Get ready for more “frustration and headaches” in your Green Line ride to LAX.
Riders who use a city-operated shuttle at the Aviation/LAX Metro Station can soon expect a change in service related to construction work needed to tie the Green Line tracks into the new Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project, Los Angeles World Airports officials announced Monday.
Starting on Friday at 9 p.m., the LAX “G” Shuttle will pick up and drop off passengers at the Hawthorne/Lennox Metro Station, which is about four miles east of the airport, rather than at the closer Aviation/LAX Station.
LAWA officials said the change is necessary because light rail service will not be available at five stations west of Hawthorne/Lennox (Aviation/LAX, Mariposa, El Segundo, Douglas and Redondo Beach) during construction, but rail service is expected to resume by 3 a.m. on April 7, at which time the “G” shuttle will resume service at the Aviation/LAX Station.
“As we improve our airport and the region improves our public transportation system, we know that the necessary construction may mean additional frustration and headaches for the traveling public,” said Keith Wilschetz, LAWA’s deputy executive director for operations and emergency management.
“By adding more drivers and additional buses to take people from the Green Line’s temporary final stop at Hawthorne/Lennox directly to LAX, we will be able to reduce the impact to the traveler, provide the highest quality of service, and get people where they need to go faster, and more efficiently,” he said.
LAWA will be adding three buses and six drivers to the route, bringing the total number of buses to 10. Buses will depart from the Hawthorne/Lennox Station every 15-25 minutes, which closely mirrors the Green Line train schedule. The estimated length of the trip between the Hawthorne/Lennox Station and LAX is 30 minutes.
Metro’s work to tie in the Green Line is one of several projects that aims to bring a direct connection between its light rail and LAX’s proposed Automated People Mover by 2023.
–City News Service