The City of Vernon is an industrial city of 5.2 square miles located several miles to the southeast of Downtown Los Angeles in Southern California. Vernon currently houses more than 1,800 businesses that employ approximately 55,000 people, serving as a vital economic engine in the region. Offering an environment uniquely friendly to business. Vernon is the home to industries including food and agriculture, apparel, steel, plastics, logistics and home furnishings.
Slauson Station is an elevated light rail station on the LA County Metro Blue Line. It consists of an island platform on the elevated Blue Line right-of-way over Slauson Avenue in the unincorporated community of Florence. The Slauson station was built on the site of a major junction of the Pacific Electric Railway’s Southern Division, where the Whittier, Fullerton and La Habra lines split off from the Long Beach, San Pedro and Balboa lines. Historically it was called Slauson Junction, but today it’s a point of access to Downtown LA and Long Beach.