All this week, under the cover of darkness and the convenience of trafficless streets, large segments of the Regional Connector’s tunnel boring machine (TBM) have been delivered to a holding [continue reading]
Time flies when you’re building a new light rail. Between January and March, the Regional Connector project interrupted Gold Line service at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station to build a [continue reading]
The TBM on a barge in Puget Sound last week (that’s Mt. Rainier in the background of the first pic) en route to Los Angeles. Photos: Metro. The tunnel boring [continue reading]
A lot of the attention on the Regional Connector project has lately been focused on the track relocation work in Little Tokyo. But other vital work continues as shown in [continue reading]
After being closed for three months due to Regional Connector construction, the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station is ready to reopen! Gold Line trains will once again run end to end — from [continue reading]
Things are starting to look more and more put-back-together on the Gold Line in Little Tokyo! Construction has been completed on the shoofly track, the temporary track that will allow the [continue reading]
Quizno’s Andre Bonyadian Andre Bonyadian opened his first Quizno’s in April 2002 in Little Tokyo. Since then, it has evolved into a family owned and operated business. The business is [continue reading]
Road work, more digging in order to install support piles, and wires going up! More info here about the bus shuttle replacing Gold Line service between Union Station and Pico/Aliso while track work continues. Work is expected to wrap by March 21. And more here about Metro’s parking validation program [continue reading]
What’s the plan for opening day on Saturday? Merriment, joy, feasting and song, I hope. I’ve been writing about this project for the better part of a decade and once upon a time, [continue reading]
Crews have completed installation of the shoofly track between the south side of Little Tokyo/Arts District Station and Mangrove Yard. Installation of the new overhead catenary power pole continues, along [continue reading]
