Aviation/96th Street station

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LAX/Metro Transit Center
K Line 
Coordinates33°56′59.5″N 118°22′43.3″W / 33.949861°N 118.378694°W / 33.949861; -118.378694Coordinates: 33°56′59.5″N 118°22′43.3″W / 33.949861°N 118.378694°W / 33.949861; -118.378694
Owned byMetro and LAWA (Los Angeles World Airports)
Line(s) K Line 
Platforms1 island platform (Metro)
1 island platform (APM)
Tracks4 (2 Metro, 2 APM)
Connections20 airtransportation inv.svg LAX Automated People Mover[1]
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesTBD
Disabled accessYes
Other information
StatusPre-construction[2]
History
OpeningJuly 2024
Future services
Preceding station LAMetroLogo.svg Metro Rail Following station
Westchester/Veterans
toward Expo/Crenshaw
 K Line Aviation/Century
toward Westchester/Veterans
Preceding station LAWA Following station
towards
LAX Automated People Mover
Terminus
Location
Wikimedia | © OpenStreetMap

LAX/Metro Transit Center is an under-construction infill light rail transport hub in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system, located near the intersection of Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street in the Westchester district of Los Angeles. The station was designed as a station for the K Line[3] and the new terminal station of the C Line.[4] In 2014, LAWA and the LA Metro committee approved a plan for a people mover to the LAX airport terminals, which will connect to Metro at this station.

Plans for both the new airport station and the Aviation/Century station continue. The Century railroad bridge was demolished on July 25, 2014. The LAX/Metro Transit Center station is currently under construction and slated to open in July 2024, several months after the people mover begins operation.[5]

Station layout[]

L4
LAX People Mover platforms 		Westbound ← LAX People Mover (under construction) toward Terminals 3/4/TBIT (ITF West)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → LAX People Mover (under construction) toward CONRAC Terminus →
L3
Metro Rail platforms 		Northbound ←  K Line (under construction) toward Expo/Crenshaw (Westchester/Veterans)
Island platform, doors will open on the left and right
Southbound →  K Line (under construction) toward Aviation/Century (Norwalk)
L2 Mezzanine Faregates, Ticket machines
G Street level Exit/entrance, ITF East, Metro Bus Plaza, Metro Bike Hub

Future rail transfers[]

Metro has proposed to make this station the terminus for the rapid transit Sepulveda Pass Corridor. Metro is in the route planning stage for phase one of the corridor as of 2019. The station is expected to be the terminus of the second phase of construction with completion planned for around 2040.

References[]

  1. ^ "Metro Board approves new station at Aviation/96th as best option to connect to LAX automated people mover". The Source. Metro (LACMTA). June 26, 2014. Retrieved 2014-06-26. Should LAWA move the people mover alignment back to 98th Street — as was previously studied — Metro would seek to make the Aviation/Century station as the primary connection point to the people mover.
  2. ^ Sharp, Steven (April 26, 2021). "LAX Metro station slated to begin work in Fall 2021". Urbanize LA. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ Hymon, Steve (August 18, 2016). "Subway turnback, Airport Connector receive state cap-and-trade funds". The Source.
  4. ^ England-Nelson, Jordan (June 26, 2014). "New Metro station approved that will link LAX with metro rail system". DailyBreeze.com.
  5. ^ "AIRPORT METRO CONNECTOR STATUS UPDATE" (PDF). April 2021.
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