LINE Name Country City Regional Rail
Purple Phase 1 US Los Angeles No
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS Start year End year Length (in km) Tunnel (in km) Tunnel Stations Source
2014 2024 6.3 6.3 100% 3 Media
COST INFORMATION Cost (in M) Currency PPP rate Year PPP Real cost (in M$) Cost/km (in M$) Source
2,800.0* USD 1.0 2018 3,021.5 479.6 Media
REFERENCE https://la.streetsblog.org/2018/04/25/metro-celebrates-purple-line-extension-1-tunnel-machines-set-to-start-in-august/
NOTES The ‘Real cost’ values have been adjusted for inflation and PPP.
Sections of the line constructed in trench are represented with the same line style as the at-grade sections.
The project maps are based on information retrieved from OpenStreetMap and our research. Please contact us if you have more accurate information regarding this project.
* There is a cost overrun of unidentified size. https://la.streetsblog.org/2020/06/09/metro-purple-line-extension-section-1-difficult-tunnelling-resulting-in-cost-overruns/
Go to Los Angeles city page.