Just a thread I’ll post from time to time about big developments here, both private and commercial. I won’t post all of them obviously because there’s so many but I’ll post the links to various forums you can visit if you want to see more detailed post from others.

I’ll start with the Crenshaw(or K Line) that opened on Friday. I haven’t been on it yet but I hope to get around to it this week.

Here’s a preview of it before it opened:



Map of the route:


Note that only the section currently operating is from The Expo(E) Line to the Westchester/Veterans Station near the 405. The last two sections won’t open until construction on the LAX and Aviation Stations are complete which should be around late 2024; I’ll get to that later.

The overall new light rail line is detailed here:

The K Line was designed and built with the help of community input and local voices to provide a faster, more convenient and reliable way to connect to jobs, schools and the rich cultural places throughout these communities. The K Line will connect to the Metro E Line (Expo), which travels between downtown LA and Santa Monica. By 2024, the K Line will also connect to the new LAX/Metro Transit Center Station, the new Aviation/Century Station and the Metro C Line (Green).
Project websites here: https://kline.metro.net/

https://www.metro.net/projects/crenshaw_corridor/

The press release from Metro: https://thesource.metro.net/2022/10/...-this-weekend/

Note, this project is joined by several adjacent projects to better connect LAX to the Metro system. You can find more information and renderings on the LAX station at this link: https://www.metro.net/projects/airport-metro-connector/

Metro will also be closing a segment of this line in the near future to build a grade separation they should have built to begin with at Centinela: https://www.metro.net/projects/centinela/