Join us for a ride on the K Line from the Expo/Crenshaw Station to Westchester/Veterans Station. The K Line opens to the public on 10.07. To learn more, please visit kline.metro.net/
@Jun I was a Laborer on the project. I poured thousands of yards of concrete at EXPO, MLK and the Vernon station. I moved on to Bottom Lander then Top Lander receiving and delivering all materials in and out of underground stations. It's afforded me the opportunity to move on to the Purple Line extension. I obtained not only my Gas Testers Certification but with that I also obtained my Underground Safety Certificate. It's been a pleasure to have contributed to the growth of my city.
This looks great! I hope they fix the signal priority so the train doesn't have to stop at each of these street crossings like it does in the video. Time to upzone the shit out of South LA to make it affordable again!
@@danielbrockerttravel Each street level crossing actually saves them hundreds of millions because they didn't have to build a tunnel or bridge. But yeah, it's totally unacceptable to make the train come to a stop for cars. The train should have the highest signal priority and if the intersection is too dangerous because of the cars, block the cars from that street. Unfortunately Metro is forced to operate in a perverse constraint in which they are not allowed to slow a single car down. So instead of making our cities safer by taking away car lanes, Metro has to build wider roads at their crossings. It's completely backwards.
@@kikeruiz539 Upzoning would make huge improvements. South Central, like much of LA, has been plagued by restrictive zoning. That results in overcrowding and displacement due to the housing shortage. As well as a lack of things to do, as all businesses have been outlawed on the vast majority of land. It also resulted in a lack of city services since restrictive zoning means the city cannot bring in as much property tax revenue.
Amazing. I just hope metro finds away to give stronger signal priority. The train should never have to stop for cars going through a green/yellow light IMO
totally it looks like they stop at all grade crossings even when the gates were down and rails were clear. maybe it's protocol to stop at all grade crossings to avoid collisions for when some idiot inevitably stops on the tracks?
I'm a New Yorker, so I thot this was a new train line here because of the K and purple pink circle usage. Got all excited for a second lol. Still, good for Cali. The US needs to invest heavily into its trains.
I know what you mean even if I am not from NYC. L.A. is clueless on how to build efficient public transportation. Every line they have is mediocre in some way because they chose quantity over quality.
Also their was a K train in nyc *(Not to get confused with this new pink (K)* It was colored Blue for the 8 Ave Line and ran local from Washington Heights-168th Street to WTC (World Trade Center)
Its not designed to get cars off the road when parking is $3 per day at all train stations. That means all vehicle owners would be paying double the cost to ride the train. Eliminate parking fees, and vehicle owners may choose to ride again.
Problem is how often the train goes where you want. LA is really bad at this compared to smaller citys like Portland and Vancouver. And we don’t even talk about citys like Zurich where you can live in the whole region and you don’t need a car. If you need one than there’s a very cheap car rental service (if you don’t use it longer than a day) with some a few cars at around every second train station
This will help a lot, especially when the airport connector(s) are completed. And I do agree with all of the comments below that the train(s) should not be stopping for vehicle traffic. Isn't that the purpose of having these trains, to avoid the traffic?
The Crenshaw/Slauson station really should’ve been built underground. A station at street level at the intersection of 2 very busy streets and running in the center of one of them (crenshaw blvd) is bound to have a lot accidents and hold ups for cars and trains. Even the Slauson Station on the blue line is elevated and the blue line doesn’t even run in the center of a busy street like Crenshaw.
LA Metro, this video shown shows a sign for a Norwalk-bound K Line. However, Norwalk might stay a C Line station with the C Line’s Mariposa to Redondo section to be part of the K Line beginning 2024. Is that correct?
Great line, just shorten the street it runs on, that would help a lot with walkability. As well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to extend this to 7th Street, that way people coming on the red or purple line don't have to make as many transfers.
The these stations are more like traditional rail and less like lightrail/streetcar systems that are all over every other continent. Problem is when the train cars cannot mix with pedestrians and have to be blocked off. Causes disruptions to walking/biking routes... similar to the highway system these seek to replace. Breaks up neighborhoods and cities as well.
The part near LAX and connecting to the Green Line won't open until 2023 and the direct connection to the LAX People mover won't open until 2024. There is also an additional grade separation that, if approved, could delay things by even more.
