The 9.1-mile, four-station Glendora to Pomona project segment continues to be on time and on budget to be completed and turned over to LA Metro in just about nine months. Crews are currently nearing completion on two critical elements of the light rail system ahead of this summer’s train testing phase: the power and train control systems. As part of that effort, extensive testing of the newly-installed crossing safety equipment is now underway at the project’s 21 at-grade crossings. Meanwhile, progress continues on the four new stations and associated parking facilities, and each station’s dedicated artist/artist team continue to fabricate their station art pieces that will be fully installed in the months ahead.

In addition, this month the Construction Authority issued the Request for Qualifications (RFQ), the first step in the approximately 15-month procurement process to hire the design-build team for the 3.2-mile, two-station Pomona to Montclair project segment. This follows last year’s submittal by Metro of a grant application to fully fund the project in Los Angeles County through SB125 (an award announcement is expected by the end of April). Once funding is secured and a design-build team hired, the shovel-ready Pomona to Montclair segment will take approximately five years to complete.

Four New Stations

The four new light rail stations are now more than two-thirds complete overall. At the future Glendora, San Dimas and La Verne stations, the platform canopies have been installed, while crews are getting ready to carry out the same work at the future Pomona station. Crews also continue work on the power, communications and train control systems at each station. Working out of their studios and fabrication facilities, each station’s artist/artist team continues to bring their art pieces to reality, as they prepare them for installation.

All four stations will be center platform stations, with a track on each side – one for westbound trains, and one for eastbound trains – and each station’s parking facility will feature amenities for riders arriving by bike, walking, bus and drop-off.