Metro - File #: 2026-0569

• File #: 2026-0569
• Type: Budget
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/22/2026
• In control: Operations, Safety, and Customer Experience Committee
• On agenda: 9/17/2026
• Title: AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to: INCREASE the Life of Project Budget (LOP) for the Project 205670 - Metro C Line Traction Power Substations Replacement by $63,000,000 increasing the Life of Project from $98,500,000 to $161,500,000.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bids, Budget, Budgeting, Capital Project, Construction, Contracts, Invitation For Bids, Labor, Maintenance, Metro Rail C Line, Norwalk Station, Operations and Maintenance, Plan, Procurement, Project, Project delivery, Redondo Beach Station - South, Revenue Service, Safety, State Of Good Repair, Strategic planning, Switches (Electricity), Switches (Railroads), Switching, Traction, Train operation

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OPERATIONS, SAFETY, AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 17, 2026

Subject
SUBJECT: METRO C-LINE TRACTION POWER SUBSTATION (TPSS) REPLACEMENT PROJECT

Action
ACTION: APPROVE RECOMMENDATION

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
AUTHORIZE the Chief Executive Officer to:

INCREASE the Life of Project Budget (LOP) for the Project 205670 - Metro C Line Traction Power Substations Replacement by $63,000,000 increasing the Life of Project from $98,500,000 to $161,500,000.

Issue
ISSUE

The original C Line Traction Power Substations (TPSS) are approximately 31 years old and are nearing the end of useful lives. Although the TPSS remain operational, they require increasing maintenance and repairs, and critical spare parts that are no longer manufactured or readily available in the commercial market. Due to the age of the TPSS, growing maintenance needs, and limited availability of replacement parts, the TPSS must be replaced. In addition, the scope was expanded to include additional requirements critical to the TPSS installation. As a result, the existing LOP budget is insufficient to award the TPSS replacement contract; therefore, an LOP increase is required for project delivery.

Background
BACKGROUND

The original C Line TPSS provides electrical power to trains operating on 18 miles of railroad along the I-105 freeway corridor between Redondo Beach Station and Norwalk Station. The TPSS were constructed in 1990 and began revenue service in 1995. As the equipment ages, its efficiency declines, increasing electrical energy usage and reduces reliability.

Many TPSS parts are no longer manufactured and require custom fabrication to maintain TPSS in service. In addition, the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Siemens, no longer provides technical maintenance support for the existing TPSS because of their age. The project is to replace aging substations with new energy-efficient TPSS to improve reliability and efficiency of electrical power for...