K Line (Los Angeles Metro)
Light rail Los Angeles Metro Rail line in southwest Los Angeles
The K Line is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of six lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system operated by Los Angeles Metro, and is the newest named line in the system, having opened on October 7, 2022. The 11-mile (17.7 km) line runs roughly north-south between Jefferson Park and the city of Redondo Beach, passing through the neighborhoods of Westchester, South Los Angeles, and the cities of Inglewood and El Segundo. It also provides service to the Los Angeles International Airport through the LAX/Metro Transit Center.
As part of service changes implemented on November 3, 2024, in preparation for the opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center, the segment of the C Line west of Aviation/Imperial station became part of the K Line.
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The northern terminus is at Expo/Crenshaw station, a transfer point to the E Line. The K Line station here is underground and does not provide a track connection to the at-grade E Line. Provisions are in place to allow the line to extend further north. The route follows Crenshaw Boulevard from Exposition Boulevard south to 67th Street. It travels underground in a one-mile (1.6 km) deep-bore tunnel, which transitions into an at-grade segment in the median of Crenshaw Boulevard (between 48th and 59th Streets) where trains run synchronized to existing traffic signals.
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