Aviation/96th Street station
Aviation/96th Street (as 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.
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| Coordinates | 33°56′59.5″N 118°22′43.3″W | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Metro and LAWA (Los Angeles World Airports) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 1 island platform (Metro) 1 island platform (APM) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 (2 Metro, 2 APM) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections |  LAX Automated People Mover[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bicycle facilities | TBD | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Pre-construction[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opening | July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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 Norwalk (Aviation/Century) | |
| 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
- "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.
- Sharp, Steven (April 26, 2021). "LAX Metro station slated to begin work in Fall 2021". Urbanize LA. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Hymon, Steve (August 18, 2016). "Subway turnback, Airport Connector receive state cap-and-trade funds". The Source.
- England-Nelson, Jordan (June 26, 2014). "New Metro station approved that will link LAX with metro rail system". DailyBreeze.com.
- "AIRPORT METRO CONNECTOR STATUS UPDATE" (PDF). April 2021.
