Link: Gold Line Extension Targets Mid-October Opening
Gold Line Extension Targets Mid-October Opening
Published: Friday, August 21, 2009 3:41 PM PDT
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - The Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension, once expected to open in September, will now debut in mid-October at the earliest, Metro spokesman Marc Littman said last week.
The agency is slated to begin “stress tests” at the end of August, during which all aspects of the equipment and infrastructure is tested. The next and final step is pre-revenue testing, a five-week period when the trains run exactly as they will once the line opens — the only missing piece will be the riders. The $899 million project includes a new station in Little Tokyo at Second and Alameda Streets, and will connect Downtown with East Los Angeles. “We haven’t set a date,” Littman said. “But theoretically, the earliest would be mid-October.”
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