The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) broke ground on a USD 172 million maintenance and administrative facility for light rail vehicles (LRV) servicing the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor Project and the Metro Green Line.
The Southwest Yard, located near Los Angeles International Airport, will be a 115,650 square foot facility constructed by Hensel Phelps/Herzog Joint Venture on a design-build contract.
The Southwest Yard will have the capacity to store 70 light rail vehicles and will consist of a main shop, a washing facility, a cleaning platform, a material storage building and a wheel truing shop. The facility can be later expanded as Metro’s rail fleet grows.
“This investment will allow Metro to safely and efficiently maintain the vehicles that will finally connect the growing Metro Rail network to LAX,” said Metro Board Chair and Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.
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