It's funny that the southbound destination signs on the K Line stations read "To Norwalk" in the video. Looks like LA Metro went a little too far in "planning ahead" with the K Line stations' southbound destination signage. LA Metro originally planned to run the K Line up to Norwalk station (current C Line (Green) eastern terminus station). Eventually, shortly before K Line opening, the southbound destination signs now read "To Westchester/Veterans", which is the line's current terminus station. Eventually in the future, the southbound destination signs will read "To Redondo Beach" instead, once the K Line gets extended south and connected with the C Line near the LAX Airport. The LA Metro board officially approved Option 2 in the C and K Line connection plan. Option 2 involves rerouting the C Line north to the future LAX/Metro Transit Center station and the K Line taking over the C Line's current route south to Redondo Beach as the line's south extension.
You know there's something wrong. When LA. The nations 2nd largest metropolis. Doesn't have a transport grid running until, at least 2:30 am. 24 hr cities don't stop. Been to LA as a tourist. Seen a concert in downtown. Couldn't get back to an airport area hotel. Because everything shuts down early in public transport. Then you get stuck in a shady area. Las Vegas that is literally a fraction of LA population. Has better 24 hr accommodation. Metro could sell us on how faster you could get to places. But if it's not convenient to a livable time schedule, or after hours. Bars times, concert times, late sports events. Then you're just stranding people. That means connections to overlapping lightrail or underground. I'm just curious. Is there a graveyard shift to people that need to catch public transport?
Nightlife in Vegas is very different. LA is much more spread out and things close much earlier here. It wouldn't make sense to have the rail lines open that late. Maybe in the future when ridership increases and the demand is there. Uber/Lyft have filled the gap for late night travel for over 10 years now.
The stadium planners fucked that up so bad. And now we the taxpayers have to shell out an additional 1.5 billion dollars for a people mover that doesn't serve that region outside of gameday. We could have used that 1.5 billion dollars for transit projects that could serve the community daily.
So I’m seeing that the K Line will eventually use the existing C Line to Norwalk, which makes me wonder what will happen to the current C Line. Will those trains just go between LAX and Redondo Beach (later Torrance), or will they continue to use the C Line as far as say Willowbrook, where they can continue to connect with the A Line?
@@cmunoz810 interesting. I’ve also seen the K Line would continue down Crenshaw from LAX on the current C Line to Redondo Beach (later Torrance), while the current C Line would then terminate at the LAX Metro Center Station. The K Line and E Line don’t connect, so those trains couldn’t go to Santa Monica. The K Line will eventually be extended north to connect with the D and B Lines.
this is great, but i feel like the alignment they chose is the worst out of the three. the best one would've been to have the k line take over the southern portion of the c line rather than the eastern portion, make it more... i guess interlocking you could say, rather than leaving the c line as a little tail like they did. the other option was to have the k line not take over any of the c line which was alright, making it like a little bridge, but it wasn't perfect
yea they still use catenaries because it's light rail and not a subway, changing the power supply midway through the line would be probably impossible, you would likely have to stop to do that which would be an enormous inconvenience
@@deebte__ Plus it would add an extra layer of complexity that could cause failures. Besides its very normal to use overhead wires for trains going through tunnels.
I guess I don't see the big picture yet. The ending spot of this line in Westchester is nowhere near LAX and also not near where anyone in Westchester spends much of their off time or works. Maybe evidently it will be expanded to go to where it will connect to the place south on Aviation where you can get to LAX.
The rest of the line will open in 2024 when the LAX people mover is complete; until then there is a shuttle bus that connects Westchester/Veterans station with Aviation/LAX station
at least it's a friday though, except it's at noon so transit enthusiasts like me who have to go to school won't be able to go, plus it's a ways away from the south bay
it will, it's just that the part where it connects to the c line includes the lax center, which is gonna take a lot of work connecting it to lots of bus lines as well as the people mover. they didn't open the aviation/century station because then it would be only one stop long and basically useless on that side, so they just took their time on it
Moving forward, all upcoming lines should only be underground or elevated. There needs to be more continuity between the overall system to make it more efficient ! We shouldn’t be having these trains be obstructed by traffic (which is already crazy and why we are building these lines) !!!
