A direct link between Los Angeles International Airport and the metro will be one more step from reality when a long -awaited transport station will open in June.
The Lax / Metro Transit Center opens on June 6, announced Janice Hahn on Thursday. The aviation station Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to line K and C and will eventually connect to the lax automated people.
The mover is under construction and should open its doors at the beginning of 2026, before the World Cup and the 2028 Olympic Games.
“When the people finally move, we will have an international airport that will connect people from literally inside the terminals to the world and beyond the metro,” said Hahn at a meeting of the metro board of directors.
Most major cities have a direct connection with the tram. This absence in Los Angeles has long had disconcerted travelers, in particular lax leafy leaflets from the first time. The public transport gap is attributed to a variety of factors, including the concerns reported among the airport managers concerning the potential profits of lost parking, the decline of the Federal Aviation Administration and the competing interests compared to the dollars of taxpayers.
In 2014, the debate was renewed and, finally, the plans for the connection of people from the airport were approved.
The Metro Transit Center budget is $ 900 million and will include a 16 -bay bus place with electric bus infrastructure, a bicycle center and a collection and deposit area, which could help passengers avoid the Bushoe loop pulled by the airport. Until the people’s moving train opens, travelers will be able to continue to commute to and from the airport by bus.
Once the construction is completed and the raised 2.25 raised train operates, the lax passengers traveling from the city center to the airport could rise on line A to line C or line E to line K, then to board people upstairs to the terminals.
Travelers from other regions, notably Redondo Beach, Norwalk, Leimmert Park and Inglewood, could go to the airport via a line and the connection of the connection; In Pasadena and Long Beach, two trains would be necessary; And travelers have headed for Hollywood or Universal Studios should take three trains.
The officials said that the airport train would take place 24/7 and every two minutes during peak hours from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., and a start -to -end trip less than 10 minutes.
The airport is overhauled of $ 30 billion. Transit experts and metro and airport managers believe that the train connection will offer a more transparent path in and outside the airport and will facilitate the congestion of traffic for travelers and for thousands of employees working at the airport.
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