UPDATE: Source reader and photographer Dwight Sturtevant has many photos of trains running to and from Culver City on his Flickr photostream.
The overhead electrical wires that deliver power to Expo Line trains is scheduled to be turned on early Tuesday evening, meaning test trains will be able to run between the La Cienega/Jefferson station and the Culver City station at Venice and Robertson.
No opening date has been announced for the Culver City segment of the line — the last station that is part of the first phase of the project. Work on the Culver City station and parking lot has been proceeding and is almost complete.
In the meantime, grading work on the second phase of the Expo Line between Culver City and Santa Monica is also gearing up. Here’s the construction notice from the Expo Line Construction Authority.
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What a giant disappointment that the Culver City station did not open with the rest of the line, even after months of delays on the opening! The most important station, the end of the line station, that truly connect Culver City with Downtown and W. Adams.
Can’t plan anything in advance with Metro.
Contractors should be fined..
Leave it to Metro to leave passages in the middle of nowhere again! Hope it’s open before summer is over.
After riding the new Expo line,i see there are to many unnecessary stops and lights that could be eliminated with just better timing. The pedestrian’s lights need better timing for the train and pedestrians
To long of unnecessary waits for both.
( From Hello Expo on Facebook) Self-powered testing in Culver City has started. Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc, will test the Culver City interlocking crossover near Hayden Ave. This interlocking crossover will be used to turn the trains around once the Culver City Station opens. Currently the interlocking crossover just east of La Cienega is being used to turn the trains around.
Once Balfour Beatty Infrastructure finishes testing, Metro will start prevenue operations, which means revenue trains will unboard all passengers at La Cienega and continue to all the way to Culver City and then come back and board the passengers at La Cienega. The city wants the line to be opened on June 20, 2012.