I know! I was thinking the same thing. This is a typical LA half measure. They wanted to save money so they built it to stop at red lights. Same problem with the gold line and that's why it doesn't get as many riders.
@@danielbrockerttravel yeah, I mean I am happy that it’s underground for a good part of it. There’s just so much at play, and while cost is one of them, I just feel like the benefits would outweigh them l! @metro
@@stop_cutting_baby_penis Yup! Like if yall want to have it at surface level fine, but permanently cut cars off from being able to cross at that point. Transit should be frequent and reliable. The goal should be having people only wait 3 to 5 minutes for a train. We can't do that if the train is competing with car traffic.
@@danielbrockerttravel the street running section in the middle is fairly short in comparison to the street running sections of the A and E lines. I expect to be rather speedy compared to the other 2 services. Especially since there are no turns or interlining.
Los Angeles' entire transit network, including light rail/trams as well as busses, is called LA Metro, even though the heavy rail subway is only a fairly small part of the overall network.
Why does some of the signs say "Norwalk" when the k line trains would terminate at Westchester/veterans station? (At least before 2023, the connection to the c line to Norwalk wold be open at that year)
Disappointing that some of the line is on street level stopping at red lights. This is always done to save money but it slows down the train, resulting in less ridership.
I mean its not inherrently bad that it runs on street level, I mean it saves a TON of money compared to tunelling, and besides Subway tunnels in suburbia makes no sense and is an absolute nightmare for transit budgets. But what doesn't make sense is putting it on street level and not giving it signal priority so that trains don't have to slow down at intersections.
@@drdewott9154 It saves money and results in slower service. Slower service means fewer riders. Fewer riders means less incentive for more density. There's no law saying suburbs can't be dense. Plenty of cities around the world have dense suburbs connected to transit. And Los Angeles is a very logical place to do just that. And Inglewood, come on man, that's not Santa Clarita or Orange County. Even if you give signal priority you're still going to have accidents between the train and cars and service delays as a result. It's better to just cough up the money to make good transit.
@@danielbrockerttravel Actually there are several laws saying suburbs can't be dense, heck have you looked at LA's zoning ordinances? The city is a peak example as to why the low density R1 single family suburban housing with car dependency is horrible, and yet its what the whole of the US is largely covered in. Also those other cities with good suburban transit also usually feature elevated railways or railways at grade but with signal priority as to not slow them down. The only thing that slows them down is bad planning and a lack of political commitment to actually make transit good. Because they can afford to build out to more places by not making expensive tunnels under literal backyard lawns of one story buildings! Work smarter, not harder!
@@danielbrockerttravel Maybe but politically its a whole other story. You can just hope with the recent change of the zoning code in California, which is already one of the most progressive moves in recent American history, allows for slightly denser developments along the corridor, as it allows quadplexes (aka houses in single family lots with 4 homes inside) into any kind of residential development now. Though even that is hardly enough to warrant and allow a tunnelled subway in the sensible parts of the world.
you would think they would learn to not route these trains through streets. but it appears they doubled up on the idea. another slow speed rail line that people wont ride
Any public transport for LA is welcome, no matter how poorly thought out or inferior to other nation's systems it may be. We'll never match Japan, or the logic of the Netherlands traffic control. The car will always be king here. But something is better than nothing.
As a Dutch guy I can tell you that you can. By the end of the 80 most infrastructure here was very similar to that of the US. It just takes time. Right now I study built environment (urban design, urban planning and mobility) and it seems the right way to transformation. Is a lot of small investment in the small infrastructure (like bike lanes and busy intersections) and big investment in big infrastructure. Half assing a metro will be very expensive in the future wile refitting a road is quick and cheap.
Keep the homeless out of Metro! L.A. doesn’t need mobile homeless shelters, drug dens, and toilets. What about the rights of the tax paying public who want to ride Metro but don’t want to deal with smell of urine, overdosed homeless on the stairs and in the trains, and homeless flipping out and threatening you.
Pretend they control your mind while hiding from accountability, making sure to trick people into doing whatever they're told for someone else to blame. Yay, technology. Straight line to a pedo crack addict insanity.
