The Metro D line, also known as the purple line, reopens on Saturday after a 70 days closure For the construction of the first phase of a rail extension project under Wilshire Boulevard.
The first phase of the extension project is scheduled for $ 3.7 billion to add three stations to Wilshire / La Brea, Wilshire / Fairfax and Wilshire / La Cienega to connect the city of Los Angeles with the WestSide.
This phase is 98%complete, Metro said, and should open later in 2025. Station finishes, street restoration and remains tests.
During the recent closure, the Transit Agency worked to connect communication and food systems between the existing line and the new sections. Tracks have been laid, the lighting was installed and the tunneling was completed for this section, according to the transit agency.
“Staff and entrepreneurs are now working 24/7 to link the older portions of the metro with the last section … Ensure that all electrical systems, trains control, ventilation and signaling all work and operate as a common and safe system,” said the chairman of the Metro board of directors, Fernando Dutra, at a meeting of the board of directors on Thursday.
The route between downtown Los Angeles and Koreatown is one of Metro’s most used with more than 65,000 better daily embarrassments. The project to add seven stations and extend the online service to Hancock Park, Century City, Beverly Hills and Westwood inaugurated more than ten years ago. Metro’s goal is to finish with the 2028 summer Olympic Games.
“We are now at home to open this metro extension project that changes the game, which will be on time,” said Dutra.
The second phase will include the stations of Wilshire / Rodeo and Century City / Constellation, which should open its doors in 2026. The last section to add the stations of the Westwood / UCLA and Westwood / VA hospital is placed for an opening in 2027.
Metro director general Stephanie Wiggins said that line D closed the recent decline in trafficWho dropped 13.5% compared to May in the middle of the immigration raids underway in the County of Los Angeles, according to Metro data. The decrease in the June administration was the lowest of the year of the transport agency and the lowest June ever recorded since 2022.
During the closure, the runners relied on the enlarged B line service, which shares Line stops from the Union station in Wilshire / Vermont, and the Koreatown shuttle service.
