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{{Infobox Public transit| name = Los Angeles County Metro Rail| image = LACMTA logo.png| locale = Los Angeles County, California and [light rail| system_length = | lines = 5| stations = 62| ridership = 276,900| track_gauge = ([standard gauge)] (LACMTA)-->The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is the indirect descendant of the Pacific Electric Red Car system and Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car lines, which operated in the area from the early to middle twentieth century. Currently, Metro Rail operates three light rail lines and two rapid transit subway lines, altogether totaling 73.1 miles of rail, 62 stations, and approximately 276,900 daily weekday boardings as of June 2006.

System The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) runs five rail lines throughout Los Angeles County.











Metro Liner and Combined Transitway services While assigned colors and appearing on the Metro Rail system map the lines of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority#Metro Transitways, are not rail lines but bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. Bus rapid transit systems are designed with characteristics similar to an urban light rail system such as a dedicated right-of-way (or a right-of-way shared with other High-occupancy vehicle lane) and dedicated stations, usually spaced approximately one mile apart, featuring amenities such as public art, park-and-ride lots, and ticket vending machines.

Metro Liner:The LACMTA Orange Line is a dedicated busway running on a former Southern Pacific right-of-way, using 60-foot buses. This is described by proponents as "light rail on rubber tires."

Combined Transitway Services:The two transitway lines are the El Monte Busway, and Harbor Transitway, denoted by Silver and Bronze, respectively.

Subway

The Los Angeles Subway is the rapid transit system of the city of Los Angeles, California. As described below, all Los Angeles streetcar lines had been closed down by 1963 in favor of using automobiles on an extensive freeway system. With 14 million people in the greater metropolitan area, those automobiles soon created one of the most traffic-congested cities in the country. In the 1980s, Los Angeles County voters approved a half-cent sales tax decided to build a network of metro and light rail lines.

Although the first light rail opened in 1990, the first underground subway - the Red Line - opened in 1993 after seven years of construction. Originally designated as one line with two branches, the subway was later re-designated as two lines, the Red Line; now running from downtown Los Angeles westwards to Hollywood and North Hollywood after the US$1.5 billion, 4.8km twin tunnel extension in 2000 LA Metro - Mott MacDonald Project Page, and the Purple Line; running along Wilshire Boulevard to Koreatown. As of the fourth quarter of 2006, the combined Red and Purple lines averaged a weekday ridership of 122,600, Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006, which makes it the List of United States Rapid Transit systems by Ridership.

All of the underground stations boast an interesting design, as 0.5% of the total construction budget of the stations was reserved for public art. Due to the city's proximity to Geologic fault, tunnels had to be built to resist earthquakes of up to Richter magnitude scale 7.5. Both lines utilize an Third rail to provide power to the trains, making subway trains incompatible with the other three rail lines.

Light Rail , the line's current northeast terminusLos Angeles' first modern light rail, the Blue Line, opened in 1990, 27 years after streetcar service ended (see below). Of the five Metro Rail lines, three (Blue, Green, and Gold) are configured as light rail lines. These lines utilize Overhead lines to provide electric power to the trains, making light rail trains incompatible with the two subway lines. As a result, the Blue Line terminates at 7th St/Metro Center (LACMTA station) rather than continuing on to Union Station (Los Angeles), and riders wishing to transfer between the Blue Line and the myriad of other rail services at Union Station must first transfer to the subway for an intermediate trip of a little over a mile and a half.

The Blue and Gold Lines run mostly at grade, with some street-running, elevated, and underground stretches in more densely-populated areas. The Green Line is entirely grade-separated, running in the median of the 105 Freeway and then turning southward along an elevated route.

Metro's light rail system is the List of United States Light Rail systems by ridership by ridership, with 134,300 average weekday boardings during the second quarter of 2007. APTA Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006 Additionally, the Blue Line is the second largest light rail line by ridership in North America with an average weekday ridership of 72,295, after the Green Line (MBTA)'s daily ridership of 235,300, though the Boston Green Line has four outbound termini, so that its 25 miles of track service a larger lateral area than the Blue Line's 22 miles.American Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2007.

