Metro Expo Light Rail Operations & Maintenance Facility (OMF)

Santa Monica, California

Kiewit was selected for the construction of the new Exposition Light Rail Line Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF), servicing the new 15.2-mile line running from downtown Los Angeles and Santa Monica. The Kiewit-constructed OMF consists of four buildings totaling over 120,000 SF, which include distinct spaces for administration, operations, maintenance, and servicing. The facility contains six storage tracks designed for three-car train consists, a light maintenance and repair shop, administration facility, a run-through car wash building, double track interior car cleaning platform with integrated vacuuming systems, a wheel truing machine designed to service the entire LA Metro fleet, yard control center, a traction power substation designed to maintain the fleet of 45 vehicles.