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Component

http://www.trb.org/Publications/Blurbs/163903.aspx

The $898.8 million Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Light Rail Project is a 6-mi light rail line running mostly at grade from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles to East Los Angeles, California. It will connect directly with the Pasadena Metro Gold Line at Union Station and will serve the ethnically diverse and culturally rich communities along the route, including the Little Tokyo–Arts District, Boyle Heights, and East Los Angeles. There are six at-grade stations and two subway stations, where the at-grade alignment proceeds underground beneath Boyle Heights for 1.7 mi of tunnel alignment. The 6-mi Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension Light Rail has an estimated one-way trip time of approximately 20 min from Union Station to Atlantic Station and vice versa. Construction began in July 2004 and revenue operations are scheduled for the end of 2009. This paper discusses the design and engineering aspects of this light rail extension project.

01206823

English

pp 183-189

2010-7

Transportation Research Circular

Joint International Light Rail Conference: Growth and Renewal

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Light rail transit; Line extensions (Rail transit); Planning and design; Rail transit stations; Travel time

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Cultural influences

Design; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Railroads; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure

TRIS, TRB

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