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The K Line is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of six lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), and is the newest named line in the system, having opened on October 7, 2022. The line currently consists of two separate noncontiguous ...
The C Line Extension to Torrance (formerly the Green Line Extension to Torrance) is a project by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority to extend the K Line from its terminus in Redondo Beach to Torrance. It is expected to open for service between 2030 and 2033. [1]
The D Line Subway Extension Project (formerly known as the Westside Subway Extension, the Subway to the Sea, and the Purple Line Extension) is a construction project in Los Angeles County, California, extending the rapid transit D Line (formerly the Purple Line) of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system from its current terminus at ‹See TfM› Wilshire/Western in Koreatown, Los Angeles, to the ...
A Metro train, traveling on the new K Line, makes its way along Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles during a test run in 2022. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times)
The first operating segment of Los Angeles Metro Rail opened on July 14, 1990, then known as the Blue Line. In the early 20th century, Southern California had an extensive privately owned rail transit network with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track, operated by Pacific Electric (Red Cars) and Los Angeles Railway (Yellow Cars). [ 23 ]
The Foothill Extension (formerly the Gold Line Foothill Extension) is a construction project extending the light rail A Line, a part of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. The project begins at the former terminus of the former Gold Line at Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena and continues east through the "Foothill Cities" of Los Angeles County.
In June 2018, Metro staff recommended the corridor be built as an at-grade rail line without tunneling, making it a part of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system. [2] In December 2020, Metro approved the Final EIR with the option to build the rail line in segments. [6] On December 2, 2022, Metro officially began advanced utility relocation for the ...
Originally conceived in the 1970s as a BART-like system primarily serving downtown employers and commuters, Metro rail has since sprawled to the far reaches of Los Angeles County.