Back to back UA-cam, who did this, then, the k. While being harassed by tantrum throwing excuses for inheritance harvesting shit clapping dick puppets abuse ghost tech. Slo, Austin, and google. They need glass beads with a but fetish and won't stop like crack addicts.
It is only temporarily. In the future it'll run from Hollywood to Torrance via Grove, WeHo, LACMA, & LAX. But that'll not be built until 2040s unfortunately. However, the LAX stop will open next year.
So blessed to have the opportunity to work on all underground stations 🙏🏿. Now there's something my grandchildren will speak about 😭
Thank you for your work, did you work on design or the actual building of it?
Thank you so much for your hardwork! This is stuff that the future generations will be grateful for!!
@Jun I was a Laborer on the project. I poured thousands of yards of concrete at EXPO, MLK and the Vernon station. I moved on to Bottom Lander then Top Lander receiving and delivering all materials in and out of underground stations. It's afforded me the opportunity to move on to the Purple Line extension. I obtained not only my Gas Testers Certification but with that I also obtained my Underground Safety Certificate. It's been a pleasure to have contributed to the growth of my city.
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This looks great! I hope they fix the signal priority so the train doesn't have to stop at each of these street crossings like it does in the video. Time to upzone the shit out of South LA to make it affordable again!
Typical LA half measure to put the line on street level and stopping at red lights.
@@danielbrockerttravel Each street level crossing actually saves them hundreds of millions because they didn't have to build a tunnel or bridge. But yeah, it's totally unacceptable to make the train come to a stop for cars. The train should have the highest signal priority and if the intersection is too dangerous because of the cars, block the cars from that street.
Unfortunately Metro is forced to operate in a perverse constraint in which they are not allowed to slow a single car down. So instead of making our cities safer by taking away car lanes, Metro has to build wider roads at their crossings. It's completely backwards.
It’s still south central nothing changes that
@@kikeruiz539 Upzoning would make huge improvements. South Central, like much of LA, has been plagued by restrictive zoning. That results in overcrowding and displacement due to the housing shortage. As well as a lack of things to do, as all businesses have been outlawed on the vast majority of land. It also resulted in a lack of city services since restrictive zoning means the city cannot bring in as much property tax revenue.
@@mariusfacktor3597 The Pacific Electric railway is back but in a new way in Los Angeles.
Amazing. I just hope metro finds away to give stronger signal priority. The train should never have to stop for cars going through a green/yellow light IMO
totally
it looks like they stop at all grade crossings even when the gates were down and rails were clear. maybe it's protocol to stop at all grade crossings to avoid collisions for when some idiot inevitably stops on the tracks?
@@twelvemp6532 yeah I'm sure they want to be cautious. I've seen several stupid drivers get in accidents with the expo line over the years. :(
@@twelvemp6532 I think it's to do with testing, this almost certainly won't happen when the line opens fully. I hope
Despite of the name, this is fast TRAM, not metro.
@@twelvemp6532 i’ve had some rides on the expo where we went non-stop through at-grade intersections
This looks awesome. Next stop is getting this thing to LAX!
It would free up so much freeway congestion. Love it.
I'm a New Yorker, so I thot this was a new train line here because of the K and purple pink circle usage. Got all excited for a second lol. Still, good for Cali. The US needs to invest heavily into its trains.
It technically is a new line
I know what you mean even if I am not from NYC. L.A. is clueless on how to build efficient public transportation. Every line they have is mediocre in some way because they chose quantity over quality.
Also their was a K train in nyc *(Not to get confused with this new pink (K)* It was colored Blue for the 8 Ave Line and ran local from Washington Heights-168th Street to WTC (World Trade Center)
I’m so excited. I hope this opens up our city more! I Can’t wait to get cars off these roads.
October 7
Its not designed to get cars off the road when parking is $3 per day at all train stations. That means all vehicle owners would be paying double the cost to ride the train. Eliminate parking fees, and vehicle owners may choose to ride again.
