The entrance sits on the northeast corner of Wilshire and La Cienega boulevards, at the eastern edge of Beverly Hills. It opened on May 8, 2026, along with Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Brea, after years of construction along the boulevard. Six months later, coverage of the stop still treats it mostly as a downtown commute. Metro describes the ride from Wilshire/La Cienega to Union Station as just over 20 minutes.
For a Beverly Hills household this winter, the more useful trip is one stop east. Wilshire/Fairfax lets out at LACMA, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, the Petersen Automotive Museum and La Brea Tar Pits. Between now and the second week of January, those institutions close a run of shows and open one major new one. Wilshire/La Cienega remains the end of the line until spring, so for now the stop's best use is getting to museum row.
The end of the line, for one more season
Wilshire/La Cienega will stay the western terminus of the D Line through the winter. Metro's October 2026 community meeting schedule lists Section 2, which covers the Beverly Drive and Century City stations, for "Spring 2027" operations. Section 3 to Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital follows in Fall 2027. Metro marks both dates as subject to change.
The line came back from a short break this month. Metro shut the first-segment stations in late October to install permanent electrical equipment and do maintenance, and ran Line 855 shuttle buses every 10 minutes in the meantime. On November 4, Beverly Press reported that Wilshire/La Brea, Wilshire/Fairfax and Wilshire/La Cienega were open again.
That leaves a narrow use case. Riding west from La Cienega isn't possible yet, and the eastbound trip downtown is the one most often discussed. The one-stop ride to Fairfax is the shortest trip on the line, and it takes you somewhere where parking a car is hardest. In its June review of the line, the Los Angeles Times said there is no easy parking near the new stations.
The weekend numbers trail the weekday ones
Metro's ridership figures show the extension has mostly added weekday trips so far. In its September 2026 report, which Streetsblog Los Angeles published, D Line ridership rose nearly 93% overall from September 2025. Weekday growth was 114%.
Weekends grew more slowly. Saturday boardings averaged 14,221 in September, up 24.5% from a year earlier. Sundays averaged 11,457, up 20%. These are line-wide numbers. Metro doesn't break them out by station, so they can't tell you how busy La Cienega or Fairfax is on its own.
The gap still matters for planning. Weekend growth was a fraction of weekday growth, and the Times review found uncrowded trains on several rides. A Saturday trip to museum row will likely be a quiet ride. The question is how long you wait for the train.
What closes at Wilshire/Fairfax before New Year's, and what stays
The schedule below lists exhibitions at the three main Wilshire/Fairfax institutions, sorted by closing date. The first group closes soon.
| Exhibition | Venue | Closes |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.: In Between Stops | LACMA | Dec 1, 2026 |
| Danse Macabre: Death in Print from Durer to Dix | LACMA | Dec 6, 2026 |
| Pablo Picasso: Portraits in Disguise | LACMA | Dec 6, 2026 |
| Made in America | Petersen | Dec 27, 2026 |
| Eileen Cowin: Between Panic and Paradise | LACMA | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Collecting Impressionism at LACMA | LACMA | Jan 3, 2027 |
| We Are There: The Power of Documentary | Academy Museum | Jan 17, 2027 |
| Legends of the Dirt | Petersen | Jan 18, 2027 |
| Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon | Academy Museum | Feb 28, 2027 |
| Textile Alchemy: The Art of Reiko Sudo & NUNO | LACMA | Mar 7, 2027 |
| Home of the Future, 1925–1985: Designing Domestic Utopias | LACMA | Mar 14, 2027 |
| The Kitchen and Its Discontents | LACMA | Mar 14, 2027 |
| Studio Ghibli's PONYO | Academy Museum | Mar 21, 2027 |
The first three weeks of December are the busiest stretch on that list. Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.: In Between Stops closes December 1, and the Picasso and Danse Macabre shows at LACMA both close December 6. On December 12, the Academy Museum opens Hidden Worlds: The Films of LAIKA, which runs through September 9, 2027. Then the Petersen's Made in America closes December 27. If you want to see a closing show and the LAIKA opening in one trip, a Saturday in mid-December can cover both a LACMA gallery and the Academy Museum.
Some things will still be there after the holidays. LACMA's David Geffen Galleries now house the museum's permanent collection. The opening installation is organized around exchanges across the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific, with more than 80 presentations, according to LACMA's guide to the building. The Academy Museum's The Horror Show and Zombies! run through July 25, 2027. The Petersen's A Fast & Furious Legacy runs through April 4, 2027, and World's Fastest through August 22, 2027.
La Brea Tar Pits is a different kind of stop for now. The museum building is closed for renovation, so indoor exhibitions and general admission are paused. The outdoor grounds and excavation sites are still open, and the museum offers Insider Tours, according to the Tar Pits' closure notice. Many visitors walk the grounds between a LACMA gallery and lunch, and that walk is still available.
What the ride asks of you
The costs and logistics are easy to list, and they set how much you get out of a museum-row trip.
- Fare. A regular ride costs $1.75 and includes two-hour transfers. Fares cap at $5 a day, per Metro's rider guide.
- Entrance. Wilshire/La Cienega has one portal, on the northeast corner of the intersection.
- Bikes. Each of the three new stations has new bike lockers.
- Waits. The Times reported waits of 10 or 12 minutes on several visits.
The wait matters most. For a one-stop trip, a 10 to 12 minute wait on the platform can take longer than the ride itself. On the way there you can check train times before leaving the house. On the way back, the wait depends on when you finish your last gallery.
The street-level experience is also less polished than the station below. The Times review praised the art and architecture inside the stations and called the street-level plazas barren by comparison. After the station opened, the Beverly Hills Courier reported that business owners near Wilshire and La Cienega saw little change in customer traffic. For now, most riders seem to go straight from the station to their destination.
Spring moves the stop to Beverly Drive
The terminus moves west next year, into the city's commercial center. Metro's status report puts the Beverly Drive station box under Wilshire, running from just east of South Cañon Drive toward El Camino Drive. Its entrance is on the southwest corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Reeves Drive. By May, the entrance canopy glass was installed and plaza framing was underway.
Street work is still going on at that site. According to Beverly Press, crews are doing final street restoration, paving and restriping between Rexford and El Camino drives through November 20, and installing ADA ramps at nearby corners. Work runs from 8:15 p.m. to 7 a.m., with lane reductions on Wilshire. If you drive Wilshire through the Business Triangle late at night this week, expect narrower lanes.
When Beverly Drive opens, much of the city will be within walking distance of a station instead of a drive to La Cienega. Metro's schedule says only "Spring 2027" for now. Until then, the La Cienega portal is the closest station for anyone who wants to try the ride, and the December 1 close of Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.: In Between Stops at LACMA is the nearest date on the museum calendar.
Proximity to a Wilshire station will mean something different for a property near Reeves Drive in 2027 than for one near La Cienega today, and The Go Group follows that corridor closely. If you want a discreet read on how the Beverly Drive opening affects a specific address, Neyshia Go and the team are glad to help. Schedule a Confidential Consultation.
