Construction is nearing completion for Metro's 3.9-mile $3.35 billion D Line subway extension section 1. The project extends the D (former Purple) Line from its current terminus, at Western Avenue, to La Cienega Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
Section 1 construction is just over 91 percent complete. The extension is expected to open to the public in late 2025. Two additional D Line extensions are also under construction; these will extend the subway to Westwood.
"If you drive along Wilshire," noted Metro Chief Program Management Officer Timothy Lindholm at last month's Construction Committee meeting, "you'll actually start to see these stations starting to form. You can see them along the alignment."
"[For section 1,] All the tunneling is done, excavation is done, and concrete is done, and we're in finish mode and testing mode and systems mode," Lindholm noted. "Which bodes well for us finishing the project and opening it up next year."
The new stations are indeed visible to folks moving along Wilshire, including those bicycling, walking and riding buses there. Streetsblog was in the area yesterday and took photos of the new stations, looking very much like, well, stations!
See also SBLA July station construction photos shared on Twitter.
