Metrolink LAX Line by SeanShield616
created at 2025-05-03T20:35:31.657Z
updated at 2025-05-21T06:37:22.831Z
My idea for an LA Union to LAX airport line. The right of way runs elevated with double tracking and triple tracking above the former Harbor Subdivision on Slauson above the Rail-to-Rail connection before ducking underground on Crenshaw Blvd via cut-and-cover and then tunneling to serve SoFi Stadium before swinging west towards LAX. This ROW also permits extending CAHSR to LAX to better serve communities in southern LA. Metrolink would serve the line using level boarding EMUs as a trial run for eventually electrifying the whole network.
I envision the SoFi stop to be the centerpiece of a push to redevelop the parking lots around SoFi into a transit-oriented community with housing, retail, business, and hospitality. To facilitate SoFi's cooperation, Metro would offer the following proposal:
Metro would purchase the parking lots across from the lake between Marquee Dr and Yukon Ave for the station and be granted the right to conduct cut-and-cover construction under the Red Zone parking lot as they see fit. Metro would then build a massive underground parking garage around the excavated station before covering it all up and building mixed use developments above the lot. Metro would lease back the excess garage capacity to SoFi for event parking. This arrangement would enable SoFi to not only continue to earn parking revenue, but also free up their remaining parking lots for redevelopment as well.
Map type: local | Total track length: 216 miles | Center coordinate: 34.0092, -118.282 | * A Line: (Light rail/interurban, 44 stations) Pacific Ave, Downtown Long Beach, 1st St, 5th St, Anaheim St, Pacific Coast Hwy, Willow St, Wardlow, Del Amo, Artesia, Compton, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks, 103rd St/Watts Towers, Firestone, Florence, Slauson, Vernon, Washington, San Pedro St, Grand/LATTC, Pico, 7th St/Metro Center, Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill, Historic Broadway, Little Tokyo/Arts District, Union Station, Chinatown, Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park, Heritage Square, Southwest Museum, Highland Park, South Pasadena, Fillmore, Del Mar, Memorial Park, Lake, Allen, Sierra Madre Villa, Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte/City Of Hope, Irwindale, Azusa Downtown, APU/Citrus College
* B Line: (Metro/rapid transit, 14 stations) Union Station, Civic Center/Grand Park, Pershing Square, 7th St/Metro Center, Westlake/MacArthur Park, Wilshre/Vermont, Vermont/Beverly, Vermont/Santa Monica, Vermont/Sunset, Hollywood/Western, Hollywood/Vine, Hollywood/Highland, Universal/Studio City, North Hollywood
* C Line: (Light rail/interurban, 12 stations) LAX Metro Transit Center, Aviation/Century, Aviation/Imperial, Hawthorne/Lennox, Crenshaw, Vermont/Athens, Harbor Freeway, Avalon, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks, Lynwood, Lakewood Blvd, Norwalk
* D Line: (Metro/rapid transit, 8 stations) Union Station, Civic Center/Grand Park, Pershing Square, 7th St/Metro Center, Westlake/MacArthur Park, Wilshre/Vermont, Wilshire/Normandie, Wilshire/Western
* E Line: (Light rail/interurban, 29 stations) Downtown Santa Monica, 17th St/SMC, 26th St/Bergamot, Expo/Bundy, Expo/Sepulveda, Westwood/Rancho Park, Palms, Culver City, La Cienega/Jefferson, Expo/La Brea, Farmdale, Expo/Crenshaw, Expo/Western, Expo/Vermont, Expo Park, Jefferson/USC, LATTC/Ortho Institute, Pico, 7th St/Metro Center, Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill, Historic Broadway, Little Tokyo/Arts District, Pico/Aliso, Mariachi Plaza, Soto, Indiana, Maravilla, East LA Civic Center, Atlantic
* K Line: (Light rail/interurban, 13 stations) Expo/Crenshaw, MLK, Leimert Park, Hyde Park, Fairview Heights, Downtown Inglewood, Westchester/Veterans, LAX Metro Transit Center, Aviation/Century, Mariposa, El Segundo, Douglas, Redondo Beach
* J Line: (Bus rapid transit, 51 stations) Pacific/19th, Pacific/21st, Pacific/19th, Pacific/17th, Pacific/15th, Pacific/11th, Pacific/7th, Pacific/3rd, Pacific/1st, 1st/Beacon, Harbor Beacon Park & Ride, Pacific Coast Hwy, Carson St, Figueroa/190th, Harbor Gateway Transit Center, Rosecrans, Harbor Freeway, Manchester, Slauson, 37th/USC, Adams, 23rd NB, Washington NB, Pico NB, Olympic NB, 7th NB, Flower/6th NB, 5th NB, Kosciuszko NB, 1st/Hill, 1st/Spring, Aliso/Los Angeles NB, Union Station, LA General Medical Center, Cal State LA, El Monte, Cal State LA, LA General Medical Center, Union Station, Arcadia/Los Angeles SB, 1st/Spring, 1st/Hill, 3rd SB, 5th SB, Flower/6th NB, 7th SB, Olympic SB, Pico SB, Washington SB, 23rd SB, Adams
* G Line: (Bus rapid transit, 17 stations) Chatsworth, Nordhoff, Roscoe, Sherman Way, Canoga, De Soto, Pierce College, Tampa, Reseda, Balboa, Woodley, Sepulveda, Van Nuys, Woodman, Valley College, Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood
* Metrolink Airport Line: (Commuter/suburban rail, 7 stations) LAX Metro Transit Center, SoFi/Inglewood, Slauson Super Mall, Slauson/Vermont, Slauson/Broadway, Slauson, LA Union Station
* CAHSR LAX: (High speed rail, 2 stations) LAX Metro Transit Center, LA Union Station
* Metrolink Airport Express: (Metro/rapid transit, 3 stations) LAX Metro Transit Center, SoFi/Inglewood, LA Union Station
* CAHSR - Anaheim: (High speed rail, 2 stations) Anaheim, LA Union Station
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