Los Angeles breaks ground on $4B East San Fernando Valley light rail, 11 stations along Van Nuys Boulevard

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The Metro Board approved a project budget of approximately $4 billion in May 2026 (up from an earlier estimate of $3.57 billion), and the project secured an $893 million grant under the Federal Transit Administration's Expedited Project Delivery Pilot Program — the first funding agreement awarded under that pilot — with the rest coming from local transportation sales taxes, state sources and federal infrastructure funding. The project also includes 33 light rail vehicles and a maintenance and storage facility.

The 11 stations, spaced roughly three-quarters of a mile apart, are: Van Nuys G Line, Victory, Vanowen, Sherman Way, Van Nuys Metrolink, Roscoe, Nordhoff, Woodman, Arleta, Laurel Canyon and San Fernando. Once open, the line will connect directly with the Metro G Line, Metrolink and Amtrak. Metro says roughly 19% of households in the project corridor are fully transit-dependent, compared with 8% countywide. Metro Board Chair and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the East San Fernando Valley deserves "an affordable and safe transit system that provides reliable access to jobs, health care, schools and local businesses."

It will be the corridor's first local rail service in more than 70 years: Pacific Electric Red Cars discontinued service along Van Nuys Boulevard in 1952. During construction, Van Nuys Boulevard will see phased traffic modifications, lane reductions and the removal of some street parking. Metro is also studying a 2.5-mile northern extension to the Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink station as a second construction phase.

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LA Metro (The Source), MyNewsLA, Oct. 19, 2026.