Problem is how often the train goes where you want. LA is really bad at this compared to smaller citys like Portland and Vancouver. And we don’t even talk about citys like Zurich where you can live in the whole region and you don’t need a car. If you need one than there’s a very cheap car rental service (if you don’t use it longer than a day) with some a few cars at around every second train station
This will help a lot, especially when the airport connector(s) are completed. And I do agree with all of the comments below that the train(s) should not be stopping for vehicle traffic. Isn't that the purpose of having these trains, to avoid the traffic?
I hope they will also upload the slow version. It's nice to hear the train humming along the tracks once in a while.
The Crenshaw/Slauson station really should’ve been built underground. A station at street level at the intersection of 2 very busy streets and running in the center of one of them (crenshaw blvd) is bound to have a lot accidents and hold ups for cars and trains. Even the Slauson Station on the blue line is elevated and the blue line doesn’t even run in the center of a busy street like Crenshaw.
Yep. Typical LA half measure.
Probably due to budget reasons! Most of the blue line runs at grade level crossing from Washington until Willow Street
Wow from Expo/Crenshaw to Westchester/Veterans So cool 🎉
Yo Metro is making videos you can trip to while on shrooms. I'm on board for this!!! Got any more line previews set to this kind of music?
Not yet but we try to do for each line opening. The Regional Connector will be next. Glad you enjoy the music. ^SH
Well, there's always my original of the Gold Line or the Expo Line... ;-) See: ua-cam.com/video/9k86lBV5824/v-deo.html
@@losangelesmetro can’t wait
but are you gonna do the connecting a line, or e line, first
ironic they called it the k line
You love to see it! Can't wait to ride it when it opens!
I can't wait. I'm waiting on the dedication of the Westchester/Veterans station so that the K Line is officially open for service.
Westchester/Veterans Station already had its dedication last Saturday
LA Metro, this video shown shows a sign for a Norwalk-bound K Line. However, Norwalk might stay a C Line station with the C Line’s Mariposa to Redondo section to be part of the K Line beginning 2024. Is that correct?
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Great line, just shorten the street it runs on, that would help a lot with walkability. As well, it wouldn't be a bad idea to extend this to 7th Street, that way people coming on the red or purple line don't have to make as many transfers.
Its about time they finally open this Line since it was delayed several times
Can't wait to ride it!
Upload full rides!!!
Awesome this is so fantastic I can't wait
Jan 1, 2024. I am reading that later this year, the K should connect to the Airport and specifically the Automated People Mover at L.A.X.
Amazing 🤩
can't wait for the completed Purple Line video, the five year wait sucks
Can’t wait !!!
I'm guessing the K train came back since discontinued in 1988 and moved to L.A and begin in their subway system
The these stations are more like traditional rail and less like lightrail/streetcar systems that are all over every other continent. Problem is when the train cars cannot mix with pedestrians and have to be blocked off. Causes disruptions to walking/biking routes... similar to the highway system these seek to replace. Breaks up neighborhoods and cities as well.
Does anyone know the music used for the time lapse?
Kicktracks - Flying So High ua-cam.com/video/5CL9z4hSjsA/v-deo.html
I am so excited for the new lax line to get Ride 🤠😁
You are going to have to wait for another year and a half…!
Wait, this is opening in a few weeks? I thought it was delayed until next year?
The part near LAX and connecting to the Green Line won't open until 2023 and the direct connection to the LAX People mover won't open until 2024. There is also an additional grade separation that, if approved, could delay things by even more.
Wishing all passengers great journeys on the K Line, just don't fall into any K Hole hehehe
It's funny that the southbound destination signs on the K Line stations read "To Norwalk" in the video. Looks like LA Metro went a little too far in "planning ahead" with the K Line stations' southbound destination signage. LA Metro originally planned to run the K Line up to Norwalk station (current C Line (Green) eastern terminus station). Eventually, shortly before K Line opening, the southbound destination signs now read "To Westchester/Veterans", which is the line's current terminus station. Eventually in the future, the southbound destination signs will read "To Redondo Beach" instead, once the K Line gets extended south and connected with the C Line near the LAX Airport. The LA Metro board officially approved Option 2 in the C and K Line connection plan. Option 2 involves rerouting the C Line north to the future LAX/Metro Transit Center station and the K Line taking over the C Line's current route south to Redondo Beach as the line's south extension.
Great new🥳
Can't wait for opening day!
