Metro Board Chair Janice Hahn announced today that the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station will open to the public on June 6, 2025.
This historic project, years in the making, not only will add a direct train connection to one of the busiest airports in the world, but it will also welcome visitors coming to Los Angeles for upcoming global events, such as the FIFA World Cup 2026, Super Bowl 2027, and the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
This new station addresses a growing need throughout the Southland. LAX is one of the busiest airports in the United States –– in 2024, it handled over 76 million passengers with approximately 200,000 passengers a day. It’s also one of the biggest origin and destination airports in the world, as millions of Southern Californians rely on LAX for long-haul and international flights. That means more people are coming in and out of the airport’s “horseshoe,” fueling infamous traffic congestion on surrounding streets.
Now there will be another option. Located at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street, the LAX/Metro Transit Center offers riders dozens of convenient transit connections. The station serves two light rail lines –– the C and K Lines –– as well as several Metro and partner agency bus lines including Beach Cities, Big Blue Bus, Culver City Bus, LAX FlyAway, GTrans and Torrance Transit. Riders will also find a bus plaza, a bike hub, and restrooms, providing reliable alternatives to taxis, rideshares, and private vehicles.
The LAX/Metro Transit Center is poised to transform the way we move through LA County, but there is more to come. In 2026, the Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) will open the Automated People Mover (APM) seamlessly connecting the airport terminals to our new station. Until then, LAWA will provide bus shuttles from the new station to the terminals.
We’re looking forward to welcoming you to this new, state-of-the-art station, and will be sharing more details about it in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned for more.
For more information about the project, please visit
metro.net/projects/airport-metro-connector/
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It’ll be nice to have it open.
Seems pretty behind schedule, doesn’t it? Is there a major reason for this, or is it now more or less customary to expect every Metro project (even a single station) to open at least 6-8 months later than originally planned?
The delays on each project are unique to them as they are not necessarily similar.
Following this project it does seem like the delays with the APM system, which shares a station with the new LAX Metro station, may have had in indirect affect on the on time delivery of the project.
I agree with J’s comment. Glad to see an opening date finally set, but this was advertised by the Source all last year as projected to open in January 2025. In the last four months there has been no mention of the LAX K line station at all [prove me wrong with citations to date of The Source update]! I was jokingly call this “Stalin Station” because it had become a “non entity” on Metro news updates.
For “a direct train connection” try Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt, Osaka, Seoul, Zürich and many others. Local and long distance trains directly under the terminals. No Disneyland style “people movers”.
Domestically, both Chicago airports have direct connections as does Washington National. Philadelphia has commuter rail to all terminals. All of these were built in a pre-9/11 world. Highly unlikely to see those type of connections built today. Also, the LAX people mover is built with fees on airline tickets – that revenue is prohibited from being used for non airport purposes.
But will the trains serving this new station accommodate airline passengers? Where will they put their luggage? Will there be sufficient security to protect airline passengers from the inevitable scumbags who will target them? Any possibility of running express versions of the trains to this station that are primarily meant for airline passengers, which only stop at major stations? In Paris, for example, there are express versions of the RER B train which goes directly from Gare du Nord to the Charles DeGaulle Airport stations, not stopping at any of the local stations in between.
The C & K lines do not have any triple tracked sections, so express trains are not possible. Metro will be using the standard light rail cars, so no luggage storage.
LOL. You’re looking for first world solutions in LA? That’s funny. London has the Heathrow Express which operates non-stop from LHR to Paddington. There’s also the Gatwick Express which makes limited stops between Victoria and LGW. The new Elizabeth line also stops at LHR. Even lowly Amsterdam has non-stop express train service from Schipol to Centraal. LA’s mistake was treating its mass transit system as if it was something that only the low income folks will use. The C and K lines are NOT true rail lines and reach only a tiny sliver of the city. Over selling this station as a new historical rail transport hub is really disingenuous.
i would try to take Gold line, from the Cypress/Lincoln Heights station to LAX.
Will that be possible on June 25, 2025?
i would try to take Gold line (Ave 26) to LAX. Will that be possible on June 25, 2025?
That station is no longer the Gold line. The lines were changed when the Regional Connector was completed. Cypress/Lincoln Heights is now the A (Blue) line. Take that line and then change to the E (Gold) line at any station from Little Tokyo to Pico (A & E share those stations). At Expo/Crenshaw exit the train and go underground to the K (Pink) line. Exit at the LAX/Metro Transit Center and take the shuttle bus to your terminal. (In the future the APM will take you to your terminal instead of a bus).
Ok, we will get all the rental car buses out of going around the loop finally.
I guess we got Urber & Lyft out earlier- once terminal “0” is built, where will they go. How about the endless hotel shuttles ? Will the Fly-Away buses be moved out and if so, where? I like the new rail station has a 14-16 bay bus terminal- that needs to become a major transfer hub even if you are not going to the airport. So many questions!
Curious– as the first stop (or 2?) are near the hotel/parking/car rentals– will this portion of the journey (LAX to these stops) be free?
So the Flyaway bus will move here? That’ll mean – until the people mover opens – transferring from Flyaway to LAX bus on to the terminals? Ugh. Add another 20 mins at least to getting to the terminal. An even slower journey. Now, if Metrolink could only electrify the Antelope Valley or Ventura lines and run more trains, that would potentially give Bob Hope / Burbank airport a real advantage – a quick one train ride to Union Station, versus a two train slower LR journey via Metro. Although no direct connection to from either Metrolink station to the BUR terminal. Not sure what plans are when new BUR terminal is open.
Aviation Bl (northbound traffic between Arbor Vitae/Westchester and Aviation), the 98th St extension (between Bellanca Av and I-405), and the entirety of Jetway Bl all need to be open by Memorial Day weekend. At least open one lane to northbound traffic on Aviation while CONRAC is almost done.
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* * It would be good to get their film crew nearby LAX to cover the ribbon cutting ceremony.
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