History Los Angeles once had the world's most extensive electric-powered rail transit system, the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Car," with 1,100 miles (1,770 km) of track and 2,800 scheduled trains each day. Rail lines and streetcars (trolleys) ran up and down most major streets in Los Angeles and its suburbs. In addition to the Pacific Electric, most of the streetcars in the central city and surrounding neighborhoods were operated by Henry Huntington's Los Angeles Railway, later Los Angeles Transit Lines, who ran the "Yellow Cars." The "Red Cars" were mostly interurban trains connecting widely separated cities with each other, with the exception of a few small neighborhood lines in areas like Echo Park, Los Angeles, California and Redlands.

Ridership of the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway peaked in the early 1930s, with another increase during World War II, however, as increasing automobile traffic both drew riders away from the Red Cars and Yellow Cars and caused its lines — which usually operated in mixed traffic and had at-grade street crossings — to slow to a grinding halt. (At one point late in the Red Car's life, average speeds on the busy Santa Monica Boulevard line had fallen below 15 mph.)

Throughout the United States in the 1950s, the emergent middle class poured into automobile-dependent outer-ring suburbs, which were gradually connected to urban centers and to one another by a web of freeways. This process accelerated in the 1950s, when a variety of factors, such as relaxation of automobile loan rules by the Federal Reserve, falling automobile prices, and federal subsidies for freeway construction led to a nearly wholesale switch from transit systems to freeway systems. Most electric rail systems, including the Pacific Electric, either switched to buses or closed down altogether. According to the General Motors streetcar conspiracy, GM and a number of National City Lines were responsible for the closure of the rail lines; however, Pacific Electric had in fact begun the transition from streetcars to buses in the mid-1920s due to a variety of factors. In any case, a private company, Metropolitan Coach Lines, purchased and closed most of Pacific Electric's remaining rail lines in 1954 and converted them to buses. The state government would not allow MCL to shutter the most used rail lines, which caused MCL to seek to sell off its rail operations instead.

A public agency, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, a predecessor to the RTD and the current MTA, took control of all remaining Los Angeles County passenger rail lines in 1958. The agency closed the remaining interurban rail and streetcar lines over the course of the following five years. After almost 90 years of streetcars and electric rail in Los Angeles, the last remaining Red Car line went out of service in 1961 and the last streetcar lines, remnants of the Yellow Car, originally operated by the Los Angeles Railway, followed suit two years later.

After years of debate and a twenty-year flirtation with monorail technology, MTA began construction on several new conventional rail lines in the 1980s. In 1990, rail transit returned to Los Angeles with the LACMTA Blue Line line, a light rail line from Downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach, using largely the right-of-way last used by the Pacific Electric in 1961. Plans originally called for subway lines to the San Fernando Valley (via Hollywood, California), Pasadena, California, and East Los Angeles, California, but budget concerns and political opposition meant that only 18 of the planned 50+ miles of subway were built. Today, there are five rail lines that cover 73.1 miles (118 km) of track. However, several expansion projects are currently in the works as noted below.

Hours of operation Metro Rail generally operates from 5:00 AM to midnight. However, exact times vary from route to route. See individual route articles for more information.

Fares All fare collection is based on a proof of payment system. At least two fare machines are outside each station. Fare inspectors and deputy sheriffs police the system and cite individuals without fares. The standard Metro base fare applies for all trips.

FareRegularSenior/Disabled/MedicareBase FareUS$1.25US$.55TokensUS$1.25--Metro Day PassUS$5.00US$1.80Weekly PassUS$17.00--Student Fare Card (with monthly stamp)US$24.00--College/Vocational (with monthly stamp)US$36.00--Monthly PassUS$62.00US$14.00Metro-to-Muni TransferUS$.30US$.10

Current projects



Expansion proposals Official







Citizens' advocacy Rail advocates have proposed the following lines:









See also

References External links

{{Infobox Public transit| name = Los Angeles County Metro Rail| image = LACMTA logo.png| locale = Los Angeles County, California and [light rail| system_length = | lines = 5| stations = 62| ridership = 276,900| track_gauge = ([standard gauge)] (LACMTA)-->The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is the mass transit rail system of Los Angeles County. It is run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and is the indirect descendant of the Pacific Electric Red Car system and Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car lines, which operated in the area from the early to middle twentieth century. Currently, Metro Rail operates three light rail lines and two rapid transit subway lines, altogether totaling 73.1 miles of rail, 62 stations, and approximately 276,900 daily weekday boardings as of June 2006.