You know there's something wrong. When LA. The nations 2nd largest metropolis. Doesn't have a transport grid running until, at least 2:30 am. 24 hr cities don't stop.
Been to LA as a tourist. Seen a concert in downtown. Couldn't get back to an airport area hotel. Because everything shuts down early in public transport. Then you get stuck in a shady area.
Las Vegas that is literally a fraction of LA population. Has better 24 hr accommodation. Metro could sell us on how faster you could get to places. But if it's not convenient to a livable time schedule, or after hours. Bars times, concert times, late sports events. Then you're just stranding people. That means connections to overlapping lightrail or underground. I'm just curious. Is there a graveyard shift to people that need to catch public transport?
Nightlife in Vegas is very different. LA is much more spread out and things close much earlier here. It wouldn't make sense to have the rail lines open that late. Maybe in the future when ridership increases and the demand is there. Uber/Lyft have filled the gap for late night travel for over 10 years now.
LA sucks but Vegas isn't a real city lmao
@@alvaroprieto2092 LA doesn't suck 😀
@@EvanAntes LA definitely isn't a 24 hour city compared to NYC or Vegas
@@thomasgrabkowski8283 those places aren't even 24 hours anymore.
This looks good… we want more 😅
LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
What a beautiful new line.
Can The BNSF Harbor Subdivision be Rebuilt next to the K Line it’s sad it got split in half
October 7 2022. Ride Now at LA Metro K Crenshaw Line
when can you give us the regional connector tour?
Metro missed out on a sponsorship opportunity with Circle K stores. Every time I see this line, I think of Circle K.
Plz bring back the 860 and 457
Metro shouldn’t have grade crossings and should be overground like on a bridge 😅
-Mev
Look great. Its a shame there are so many level crossings... but you do what you can with the money you have, I guess.
Cool next stop the airport and sofi forum clippers downtown Inglewood
The stadium planners fucked that up so bad. And now we the taxpayers have to shell out an additional 1.5 billion dollars for a people mover that doesn't serve that region outside of gameday. We could have used that 1.5 billion dollars for transit projects that could serve the community daily.
The metro 🎉
Love the stations 😻☺️
Finally.
❤
Hell yeah
You can see that Line K has completely replaced the old Santa Fe "Harbor Branch through Inglewood. The train whizzes through there.
To be honest I’m just waiting for the regional connectors release date with the gold line and blue line
same here
Its open and since June 16
Can’t wiser until October 7!
So I’m seeing that the K Line will eventually use the existing C Line to Norwalk, which makes me wonder what will happen to the current C Line. Will those trains just go between LAX and Redondo Beach (later Torrance), or will they continue to use the C Line as far as say Willowbrook, where they can continue to connect with the A Line?
I'm not sure, but I saw on some plans it's suppose to go north were it meets the K line and go to Santa Monica. So maybe Redondo bch Santa monica??
@@cmunoz810 interesting. I’ve also seen the K Line would continue down Crenshaw from LAX on the current C Line to Redondo Beach (later Torrance), while the current C Line would then terminate at the LAX Metro Center Station. The K Line and E Line don’t connect, so those trains couldn’t go to Santa Monica. The K Line will eventually be extended north to connect with the D and B Lines.
Odd to see a metro line that isn't completely grade separated, though I suppose this is a decent compromise for the time being.
is a new line, the pink line
this is great, but i feel like the alignment they chose is the worst out of the three. the best one would've been to have the k line take over the southern portion of the c line rather than the eastern portion, make it more... i guess interlocking you could say, rather than leaving the c line as a little tail like they did. the other option was to have the k line not take over any of the c line which was alright, making it like a little bridge, but it wasn't perfect
Metro is still considering that. In fact staff is recommending that option to the board.
@@ronnyrueda5926 The board might ignore their staff though as they did on a previous preliminary vote.
🎉Yip Yip Hooray 🎉
People are going to die for sake of the lack of grade separation 🤦♂
Like Farquad said
An opening date! Huzzah!
In the tunnel it looks like the cars draw power from an overhead rail, interesting...
yea they still use catenaries because it's light rail and not a subway, changing the power supply midway through the line would be probably impossible, you would likely have to stop to do that which would be an enormous inconvenience
@@deebte__ Plus it would add an extra layer of complexity that could cause failures. Besides its very normal to use overhead wires for trains going through tunnels.
