The Los Angeles to Anaheim (LA-A) Project Section is the southernmost link of the first phase of the statewide high-speed rail system. The approximately 30-mile project section connects Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) to the Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), using the Los Angeles to Anaheim rail corridor that currently serves both freight and passenger service.
As part of Phase I of the statewide system, the LA-A Project Section is the final High-Speed Rail Project Section awaiting completion of environmental review. Upon the completion of Phase I, High–Speed Rail will provide passenger service from San Francisco to Los Angeles in under three hours.
The LA-A Rail Corridor traverses the cities of:
- Los Angeles
- Vernon
- Commerce
- Bell
- Montebello
- Pico Rivera
- Norwalk
- Santa Fe Springs
- La Mirada
- Buena Park
- Fullerton
- Anaheim
- Portions of unincorporated Los Angeles County.
The California High-Speed Rail Authority (Authority) has released the Los Angeles to Anaheim (LA-A) Project Section Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIR/EIS) for public review and comment.
The Draft EIR/EIS evaluates the impacts and benefits of the:
Preferred Alternative, the Shared Passenger Track Alternative A with Light Maintenance Facility (LMF) at 26th Street
Shared Passenger Track Alternative B with Light Maintenance Facility (LMF) at 15th Street
No Project Alternative
The introduction of high-speed rail between Los Angeles and Anaheim provides the region with an opportunity to ensure the efficiency and capacity of this vital rail corridor by improving track layouts, reducing conflicts between rail and road traffic, consolidating rail storage and increasing passenger services.
The Shared Passenger Track Alternatives:
- Add one mainline track in some areas of the existing corridor, bringing the mainline track total to four tracks, between LAUS and Fullerton
- Utilize the existing two tracks between Fullerton and ARTIC
- Electrify two of the four mainline tracks
- Improve corridor operations and safety by reducing conflicts between passenger and freight track crossings
- Introduce high-speed train service with up to two trains per peak hour/per direction
- Relocate the Commerce and Buena Park Metrolink Stations to better serve the region
- Grade separations in Santa Fe Springs and Anaheim
- Include a Light Maintenance Facility (LMF)
- Include layover tracks near LAUS and ARTIC to store and restock high-speed trains