Mayor Garcetti Joins Rail Manufacturing President and Employees Where Metro's Rail Cars are Made by 350 L.A. County Workers

PALMDALE -- Metro Vice Chair and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Kinkisharyo International, LLC President Akiyoshi Oba today urged a yes vote on Measure M to create new jobs. Kinkisharyo's 450,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Palmdale currently employs 350 people making rail cars for Metro's Gold and Expo lines, and they will soon make cars for the under-construction Crenshaw/LAX line. Measure M will dramatically increase rail transit all across Los Angeles County, requiring the manufacture of many more rail cars. According to the non-profit Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation, Measure M will create 465,000 jobs across our region.

The Kinkisharyo facility cost $60 million to build and is located on 60 acres near the intersection of Sierra Highway and Avenue M in Palmdale.