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Time Out
07-05-2025
- Time Out
Metro is shutting down the D Line for 70 days to prepare for its Westside subway expansion
Four miles of new subway tracks will completely transform how Angelenos can commute to and from parts of the Westside by the end of this year. The first phase of Metro's D Line extension, slated to open later in 2025, will extend service underneath Wilshire Boulevard from Koreatown to just past the Beverly Hills border—and eventually as far west as UCLA. But transit riders, particularly those in K-town, will have to tolerate a couple months of commuting pain before we can get there: Metro announced that it'll temporarily close the entire D Line (formerly known as the Purple Line) for 70 days, starting on Saturday, May 17 at 9pm through the end of service on Friday, July 25, in order to connect its current terminus at Wilshire/Western with three upcoming stations to the west. The D Line is the shortest of Metro's half-dozen rail lines, and of its eight stops, the six in Downtown L.A. and Westlake are shared with the B Line (Red). Thankfully, that means all of those stations will continue to have rail service during the closure due to the DTLA-to-North Hollywood B Line. In Downtown L.A. specifically, Metro says you can expect trains to increase from every 12 minutes to every 8 minutes (until 7pm on weekdays and after 7am on weekends). But it's a much different story for the two stops west of there in Koreatown: Wilshire/Western and Wilshire/Normandie. With those two stations completely out of service, Metro will instead operate a temporary 855 bus, which will follow the B Line schedule and take riders as far east as Wilshire/Vermont. Alternatively, you can rely on the existing 720 or 20 bus routes (or take a roughly half-mile walk between each stop). Metro says it'll be using the 70-day closure to connect all of the rail, communication and power systems between the existing D Line and the upcoming extension. After the work is wrapped up in July, the next major milestone will be the still-to-be-announced opening date of the three new stations: Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega. We included the D Line extension in our list of 'things to look forward to in L.A. in 2025,' and it's easy to see why once you look at the locations of the new stops it'll add: at Wilshire and La Brea, about a half block down from République; at Wilshire and Fairfax, right next to the Petersen Automotive Museum and across the street from LACMA and the Academy Museum; and at Wilshire and La Cienega, just over the Beverly Hills border and near the Saban Theatre. After that, the line will expand to near Rodeo Drive and at the edge of Century City in 2026, and by UCLA and the VA in 2027. The D Line isn't the only major Metro project in 2025: The A Line will continue its San Gabriel Valley expansion with stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona later this year, and the C and K Line's LAX/Metro Transit Center station
Time Out
24-04-2025
- Time Out
You can finally take Metro to LAX more easily starting in June
Sometimes it feels impossible to find something that truly unites Angelenos, but there's one fact that we can all agree on: The traffic at LAX is the worst. Getting to—and more so around—the horseshoe-shaped automotive hell in the middle of the airport's terminals will test your patience, as well as just how much you love your family and friends in need of a ride. Thankfully, there's a little bit of relief on the way soon for the 'getting to' part of that equation: Metro announced that the LAX/Metro Transit Center station, a new light rail stop east of the airport with bus transfers and bike parking that serves both the K and C Lines, will open on June 6, 2025. As for the 'getting around' part of your LAX trip, this is still only half of what you're really waiting for. The station will eventually connect with a stop on the Automated People Mover, a separate 2.25-mile transit line owned by Los Angeles World Airports that will make three stops inside of the central terminal area. But that persistently delayed project won't open until early 2026. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) So why is this still a big deal now? After all, the C (formerly Green) Line opened a station with 'LAX' in its name back in 1995, and it added the Aviation/Century stop with last fall's expansion of the K (formerly Crenshaw) Line. Well, the short version: way more rail connections and a much more useful train station. Let's start with the connections. Currently, the C Line operates a free airport shuttle from the Aviation/LAX station (which, despite its name, sits underneath the freeway near the farthest corner of the runway), but that's most useful for folks south of the 105 freeway. There's also the relatively new Aviation/Century station, where you can wait for a bus connection from the sidewalk along Century Boulevard. But due to construction, these stations have been marooned for riders who approach from the north; that half of the K Line currently wraps up at Westchester/Veterans, meaning you have to take a temporary bus and then transfer to another bus to the airport. But with the opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center stop, the K Line will run seamlessly from Crenshaw to North Redondo. Moreover, it means that Metro riders along the E Line, which runs from Santa Monica to East L.A., can now make it near LAX with only a single train transfer. (Though if you're coming from Santa Monica, the Big Blue Bus will still be a much more geographically direct option, and for Downtown L.A. folks, the FlyAway bus will likely still be quicker.) Finally, there's the station itself. From the early previews, it looks like the sort of full-fledged station you'd expect to find by one of the world's busiest airports: a slick indoor-outdoor space with 16 bays for bus transfers plus secured bike parking, a customer service center and a passenger pickup and drop-off area. Look out for a suspended, origami-like sculpture from artist Glenn Kaino, too. Perhaps most importantly, it'll also tout a connection to the People Mover, an infamously delayed project that we included in our 'things to look forward to' previews for 2023 and 2024, but finally wised up and excluded it from our 2025 edition. That was a good call: Its last official update now eyes a January 2026 opening. Once in service, you'll be able to ride it between terminals, as well as to the economy garage, rideshare pickup, the rental car garage and, yes, a direct C and K Line transfer at the LAX/Metro Transit Center station. Once both of these projects finally open, if you're looking for another transit line to pine over, then allow us to introduce you to the K Line Northern Extension, a north-south route that would connect all of the major rail lines and let you take a one-seat ride from Hollywood toward the airport by— sigh —2047.