I guess I don't see the big picture yet. The ending spot of this line in Westchester is nowhere near LAX and also not near where anyone in Westchester spends much of their off time or works. Maybe evidently it will be expanded to go to where it will connect to the place south on Aviation where you can get to LAX.
The rest of the line will open in 2024 when the LAX people mover is complete; until then there is a shuttle bus that connects Westchester/Veterans station with Aviation/LAX station
Cool
Love trains so much
It would be more convenient if you can hold the event on Saturday, going to try & make it!
at least it's a friday though, except it's at noon so transit enthusiasts like me who have to go to school won't be able to go, plus it's a ways away from the south bay
@@deebte__ As a current freshman that lives in the SGV, it's going to be tough to get there
Isnt this supposed to connect with the green line? I feel like it stopped short a couple stops
it will, it's just that the part where it connects to the c line includes the lax center, which is gonna take a lot of work connecting it to lots of bus lines as well as the people mover. they didn't open the aviation/century station because then it would be only one stop long and basically useless on that side, so they just took their time on it
Moving forward, all upcoming lines should only be underground or elevated. There needs to be more continuity between the overall system to make it more efficient ! We shouldn’t be having these trains be obstructed by traffic (which is already crazy and why we are building these lines) !!!
I know! I was thinking the same thing. This is a typical LA half measure. They wanted to save money so they built it to stop at red lights. Same problem with the gold line and that's why it doesn't get as many riders.
@@stop_cutting_baby_penis that too!
@@danielbrockerttravel yeah, I mean I am happy that it’s underground for a good part of it. There’s just so much at play, and while cost is one of them, I just feel like the benefits would outweigh them l! @metro
@@stop_cutting_baby_penis Yup! Like if yall want to have it at surface level fine, but permanently cut cars off from being able to cross at that point. Transit should be frequent and reliable. The goal should be having people only wait 3 to 5 minutes for a train. We can't do that if the train is competing with car traffic.
@@danielbrockerttravel the street running section in the middle is fairly short in comparison to the street running sections of the A and E lines. I expect to be rather speedy compared to the other 2 services. Especially since there are no turns or interlining.
When's the regional connector opening?
Around new year
it’s opening this year in late fall
I hope there is some TOD planned or else its going to be train in the middle of nowhere boulevard
Well, where is the subway here? Why should tram lines be classified as metro?
It's not "subway metro", it's LA Metro, which is usually light rail
Los Angeles' entire transit network, including light rail/trams as well as busses, is called LA Metro, even though the heavy rail subway is only a fairly small part of the overall network.
Why does some of the signs say "Norwalk" when the k line trains would terminate at Westchester/veterans station? (At least before 2023, the connection to the c line to Norwalk wold be open at that year)
To save money and not redesign the signage
Why Norwalk c line Norwalk
Why Norwalk station
Disappointing that some of the line is on street level stopping at red lights. This is always done to save money but it slows down the train, resulting in less ridership.
I mean its not inherrently bad that it runs on street level, I mean it saves a TON of money compared to tunelling, and besides Subway tunnels in suburbia makes no sense and is an absolute nightmare for transit budgets. But what doesn't make sense is putting it on street level and not giving it signal priority so that trains don't have to slow down at intersections.
@@drdewott9154 It saves money and results in slower service. Slower service means fewer riders. Fewer riders means less incentive for more density. There's no law saying suburbs can't be dense. Plenty of cities around the world have dense suburbs connected to transit. And Los Angeles is a very logical place to do just that. And Inglewood, come on man, that's not Santa Clarita or Orange County. Even if you give signal priority you're still going to have accidents between the train and cars and service delays as a result. It's better to just cough up the money to make good transit.
@@danielbrockerttravel Actually there are several laws saying suburbs can't be dense, heck have you looked at LA's zoning ordinances? The city is a peak example as to why the low density R1 single family suburban housing with car dependency is horrible, and yet its what the whole of the US is largely covered in.