System The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) runs five rail lines throughout Los Angeles County.











Metro Liner and Combined Transitway services While assigned colors and appearing on the Metro Rail system map the lines of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority#Metro Transitways, are not rail lines but bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. Bus rapid transit systems are designed with characteristics similar to an urban light rail system such as a dedicated right-of-way (or a right-of-way shared with other High-occupancy vehicle lane) and dedicated stations, usually spaced approximately one mile apart, featuring amenities such as public art, park-and-ride lots, and ticket vending machines.

Metro Liner:The LACMTA Orange Line is a dedicated busway running on a former Southern Pacific right-of-way, using 60-foot buses. This is described by proponents as "light rail on rubber tires."

Combined Transitway Services:The two transitway lines are the El Monte Busway, and Harbor Transitway, denoted by Silver and Bronze, respectively.

Subway

The Los Angeles Subway is the rapid transit system of the city of Los Angeles, California. As described below, all Los Angeles streetcar lines had been closed down by 1963 in favor of using automobiles on an extensive freeway system. With 14 million people in the greater metropolitan area, those automobiles soon created one of the most traffic-congested cities in the country. In the 1980s, Los Angeles County voters approved a half-cent sales tax decided to build a network of metro and light rail lines.

Although the first light rail opened in 1990, the first underground subway - the Red Line - opened in 1993 after seven years of construction. Originally designated as one line with two branches, the subway was later re-designated as two lines, the Red Line; now running from downtown Los Angeles westwards to Hollywood and North Hollywood after the US$1.5 billion, 4.8km twin tunnel extension in 2000 LA Metro - Mott MacDonald Project Page, and the Purple Line; running along Wilshire Boulevard to Koreatown. As of the fourth quarter of 2006, the combined Red and Purple lines averaged a weekday ridership of 122,600, Heavy Rail Transit Ridership Report, Fourth Quarter, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006, which makes it the List of United States Rapid Transit systems by Ridership.

All of the underground stations boast an interesting design, as 0.5% of the total construction budget of the stations was reserved for public art. Due to the city's proximity to Geologic fault, tunnels had to be built to resist earthquakes of up to Richter magnitude scale 7.5. Both lines utilize an Third rail to provide power to the trains, making subway trains incompatible with the other three rail lines.

Light Rail , the line's current northeast terminusLos Angeles' first modern light rail, the Blue Line, opened in 1990, 27 years after streetcar service ended (see below). Of the five Metro Rail lines, three (Blue, Green, and Gold) are configured as light rail lines. These lines utilize Overhead lines to provide electric power to the trains, making light rail trains incompatible with the two subway lines. As a result, the Blue Line terminates at 7th St/Metro Center (LACMTA station) rather than continuing on to Union Station (Los Angeles), and riders wishing to transfer between the Blue Line and the myriad of other rail services at Union Station must first transfer to the subway for an intermediate trip of a little over a mile and a half.

The Blue and Gold Lines run mostly at grade, with some street-running, elevated, and underground stretches in more densely-populated areas. The Green Line is entirely grade-separated, running in the median of the 105 Freeway and then turning southward along an elevated route.

Metro's light rail system is the List of United States Light Rail systems by ridership by ridership, with 134,300 average weekday boardings during the second quarter of 2007. APTA Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Third Quarter, 2006. Retrieved December 29, 2006 Additionally, the Blue Line is the second largest light rail line by ridership in North America with an average weekday ridership of 72,295, after the Green Line (MBTA)'s daily ridership of 235,300, though the Boston Green Line has four outbound termini, so that its 25 miles of track service a larger lateral area than the Blue Line's 22 miles.American Public Transportation Association, Light Rail Transit Ridership Report, Second Quarter 2007.

