 and 720 stop a few steps from the station. In the City's FAQ, the only transportation services mentioned are for seniors and riders with disabilities, and passenger loading zones were still being explored.
In Metro's opening guide, trains run daily from about 4:10 a.m. to about 12:30 a.m. They come every 10 minutes for much of the day and every 20 minutes early in the morning and later in the evening. The timetable posted now took effect June 7, 2026, so check Metro's live schedule before planning around a particular train. The 20-minute evening interval matters most for the trip home after a 6 p.m. museum program.
The station also connects north. Metro suggests the northbound 105 from Wilshire/La Cienega, with a transfer to westbound Line 16 at La Cienega and 3rd, for trips to Cedars-Sinai or the Pacific Design Center. The Beverly Center is less than a mile from the station.
One stop east, the fall calendar fills in
Metro describes Wilshire/Fairfax as steps from the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Craft Contemporary, LACMA, La Brea Tar Pits and Museum, and the Petersen Automotive Museum. LACMA's David Geffen Galleries opened on May 4, four days before the trains started running. That put the region's newest museum building one stop from Beverly Hills right as the line opened.
This fall, several openings on that block land within a few weeks of each other. In date order:
- Friday, October 9, 6 p.m. LACMA holds a Jazz at LACMA evening with the Angel City Jazz Festival. The same week's calendar includes a David Geffen Galleries tour on October 8.
- October 18 brings The Brockman Gallery: Los Angeles, 1967–1990 to LACMA. It runs through January 24, 2027.
- November 15 is the opening of Paul R. Williams: Architect for Living at LACMA, on view through May 31, 2027.
- December 20 is the start of Roberto Gil de Montes: Water Drops on Burning Rocks, which runs through June 20, 2027.
- December 27 is the last day of Made in America at the Petersen.
Other exhibitions are already open and will run well into 2027. At LACMA, Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias is on view through March 14, 2027, and Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudo & NUNO through March 7, 2027. The Academy Museum opened The Horror Show and Zombies! on September 26, and both stay through July 25, 2027. It also has Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon through February 28, 2027 and Glow: A Cinematic Moodscape through May 21, 2027. At the Petersen, A Legacy of Excellence: Masterpieces from the Mullin Collection opened July 18.
Two of these shows have a local connection. Paul R. Williams designed homes and buildings across Los Angeles, and Home of the Future is about domestic design. A design-minded household in Beverly Hills can see both on one Saturday, and the ride from Wilshire/La Cienega is a single stop.
One building on the block is closed. The indoor museum at La Brea Tar Pits has started a two-year renovation, and indoor exhibitions and public admission are paused. Some outdoor areas and excavation sites are still open, and Insider Tours cover the construction.
The plazas kept one weekly anchor
The station plazas opened with a busy lineup. In May, Metro and the Beverly Press announced weekly farmers' markets, free Saturday salsa classes with PRO Dance, a Small Shop market at La Brea, and PIKL LA pickleball pop-ups. Metro set that up as a partnership for the first 90 days.
As of early October, Metro's station activations page still lists the Farm Habit Farmers' Market at Wilshire/Fairfax every Tuesday, from 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. on its most recent listed date. The page also lists coffee service at Fairfax and La Brea in early October. The Sunday market at La Brea had a listing for late September, but the current page doesn't confirm it continuing past that. Treat the Tuesday Fairfax market as the one recurring plaza event confirmed for fall.
One more stop east, the Los Angeles Times station guide puts République, All Season Brewing, Miracle Mile Toys & Gifts, and the Night We Met near Wilshire/La Brea. Coming back west, the station sits next to La Cienega's Restaurant Row. Lawry's The Prime Rib, at 100 N. La Cienega, was promoting October menus and events in the Beverly Press restaurant roundup on October 1.
What changes in spring 2027
For most of Beverly Hills, Wilshire/La Cienega has a time limit on how central it is. The Section 2 station once known as Wilshire/Rodeo now has the official name Beverly Dr Station. The City expects Section 2, with Beverly Dr and Century City/Constellation, to open in spring 2027, depending on Metro's schedule. Metro's September 2026 forecast also says spring 2027 for Section 2, with Section 3 to Westwood in fall 2027.
Work at Beverly Dr isn't done yet. At Metro's September 9 community meeting, the presentation showed ongoing work on the station entrance, elevator, platform, and track. It also showed sidewalk restoration on the south side of Wilshire and work on the north side between AKA Alley and Beverly Drive. Tree planting between El Camino and Crescent was scheduled to bring temporary lane reductions and sidewalk detours, and Metro said pedestrian access around Beverly Drive would stay open.
When Beverly Dr opens, the walk to a platform gets shorter for much of the city, and Century City is added one stop to the west. Until then, the only platform in Beverly Hills is at La Cienega. The best reason to use it this season is one stop east, where LACMA, the Academy Museum, and the Petersen have scheduled their fall openings between now and late December. For a broader look at the city's week, see our guide to Beverly Hills' summer anchors and the Beverly Hills neighborhood page.
When Beverly Dr station opens in spring 2027, the walk to a platform will change for a lot of the city, and some streets will notice it more than others. If you want a clear read on what the new station means for your block, Christopher Harris Homes can walk through it with you in a free consultation.
