The proposed line would travel south on Garfield Avenue to the Citadel Outlets in Commerce, then turn east on Washington Boulevard making stops in Montebello, Pico Rivera, Santa Fe Springs and Whittier. Metro is planning an extension of the L Line's southern leg eastward, from its current terminus at Atlantic station.

The groundbreaking for the construction of the Regional Connector took place on Septemand it is expected to be in service by 2022. The at-grade Little Tokyo/Arts District station was demolished in 2020 and is being rebuilt as a subway station approximately 500 feet south and on the opposite side of Alameda from its former location. The new east-west line will keep the E Line name but use the L Line's gold color icon. The southern (Pico/Aliso–East LA) segment will be combined with the current E Line which runs between Los Angeles and Santa Monica. The project will finally complete the late 1990s vision of the 'Pasadena Blue Line,' connecting the northern (Union Station–Azusa) segment of the L Line to the A Line (formerly the Blue Line) which runs between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Metro is currently constructing the Regional Connector, a light rail subway tunnel across Downtown Los Angeles that will connect the A, E, and L Lines. Template:Clear left Future developments Regional Connector Transit Project Phase 2A (LA–Pasadena was Phase 1) of the Gold Line Foothill Extension, running between Sierra Madre Villa station and APU/Citrus College station in Azusa, opened on March 5, 2016. The Gold Line Eastside Extension, following a new right-of-way, extended the line east between Union Station and East Los Angeles, opened on November 15, 2009.

The now renamed Gold Line, between Union Station and Sierra Madre Villa station in East Pasadena, opened July 26, 2003.

The project was originally called the 'Pasadena Metro Blue Line,' and planners envisioned extending the existing Blue Line from Long Beach, but when a ban on sales tax spending on subway tunnels passed in 1998, the project became a separate line terminating at Union Station. Much of the L Line's right-of-way through the San Gabriel Valley was built by the Los Angeles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad in 1885, eventually taken over by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, as part of the Pasadena Subdivision, which saw Amtrak service until 1994, when construction began on the conversion to light rail. Tracks are laid, but overhead catenary had not been installed yet. Main article: History of Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway File:Gold Line Construction LA.jpgĬonstruction of the L Line, near Duarte in 2014. Following the extension to Azusa, ridership rose to 49,238 as of May 2016. Template:As of, the average weekday daily boardings for the L Line stood at 42,417 and Template:As of the average daily weekday boardings had increased to 44,707. ) while operating in a street running section on Marmion Way.įollowing the extension to East Los Angeles in 2009, the line's ridership increased to almost 30,000 daily boardings. mi ( Expression error: Unexpected < operator. The L Line (formerly the Gold Line before 2020) is a Expression error: Unrecognized word 'km'. Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates No TitleĪ northbound L Line train crosses Interstate 210 near Arcadia

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