Estimated travel time from downtown Los Angeles to Culver City is under 30 minutes with an hourly projected ridership of 27,000 by 2020. The Expo Line is approximately 8.6 miles in length and parallels the heavily congested I-10 freeway. In addition to the station at Venice/Robertson, the new stations are located on Flower at 23rd Street and Jefferson, and on Exposition Boulevard at USC/Expo Park, Vermont, Western, Crenshaw, La Brea, and La Cienega. Nine new stations were constructed along the Expo Line route.
It then travels along the Exposition right-of-way to the newly approved and funded aerial station at Venice/Robertson. It shares a track and two stations (7th St/Metro Center and Pico) with the Metro Blue Line as it leaves downtown Los Angeles. Phase 1 broke ground in 2006 and opened to Culver City in 2012, the same year that primary construction began on Phase 2.The Exposition Light Rail Transit Line (Expo Line) travels along the Exposition railroad right-of-way between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City. The Phase 2 extension, 6. The SP, prior to merging with Union Pacific, sold the right-of-way in the early 1990s to the LACMTA, which wanted to preserve the corridor for possible future use as a rail transit line.Įxpo Line construction was accomplished in two phases, based on funding availability. The Expo Line allows Los Angelinos to ride the train from downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica, just a few blocks from the beach, in 47 minutes. One of six lines in LACMTA’s Metro Rail system, it largely follows the former Pacific Electric Santa Monica Air Line right-of-way that was used by Pacific Electric streetcars and Southern Pacific freight trains. The intersection is also a transition area for the Expo Line where the median-running portion of the Expo Line transitions to a more grade-separated (there is just one additional grade crossing after Farmdale) line via. The Expo Line is named after Exposition Boulevard, which it runs alongside for most of its route. The Los Angeles-bound platform begins at the west side of the intersection, the Culver City-bound begins the east side. The current Expo Line (Phase 1) covers 8.5 miles between 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles and Culver City the extension adds seven stations: Palms, Westwood/Rancho Park, Expo/Sepulveda, Expo/Bundy, 26th/Bergamot, 17th Street/SMC and downtown Santa Monica. The trip between 7th/Metro Center in downtown Los Angeles and the Downtown Santa Monica Station is expected to take 46 minutes. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Expo Line extension will open the 6.6-mile Expo Line extension between Culver City and Santa Monica on May 20, 2016.ĭescribed as the first rail transit line to the far west side of Los Angeles in 63 years-since Pacific Electric streetcars were removed from service in 1953-the Expo Line extension (Phase 2) is expected to provide an alternative to the congested Santa Monica Freeway. The Future of Rolling Stock, Sponsored by Clever Devices – RAIL GROUP ON AIR.Watch: Hitachi Unveils North American Railcar Plant, Growth Plans.
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