LAX TRAIN EXPECTED TO BEGIN SERVICE JANUARY 2026

07/18/2024 10:00 PM

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For Immediate Release
July 18, 2024

Contact:
Jessica Merritt
Director of Communications, LAX Development Projects
Los Angeles World Airports
jmerritt@lawa.org

LAX TRAIN EXPECTED TO BEGIN SERVICE JANUARY 2026

Agreement approved today by Los Angeles Board of Airports Commissioners sets construction completion date of December 8, 2025;Train will start operating for guests and employees in January, with trains arriving at stations every 2 minutes during peak hours


Los Angeles International Airport's Automated People Mover. Courtesy Los Angeles World Airports and LAX Integrated Express Solutions.

 

***Editors: A PDF of this press release and high-resolution images are available for download at: lax.to/LAXPeopleMover .

(Los Angeles) The Los Angeles Board of Airport Commissioners today approved an agreement that sets a construction completion date of December 8, 2025, for Los Angeles International Airport's (LAX) Automated People Mover (APM) train. The train will begin full operations in January 2026. It will be available to ticketed passengers, their guests and airport employees for free, and is expected to carry 30 million passengers a year, resulting in an estimated 42 million fewer vehicle miles annually.

“This project is going to reduce traffic on our freeways and our local streets while bringing good paying union jobs to Los Angeles,” said Mayor Karen Bass. “This train will make a direct connection to the Metro system to ensure LAX welcomes Angelenos and visitors from across the globe in a truly world-class way.”

“Constituents who drive, live and work around LAX are eager for the train to start taking cars off the road,” said Councilwoman Traci Park. “I am hopeful this project will reduce congestion on our local streets; give people time back in their lives; and improve mobility for residents, travelers, and patrons of our local businesses."

“This will be a game changer for LAX’s millions of travelers and for the residents and businesses in our surrounding neighborhoods,” said Board of Airport Commissioners President Karim Webb. “We have been working hard to ensure Angelenos benefit during the construction of this project by awarding more than $1.02 billion in contracts to local, diverse, small and veteran-owned businesses. More than 85 local businesses have been working to build this train.”

“LAX’s train will make life better for millions of people year after year. This is a critical step in our transformation of LAX to make it more welcoming, convenient and sustainable, and to enhance the airport as an economic engine for our region,” said John Ackerman, CEO of Los Angeles World Airports. “Completing this program with certainty is a top priority of LAX leadership, and this agreement does just that. The train will also make it easier for Angelenos to work at LAX, easing commutes and stress.”

LAX’s train will operate 24/7, with trains arriving at stations every 2 minutes during peak hours (from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.). Running on 2.25 miles of elevated guideway, it will connect to six stations: three inside the Central Terminal Area, one at LAX’s Economy Parking facility, one connecting to Metro’s LAX/Metro Transit Center station (with transfers to the C and K lines) and one at LAX’s Consolidated Rent-A-Car facility. Total end-to-end travel time will be 10 minutes with a top speed of 47 miles per hour.

The construction completion date is part of an agreement with the train’s developer, LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS). The Board and LINXS also agreed that LINXS will be paid an additional $550 million, largely to cover already completed extra work dating back to August 2018 and a longer than anticipated construction timeline. The agreement also appropriates an additional $50 million for contingencies. The construction of LAX’s train has created nearly 10,000 jobs to date.

“It is an honor to continue our partnership with LAWA and deliver a transportation system that will offer an elevated experience for travelers and Los Angeles residents alike. Our team has worked on large and complex transit projects around the globe, and the transformation provided by the LAX People Mover is poised to truly set the bar,” said LINXS Constructors board member Shawn West.

 

About Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
LAX, the eighth-busiest airport in the world serving over 75 million guests in 2023, is owned and operated by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), a proprietary, revenue-generating department of the City of Los Angeles that also governs Van Nuys Airport (VNY). As the international gateway to the Southern California region, LAX and its partners are dedicated to meeting global airport standards for customer satisfaction, safety, regional economic leadership, organizational performance and sustainability.

To better serve the millions of domestic and international guests who travel through LAX each year, the airport is undergoing a multi-billion-dollar capital improvement program to modernize its entire campus. Initiatives underway will ensure efficiency and dependability for every traveler and include an Automated People Mover and Consolidated Rental Car facility.

For more information about LAX, its transformation and its environmental, social and local workforce commitments, please visit flylax.com. Follow LAX on X (formally Twitter), Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and YouTube.

ABOUT LAX INTEGRATED EXPRESS SOLUTIONS (LINXS)
LINXS is a fully integrated, joint venture team that brings unparalleled experience and expertise in delivering complex transportation infrastructure. Selected as the Developer of the Automated People Mover at LAX, the LINXS team is contracted to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain Los Angeles’s largest public-private partnership. LINXS Constructors is the Design-Build Contractor team formed by Fluor, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (BBII), Flatiron, and Dragados USA, Inc. (Dragados USA).

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