Also those other cities with good suburban transit also usually feature elevated railways or railways at grade but with signal priority as to not slow them down. The only thing that slows them down is bad planning and a lack of political commitment to actually make transit good. Because they can afford to build out to more places by not making expensive tunnels under literal backyard lawns of one story buildings! Work smarter, not harder!
@@drdewott9154 There's no law of nature saying suburbs can't be denser. It should've been obvious to you in context that I meant it that way.
@@danielbrockerttravel Maybe but politically its a whole other story. You can just hope with the recent change of the zoning code in California, which is already one of the most progressive moves in recent American history, allows for slightly denser developments along the corridor, as it allows quadplexes (aka houses in single family lots with 4 homes inside) into any kind of residential development now. Though even that is hardly enough to warrant and allow a tunnelled subway in the sensible parts of the world.
will it have 2 or 3 cars?
Cannot believe this want to go but don’t have passport 😊
Nice.
But why only little bit of stops tho
@Bernando Dominguez there’s no a little bit of stops. it’s transferring to the c line green to norwalk
@@thiagoknows3504 really
@@bernardodominguez6412 yes, but it’s gonna take another year to complete the southern section.
when are you gonna give us a tour of the regional connector?
Metro will probably do it once the line gets completed.
ok
world class, 200th comment
Metro to LAX airport come true
You are aware that as seen in the video the line doesn't go to LAX yet? The station the video ends service will end as for now, too
@@Bauer-ke6lp Darn. Norwalk is the closest to me too.
@@Bauer-ke6lp I was JUST ABOUT to ask about that...
My heart jumped slightly because I am a New Yorker
No sound?
The new K Line (Pink)
Will there be a grand opening celebration event?
common sense tells me yes
@@m0istl0la97 But at which station?
@@kenfrank2730 It will be at Leimert Park station 🚉
@@thestone30080 thanks
Is this empty every single Day?
Yes until it opens on October 7.
you would think they would learn to not route these trains through streets. but it appears they doubled up on the idea. another slow speed rail line that people wont ride
Am I the only weird person excited to ride this weekend? 😂
i can’t wait to LOL
@@thiagoknows3504 alright im not alone 😅
Any public transport for LA is welcome, no matter how poorly thought out or inferior to other nation's systems it may be.
We'll never match Japan, or the logic of the Netherlands traffic control. The car will always be king here. But something is better than nothing.
As a Dutch guy I can tell you that you can. By the end of the 80 most infrastructure here was very similar to that of the US. It just takes time. Right now I study built environment (urban design, urban planning and mobility) and it seems the right way to transformation. Is a lot of small investment in the small infrastructure (like bike lanes and busy intersections) and big investment in big infrastructure. Half assing a metro will be very expensive in the future wile refitting a road is quick and cheap.
Japanese and Dutch cities are far denser than LA. It plays a major role
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Despite of the name this is TRAM, NOT METRO.
I don't know how to ride a train
At grade crossings 🤢
who else typed in k line expecting to find something else
i rode it yesterday i even got the new k line tap card and the k line schedule
This line trashed by homeless yet?
Keep the homeless out of Metro! L.A. doesn’t need mobile homeless shelters, drug dens, and toilets. What about the rights of the tax paying public who want to ride Metro but don’t want to deal with smell of urine, overdosed homeless on the stairs and in the trains, and homeless flipping out and threatening you.
The la Metro sucks
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Israel.
Pretend they control your mind while hiding from accountability, making sure to trick people into doing whatever they're told for someone else to blame. Yay, technology. Straight line to a pedo crack addict insanity.
Wondering did Obama make everyone read the Bible? Putting masonry to work makes sense.
Back to back UA-cam, who did this, then, the k. While being harassed by tantrum throwing excuses for inheritance harvesting shit clapping dick puppets abuse ghost tech. Slo, Austin, and google. They need glass beads with a but fetish and won't stop like crack addicts.
wtf does this have to do with light rail man 💀
Nothing, was being provoked to comment on a video pic saying, The K! Too lazy to delete it now.
"K" line, like KKK line!
The line to NOWHERE
It is only temporarily. In the future it'll run from Hollywood to Torrance via Grove, WeHo, LACMA, & LAX. But that'll not be built until 2040s unfortunately. However, the LAX stop will open next year.
At least there’s a shuttle that takes you to Avation/ LAX (C) line
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