CBS News
24-04-2025
- CBS News
LAX Metro Transit Center station set to open June 6
The long-awaited LAX/ Metro Transit Center station is set to open on June 6, Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn announced on Thursday, finally connecting Metro riders to the airport. "The wait is nearly over, Los Angeles," Hahn said. The station is a multi-modal transportation hub, located at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street, just northeast-adjacent to the airport. "And when the LAX People Mover finally opens, we will truly have an international airport that connects people from inside the terminals to the world beyond through Metro," Hahn said. The station will offer access to the Metro K and C Lines. The K Line has been operating only between Westchester and the E Line station at Crenshaw. With the new station opening, the K Line will extend south of Westchester to the Redondo Beach station. The Metro C (Green) Line, which currently runs between Redondo Beach and Norwalk, will run instead between Norwalk and a new Aviation/Century Station south of the airport, where riders can connect to the K Line. The new station will also offer a multilevel bicycle hub with secured parking, a pedestrian plaza, as well as an area for passenger vehicle pick-up and drop-off, according to Metro. The facility will also have a 16-bay bus plaza with electric bus infrastructure, a customer service center, and a passenger pick-up/drop-off area. Buses will shuttle travelers between the transit center and the airport until the Automated People Mover opens, as construction is ongoing. Airport officials announced in August 2024 that the system's four final train cars arrived, keeping on pace with the scheduled completion date of Dec. 8, 2025. It's expected to be up and running by January 2026, ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup and 2028 Summer Olympics.
Yahoo
24-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Metro station for LAX will open in June, officials announce
A direct connection between Los Angeles International Airport and Metro will be one step closer to reality when a long-awaited transit station opens in June. The LAX/Metro Transit Center opens on June 6, Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn announced Thursday. The station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to the K Line and C Line and will eventually connect to the LAX automated people mover train. The people mover is under construction and is expected to open in early 2026, ahead of the World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. 'When the people mover finally opens, then we will have an international airport that will connect people from literally inside the terminals to the world and beyond through Metro,' Hahn said during a Metro board of directors meeting. Read more: L.A. waited so long it seemed like a fantasy. But it's actually coming: A rail connection to LAX Most major cities have a direct connection to light rail. That absence in Los Angeles has long bewildered travelers, especially first-time LAX fliers. The transit gap is blamed on a variety of factors, including reported concerns among airport officials over potential lost parking profits, pushback from the Federal Aviation Administration, and competing interests over taxpayer dollars. In 2014, the debate was renewed and ultimately, plans for the airport's people mover connection were approved. The budget for the Metro transit center is $900 million and will include a 16-bay bus plaza with electric bus infrastructure, a bicycle hub and a pickup and drop-off area, which could help passengers avoid the airport's traffic-choked horseshoe loop. Until the people mover train opens, travelers will be able to continue shuttling to and from the airport via bus. Once construction is complete and the 2.25 elevated train is running, LAX passengers traveling from downtown to the airport would be able to board the A Line to the C Line or the E Line to the K Line, then board the people mover upstairs to terminals. Travelers in other areas, including Redondo Beach, Norwalk, Leimert Park and Inglewood would be able to get to the airport via one line and the people mover connection; in Pasadena and Long Beach, two trains would be needed; and travelers headed toward Hollywood or Universal Studios would need to take three trains. Officials have said that the airport train will run 24/7 and every two minutes during peak hours from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and that an end-to-end trip will take less than 10 minutes. The airport is undergoing a $30-billion overhaul. Transit experts and Metro and airport officials believe the train connection will offer a more seamless path in and out of the airport and will ease traffic congestion for travelers and for thousands of employees who work at the airport. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Los Angeles Times
24-04-2025
- Business
- Los Angeles Times
Metro station for LAX will open in June, officials announce
A direct connection between Los Angeles International Airport and Metro will be one step closer to reality when a long-awaited transit station opens in June. The LAX/Metro Transit Center opens on June 6, Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn announced Thursday. The station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to the K Line and C Line and will eventually connect to the LAX automated people mover train. The people mover is under construction and is expected to open in early 2026, ahead of the World Cup and the 2028 Olympics. 'When the people mover finally opens, then we will have an international airport that will connect people from literally inside the terminals to the world and beyond through Metro,' Hahn said during a Metro board of directors meeting. Most major cities have a direct connection to light rail. That absence in Los Angeles has long bewildered travelers, especially first-time LAX fliers. The transit gap is blamed on a variety of factors, including reported concerns among airport officials over potential lost parking profits, pushback from the Federal Aviation Administration, and competing interests over taxpayer dollars. In 2014, the debate was renewed and ultimately, plans for the airport's people mover connection were approved. The budget for the Metro transit center is $900 million and will include a 16-bay bus plaza with electric bus infrastructure, a bicycle hub and a pick-up and drop-off area, which could help passengers avoid the airport's traffic-choked horseshoe loop. Until the people mover train opens, travelers will be able to continue shuttling to and from the airport via bus. Once construction is complete and the 2.25 elevated train is running, LAX passengers traveling from downtown to the airport would be able to board the A Line to the C Line or the E Line to the K Line, then board the people mover upstairs to terminals. Travelers in other areas, including Redondo Beach, Norwalk, Leimert Park and Inglewood would be able to get to the airport via one line and the people mover connection; in Pasadena and Long Beach, two trains would be needed; and travelers headed towards Hollywood or Universal Studios would need to take three trains. Officials have said that the airport train will run 24/7 and every two minutes during peak hours from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and that an end-to-end trip will take less than 10 minutes. The airport is undergoing a $30 billion overhaul. Transit experts and Metro and airport officials believe the train connection will offer a more seamless path in and out of the airport and will ease traffic congestion for travelers and for thousands of employees who work at the airport.
