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===Riding Metro Rail===
 
===Riding Metro Rail===
 
Before you board the Metro Rail, you need to buy a [[Los Angeles Metro fares|ticket or pass]] from a [[Los Angeles Metro ticket machine|ticket machine]] (located at every station). Metro Rail is a [[proof of payment]] system and riders must have a valid or pass while onboard the train or on the platform. Underground stations now have faregates and proof of payment is required past the faregates.
 
Before you board the Metro Rail, you need to buy a [[Los Angeles Metro fares|ticket or pass]] from a [[Los Angeles Metro ticket machine|ticket machine]] (located at every station). Metro Rail is a [[proof of payment]] system and riders must have a valid or pass while onboard the train or on the platform. Underground stations now have faregates and proof of payment is required past the faregates.
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'''One way tickets''' on Metro Rail are good for one-way travel on a single line only (valid for 2 hours). A trip that involves a transfer (say between Blue and Green) will require another one way ticket. It is more convenient to buy a day pass instead (which is also good on Metro's buses, although it cannot be purchased on buses with cash.)
  
 
On the platform, board the train that goes to your station. The headsign on the vehicle will show the destination. On the train, announcements will be made for the next station.
 
On the platform, board the train that goes to your station. The headsign on the vehicle will show the destination. On the train, announcements will be made for the next station.

Revision as of 01:26, 23 July 2010

Metro Rail is a rail network serving parts of Los Angeles County. The system is consisted of two subway lines and three light rail lines. The fares and fare payment methods are the same for all rail services.

Train service

Station information:

Select station

The system is consisted of five lines

B Line - Union Station - North Hollywood
D Line - Union Station - Wilshire/Western
A Line - 7th Street/Metro - Long Beach
C Line - Norwalk - El Segundo
L Line - Pasadena - East Los Angeles

Although not a rail service, G Line busway service also has the same fare payment method and has service quality similar to other Metro Rail lines.

Map

 LineLatlongBusBus
103rd Street/Watts Towers StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.942247, -118.243157
17th Street/SMC StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.023149, -118.480394
1st Street StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.76879, -118.189398
26th Street/Bergamot StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.028062, -118.46914
5th Street StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.773533, -118.189384
7th Street/Metro Center StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail E Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.048726, -118.258515
APU/Citrus College StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.13683, -117.891687
Allen StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.15245, -118.114227
Anaheim Street StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.781809, -118.189384
Arcadia StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.142873, -118.029194
Artesia StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.876201, -118.222563
Atlantic StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.033398, -118.154427
Avalon StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.927475, -118.265204
Aviation/LAX StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.929643, -118.377192
Azusa Downtown StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.135858, -117.906708
Balboa StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.185929, -118.500547
Canoga StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.190506, -118.596793
Chatsworth StationAmtrak Pacific Surfliner
Metrolink Ventura County Line
Los Angeles Metro G Line
34.252907, -118.599386
Chinatown StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.063872, -118.23585Low Fare Bus
Civic Center/Grand Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.05481, -118.24612Los Angeles Metro J Line
Compton StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.897597, -118.224271
Crenshaw StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.925201, -118.326512
Culver City StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.027885, -118.388954
De Soto StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.188649, -118.588445
Del Amo StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.848129, -118.210981
Del Mar StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.141917, -118.148223
Douglas StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.905257, -118.383055
Downtown Inglewood StationLos Angeles Metro Rail K Line33.967266, -118.351446
Downtown Long Beach StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.768037, -118.19294
Downtown Santa Monica StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.014031, -118.491398
Duarte/City of Hope StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.132514, -117.96766
East LA Civic Center StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.033363, -118.160995
El Segundo StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.916238, -118.386717
Expo/Bundy StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.03172, -118.452904
Expo/Crenshaw StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail K Line
34.022518, -118.335091
Expo/La Brea StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.024803, -118.355156
Expo/Sepulveda StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.035423, -118.434209
Expo/Vermont StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.018238, -118.29155
Expo/Western StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.018326, -118.308907
Expo Park/USC StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.018223, -118.285667
Fairview Heights Station (Inglewood)Los Angeles Metro Rail K Line33.975282, -118.336082
Farmdale StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.023949, -118.346062
Fillmore StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.13352, -118.148123
Firestone StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.959594, -118.243192
Florence StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.973723, -118.243269
Grand/LATTC StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.033168, -118.269359Metro Bus 35
Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail E Line
34.054936, -118.251472
Harbor Freeway StationHarbor Transitway
Los Angeles Metro Rail C Line
33.928715, -118.281126
Hawthorne/Lennox StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.933431, -118.351705
Heritage Square/Arroyo StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.087302, -118.213121
Highland Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.111172, -118.192623
Historic Broadway StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail E Line
34.052044, -118.246553
Hollywood/Highland StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.10176, -118.339215
Hollywood/Vine StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.101513, -118.325747
Hollywood/Western StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.101478, -118.308967
Hyde Park Station (Los Angeles)Los Angeles Metro Rail K Line33.988213, -118.330851
Indiana StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.034069, -118.192245
Irwindale StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.129062, -117.932505
Jefferson/USC StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.022125, -118.278091
LATTC/Ortho Institute StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.029121, -118.273575
La Cienega/Jefferson StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.026352, -118.372093
Lake StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.151806, -118.131581
Lakewood Blvd. StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.913084, -118.140629
Laurel Canyon StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.168518, -118.396509
Leimert Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail K Line34.004594, -118.332663
Lincoln Heights/Cypress Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.08094, -118.220403
Little Tokyo/Arts District StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail E Line
34.048845, -118.238757
Long Beach Blvd. StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.924885, -118.209967
Los Angeles Union StationAmtrak Coast Starlight
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
Metrolink Ventura County Line
Metrolink San Bernardino Line
Metrolink 91/Perris Valley Line
Metrolink Riverside Line
Metrolink Antelope Valley Line
Metrolink Orange County Line
Amtrak Southwest Chief
Amtrak Sunset Limited
Los Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.055708, -118.234327
Maravilla StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.033306, -118.168068
Mariachi Plaza StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.047192, -118.219231
Mariposa Station (El Segundo)Los Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.923164, -118.387588
Martin Luther King Jr. Station (Los Angeles)Los Angeles Metro Rail K Line34.0094, -118.335337
Memorial Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.148063, -118.147683
Monrovia StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.133166, -118.003495
Nordhoff StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.235435, -118.597282
North Hollywood StationLos Angeles Metro G Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail B Line
34.168707, -118.376956
Norwalk StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.914019, -118.10483
Pacific Avenue StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.772249, -118.193745
Pacific Coast Highway Station (Metro Rail)Los Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.789065, -118.189381
Palms StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.029315, -118.404276
Pershing Square StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.048457, -118.251632
Pico/Aliso StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.047619, -118.226036
Pico StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail E Line
34.040736, -118.266116
Pierce College StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.187176, -118.570955
Redondo Beach StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.894678, -118.369147Lawndale Beat Residential Route
Reseda StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.180388, -118.536011
Roscoe StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.219803, -118.597275
San Pedro StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.026806, -118.255495
Sepulveda StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.180779, -118.468847
Sherman Way StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.200352, -118.597221
Sierra Madre Villa StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.14777, -118.081216
Slauson Station (Metro Rail)Los Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.988821, -118.243385
Soto StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.043659, -118.210251
South Pasadena StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.115245, -118.157819
Southwest Museum StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.098248, -118.206713
Tampa StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.18128, -118.553475
Universal City/Studio City StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.138867, -118.36262
Valley College StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.172124, -118.422516
Van Nuys Station (Transitway)Los Angeles Metro G Line34.180557, -118.448091
Vermont/Athens StationLos Angeles Metro Rail C Line33.928677, -118.291799
Vermont/Beverly StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.076615, -118.292031
Vermont/Santa Monica StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.09051, -118.292026
Vermont/Sunset StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line34.09844, -118.29141
Vernon StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.002904, -118.243293
Wardlow StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.819871, -118.196095
Washington Station (Los Angeles)Los Angeles Metro Rail A Line34.01963, -118.24306
Westchester/Veterans StationLos Angeles Metro Rail K Line33.962034, -118.374452
Westlake/MacArthur Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.056918, -118.276132
Westwood/Rancho Park StationLos Angeles Metro Rail E Line34.036817, -118.424556
Willow Street StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line33.807098, -118.189855
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks StationLos Angeles Metro Rail A Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail C Line
33.92823, -118.237641
Wilshire/Normandie StationLos Angeles Metro Rail D Line34.061482, -118.300906
Wilshire/Vermont StationLos Angeles Metro Rail B Line
Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line
34.062796, -118.290604
Wilshire/Western StationLos Angeles Metro Rail D Line34.062031, -118.30884
Woodley StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.186233, -118.483635
Woodman StationLos Angeles Metro G Line34.178995, -118.429559

