Friday marks a momentous occasion for travel in Los Angeles County.

This evening, the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station will begin providing the best public transportation access to the airport that Southern Californians have ever had.

For now, the station will connect to the airport through a free shuttle that runs every 10 minutes, but next year, the opening of the Automated People Mover will make transit even easier. • The LAX/Metro Transit Center station under construction near the Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2023. (Getty Images) • A vehicle sits on a track approaching a Central Terminal Area station during testing for the Automated People Mover (APM) train system at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, California on May 19, 2025

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