The D Line Subway Extension Project, formerly known as the Westside Subway Extension, the Subway to the Sea, and the Purple Line Extension, is a construction project in Los Angeles County, California, extending the rapid transit D Line of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system from its current terminus at Wilshire/Western in Koreatown, Los Angeles, to the Westside region. The project is being supervised by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). The subway has been given high priority by Metro in its long-range plans, and funding for the project was included in two county sales tax measures, Measure R and Measure M.
The interior of Wilshire/La Brea station, under construction in November 2023.
Metro construction signage along Wilshire in Westwood (2022)
Signage announcing future site of the D Line in Miracle Mile
A tunnel boring machine at La Brea station, part of Section 1 of the D Line Extension
D Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The D Line is a fully underground 5.1-mile (8.2 km) rapid transit line operating in Los Angeles, running between Koreatown and Downtown Los Angeles. It is one of six lines on the Metro Rail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
D Line train at Union Station
Metro D Line train at Union Station. The Metro B and D lines both end at Union Station, the eastern terminus of both lines.
Opening day of the Metro extension to Wilshire (July 1996) at the Wilshire/Normandie station
Wilshire/La Brea station under construction in November 2023
