The LA Metro D Line will reopen this weekend after more than two months of being closed to riders.
The D Line will officially reopen Saturday morning following weeks of construction that saw crews working on communication lines and power systems to connect the existing line with its newest, nearly four-mile segment.
One of two underground subways in the LA Metro system, the D Line currently connects Koreatown to Los Angeles Union Station in downtown L.A.
The closure was part of the ongoing construction project that will extend the D Line into West L.A., with seven new stations along the way in Beverly Hills, Hancock Park and Westwood.
Previously known as the Purple Line, the D Line has a current endpoint at the Wilshire and Western Station in K Town.
Later this year, the underground line will extend into Beverly Hills with three new stations along Wilshire Boulevard, before eventually extending into Century City by 2026, and then to the L.A. Veterans Administration complex in Westwood by 2027.
The two-month closure began on May 17. In the meantime, Metro riders were forced to use a bus bridge for affected stations, while the Metro B Line, the system’s other subway that shares some of the same route, ran with increased frequency during peak hours.
Metro officials said the vast majority of the 2025 extension into Beverly Hills is done, with tunneling completed and tracks already laid. That segment is scheduled to open sometime in the fall, although an exact date has not been released.
When fully completed, the D Line could become one of the busiest public transit lines in the Metro system as it connects two of the main business centers in Los Angeles, while servicing some of the most well-known shopping centers in the region.
For updates, you can visit LA Metro’s dedicated D Line closure page, or call 323-466-3876.
Another LA Metro expansion, which will extend the A Line from its current northern terminus in Azusa to Pomona, with stops in Glendora, San Dimas and La Verne, will officially open Sept. 19. The 12-mile extension increases the overall length of what is already the longest light rail line in the world.