LAX Automated People Mover

The LAX Automated People Mover is an automated people mover (APM) system under construction to serve the area around Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The system will be owned by Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), and LAX Integrated Express Solutions (LINXS)—a public–private partnership of ACS, Alstom, Balfour Beatty, Fluor and Hochtief, with assistance from HDR and Flatiron West—was awarded a 25-year contract to design, build, finance, operate, and maintain the line. The 2.25-mile (3.62 km) line will include six stations linking the LAX Consolidated Rent-A-Car Facility (ConRAC), the Metro Rail system, and the LAX West Intermodal Transportation Facility (West ITF) with the airport’s central terminal area (CTA).

Construction was initially scheduled for completion in 2023, but the opening has been repeatedly delayed, and as of October 2025 it is estimated to begin passenger service in June 2026. A contract arbitrator found LAWA responsible for nearly two years of delay, and a Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury report concluded that the project’s setbacks stemmed from a strained relationship between LAWA and the LINXS consortium, political pressure to finish the system before major regional events, and shortcomings in the contract’s dispute-resolution provisions. In total, LAWA has agreed to more than US$880 million in dispute-related payments, in addition to the project’s US$4.9 billion, 25-year cost.