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Metro Rail Expo Corridor, Phase 1 to Culver City


Overview

The Metro Rail Exposition Corridor (MREC) to Culver City, Phase 1 is currently under construction and is being built by the Exposition Construction Authority (Expo). While Metro is providing the funding for this project, Expo is the owner of the project during final design and construction. Once the line opens, the Expo Corridor will be operated and owned by Metro.

The MREC Project will be the first Metro Rail line to connect Downtown LA with the Westside area at Culver City. The 8.5 mile line runs along the Metro-owned Exposition right-of-way from the existing Metro Rail station at 7th/Metro Center in Downtown LA to Venice/Robertson in Culver City and includes nine new stations. Although the alignment will be primarily at-grade, the project includes aerial stations at Expo/La Brea, La Cienega/Jefferson and Venice/Robertson.

MREC facts include:

  • Metro will integrate the MREC into existing Metro Rail service and operate the line once construction is complete
  • When the line opens to the public, it will join the Metro Rail system which will offer 80 stations and over 87 miles of rail to destinations across LA County
  • Metro riders will be able to connect with other Metro Rail lines at 7th/Metro Center in Downtown LA and Metro Bus lines at every station
  • All stations include public art
  • The new stations include:
    • 23rd Street
    • Jefferson/USC
    • Expo Park/USC
    • Expo/Vermont
    • Expo/Western
    • Expo/Crenshaw
    • Expo/La Brea
    • La Cienega/Jefferson
    • Venice/Robertson


Construction Info

Construction Notices

For construction notices, please visit Buildexpo.org




  • <p><span><span>The  Exposition Light Rail line features an urban design concept for the alignment  called the Exposition Transit  Parkway. The goal of this concept is to establish a  multi-modal transit corridor combining a light rail transit alignment, a  bikeway, streets and pedestrian linkages in a safe, balanced and cohesive  parkway setting.</span></span></p>
    Expo Corridor to Culver City (5)


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Expo Park/USC Station
 

La Cienega/Jefferson Station
 

Expo/Crenshaw Station
 


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Farmdale station for Expo Line approved by state today

Posted by Steve Hymon on July 29, 2010 2:44 pm
A rendering of the Farmdale station. Source: Expo Line Construction Authority.A new Expo Line station for Farmdale Avenue that is adjacent to Dorsey High School was unanimously approved by the ...

Officials celebrate Metro Rail’s 20th anniversary

Posted by Steve Hymon on July 23, 2010 12:09 pm
Supervisor Don Knabe, who is also the Chairman of the Metro Board of Driectors, talks about the future of Metro Rail on Friday morning.Metro officials gathered Friday morning near a Blue Line station ...

The future of Metro rail

Posted by Steve Hymon on July 15, 2010 8:50 am
We’ve spent plenty of time looking back, with this past Wednesday being the 20th anniversary of the Blue Line and the birth of Metro Rail. I wanted to look forward today and provide a quick ...

Reader poll: what color should the Expo Line be?

Posted by Fred Camino on April 30, 2010 2:47 pm
View PollAs the project that is officially known as the Metro Rail Exposition Corridor (MREC) to Culver City, Phase 1 – informally referred to as the Expo Line – inches towards completion, an ...

Green Line extension meetings on tap

Posted by Steve Hymon on April 20, 2010 12:46 pm
An extension of the Green Line from its current terminus in Redondo Beach to the Torrance Transit Center is currently being studied by Metro. The project is in its draft environmental study phase and ...

Transportation headlines, Thursday, Feb. 4

Posted by Steve Hymon on February 4, 2010 11:59 am
The Los Angeles Times’ editorial page opines that the Expo Line Construction Authority’s board of directors should certify the environmental report for the Culver City-to-Santa Monica ...

Yaroslavsky says he will vote to approve Expo Line environmental report

Posted by Steve Hymon on February 3, 2010 12:41 pm
At 2 p.m. on Thursday at the County Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles, the second phase of the Expo Line light rail line faces a pivotal moment: the seven-member Board of Directors of ...

Expo Line releases final environmental report for Phase 2 from Culver City to Santa Monica

Posted by Steve Hymon on December 18, 2009 12:30 pm
The proposed route for the second phase of the Expo Line from Culver City to Santa Monica. Click above for a larger image. The broken purple line indicates the preferred route alternative that the ...

Eastside Gold Line Extension dedicated and ready for its public debut

Posted by Steve Hymon on November 14, 2009 2:08 pm
The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension arrives at the East L.A. Civic Center on SaturdayMetro dedicated the opening of its first rail line since 2003 on Saturday morning, as a long list of elected ...