How to take Metro Rail

Plan your trip

Select a station through the map above for access and parking information on individual stations.

Riding Metro Rail

Before you board the Metro Rail, you need to buy a ticket or pass from a ticket machine (located at every station). Metro Rail is a proof of payment system and riders must have a valid or pass while onboard the train or on the platform. Underground stations now have faregates and proof of payment is required past the faregates.

One way tickets on Metro Rail are good for one-way travel on a single line only (valid for 2 hours). A trip that involves a transfer (say between Blue and Green) will require another one way ticket. It is more convenient to buy a day pass instead (which is also good on Metro's buses, although it cannot be purchased on buses with cash.)

On the platform, board the train that goes to your station. The headsign on the vehicle will show the destination. On the train, announcements will be made for the next station.

Bicycles

Bicycles can be taken aboard the Metro Rail during most hours on all cars with no additional fare. There's no bike rack onboard. Riders must hold onto the bike and not to block doors and aisles.

Restrictions

Apply in commute directions only as listed below.

Weekday morning 6:30am - 8:30am:

  • Blue Line - Long Beach to 7th/Metro
  • Gold Line - Sierra Madre Ville to Union Station, Atlantic to Union Station
  • Green Line - Norwalk to Redondo Beach
  • Red Line - Union Station to Wilshire/Vermont, Wilshire/Vermont to Union Station

Weekday afternoon 4:30pm - 6:30pm:

  • Blue Line - 7th/Metro to Long Beach
  • Gold Line - Union Station to Sierra Madre Ville, Union Station to Atlantic
  • Green Line - Redondo Beach to Norwalk
  • Red Line - Union Station to Wilshire/Vermont, Wilshire/Vermont to Union Station

Folding bikes are permitted on trains at any time if folded.

Disabled access

Metro Rail is 100% accessible and has level boarding for all trains at all stops. All stations have either ramp and/or elevator to provide access to the platforms from the streets. If the elevator is out of service, disabled riders can take a bus free to the next station.