Los Angeles has a new metro station closer to LAX airport, and a new north-south K line serving it. (Erik Em) Erik rides the C line from downtown Los Angeles west to Expo/Crenshaw station, and the new K line south to the airport. Here are system maps to show how the lines relate to the rest of the subway network and the region. The east-west C line with the old airport station is extended to the new station. Erik also discusses an airport peoplemover that’s under construction and will also serve the station.
The hype of the new LAX station supersedes its actual practicality. The station is located nearly 2 miles from the nearest airport terminal. The planned People Mover will definitely help. But the overall customer experience of using transit to LAX is still dampened by the fact that both Metro lines serving the airport don’t go downtown and requires a shuttle bus that gets stuck in traffic to access the terminal…