Gold Line Foothill Extension

Train operator Carlos Martinez checks the controls while performing a stress test on the Foothill Extension. The travel time from Union Station to a new terminus near Azusa Pacific University is expected to be about 48 minutes.

Los Angeles County residents are just a few months away from riding Gold Line trains through the San Gabriel Valley.

The Gold Line Foothill Extension has stops at six stations in Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa.

Metro workers take a break from performing a stress test on the new 11.5-mile Foothill Extension, which is set to open in March 2016.

A passenger casts a shadow at the Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena.

Metro train workers arrive at the Arcadia station while performing a stress test on the Gold Line Foothill Extension, which is expected to open in March 2016.