LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has suspended weekend service on its light rail Green Line between the Crenshaw and Redondo Beach stations as part of the work to connect the Green Line with the new Crenshaw/LAX line.
The suspension began Friday evening. It will resume every Friday at 9 p.m., ending with the regularly scheduled start of Monday morning service, though fall 2019.
LA Metro shuttle buses will replace trains between Crenshaw and Redondo Beach during the suspensions, with those buses also serving the Hawthorne/Lennox, Aviation/LAX, Mariposa, El Segundo, and Douglas stations.
Full Green Line service will continue between the Norwalk and Crenshaw stations.
The Crenshaw/LAX line is scheduled to open in 2020, serving eight new stations. It is part of the “Twenty-Eight by ’28” initiative to expand its rail network in time for the 2028 Olympics.
The Crenshaw/LAX line is currently forecast to open in 2020. The Crenshaw/LAX line connects to the existing Green Line on an elevated wye just west of the Aviation/LAX station. It will get light rail passengers a little bit closer to the LAX passenger terminals, but still not quite there. A new transfer station with a people-mover to the terminals will be built near where the Crenshaw/LAX line crosses over Century Blvd.
The southern segment of the Crenshaw/LAX line is built on a former Santa Fe branch right of way. That segment of the branch was closed to through freight traffic in 2002, when the Alameda Corridor opened. The closed section of the branch was used for baretable car storage for a few years after through traffic ended.