History Los Angeles once had the world's most extensive electric-powered rail transit system, the Pacific Electric Railway's "Red Car," with 1,100 miles (1,770 km) of track and 2,800 scheduled trains each day. Rail lines and streetcars (trolleys) ran up and down most major streets in Los Angeles and its suburbs. In addition to the Pacific Electric, most of the streetcars in the central city and surrounding neighborhoods were operated by Henry Huntington's Los Angeles Railway, later Los Angeles Transit Lines, who ran the "Yellow Cars." The "Red Cars" were mostly interurban trains connecting widely separated cities with each other, with the exception of a few small neighborhood lines in areas like Echo Park, Los Angeles, California and Redlands.

Ridership of the Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway peaked in the early 1930s, with another increase during World War II, however, as increasing automobile traffic both drew riders away from the Red Cars and Yellow Cars and caused its lines — which usually operated in mixed traffic and had at-grade street crossings — to slow to a grinding halt. (At one point late in the Red Car's life, average speeds on the busy Santa Monica Boulevard line had fallen below 15 mph.)

Throughout the United States in the 1950s, the emergent middle class poured into automobile-dependent outer-ring suburbs, which were gradually connected to urban centers and to one another by a web of freeways. This process accelerated in the 1950s, when a variety of factors, such as relaxation of automobile loan rules by the Federal Reserve, falling automobile prices, and federal subsidies for freeway construction led to a nearly wholesale switch from transit systems to freeway systems. Most electric rail systems, including the Pacific Electric, either switched to buses or closed down altogether. According to the General Motors streetcar conspiracy, GM and a number of National City Lines were responsible for the closure of the rail lines; however, Pacific Electric had in fact begun the transition from streetcars to buses in the mid-1920s due to a variety of factors. In any case, a private company, Metropolitan Coach Lines, purchased and closed most of Pacific Electric's remaining rail lines in 1954 and converted them to buses. The state government would not allow MCL to shutter the most used rail lines, which caused MCL to seek to sell off its rail operations instead.

A public agency, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, a predecessor to the RTD and the current MTA, took control of all remaining Los Angeles County passenger rail lines in 1958. The agency closed the remaining interurban rail and streetcar lines over the course of the following five years. After almost 90 years of streetcars and electric rail in Los Angeles, the last remaining Red Car line went out of service in 1961 and the last streetcar lines, remnants of the Yellow Car, originally operated by the Los Angeles Railway, followed suit two years later.

After years of debate and a twenty-year flirtation with monorail technology, MTA began construction on several new conventional rail lines in the 1980s. In 1990, rail transit returned to Los Angeles with the LACMTA Blue Line line, a light rail line from Downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach, using largely the right-of-way last used by the Pacific Electric in 1961. Plans originally called for subway lines to the San Fernando Valley (via Hollywood, California), Pasadena, California, and East Los Angeles, California, but budget concerns and political opposition meant that only 18 of the planned 50+ miles of subway were built. Today, there are five rail lines that cover 73.1 miles (118 km) of track. However, several expansion projects are currently in the works as noted below.

Hours of operation Metro Rail generally operates from 5:00 AM to midnight. However, exact times vary from route to route. See individual route articles for more information.

Fares All fare collection is based on a proof of payment system. At least two fare machines are outside each station. Fare inspectors and deputy sheriffs police the system and cite individuals without fares. The standard Metro base fare applies for all trips.

FareRegularSenior/Disabled/MedicareBase FareUS$1.25US$.55TokensUS$1.25--Metro Day PassUS$5.00US$1.80Weekly PassUS$17.00--Student Fare Card (with monthly stamp)US$24.00--College/Vocational (with monthly stamp)US$36.00--Monthly PassUS$62.00US$14.00Metro-to-Muni TransferUS$.30US$.10

Current projects



Expansion proposals Official







Citizens' advocacy Rail advocates have proposed the following lines:









See also

References External links



 

Los Angeles County Metro Rail



 
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