Transit gap in Norwalk

“This is a project Southern California needs,” said Orange County Supervisor Shawn Nelson, board chairman of Metrolink.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Jan. 10, 2016 3:22 AM PT

Transportation officials are looking to close a 2.8-mile gap between Metro’s Green Line station in Norwalk and Metrolink’s Norwalk-Santa Fe Springs station.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

The gap has created a major inconvenience for anyone wanting to take rail transit from Orange County or the Inland Empire to destinations in western Los Angeles County.

(Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)