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Passengers boarding the Metro Silver Line to Downtown Los Angeles & El Monte Station. On December 13, 2009, Metro began operating on the J Line (the Silver Line). The line's length is 26 miles (42 km), almost twice as long as the Metro G Line. Currently, the J Line is the longest in the Go Metro Map.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA, now branded as Metro) began construction of the initial lines throughout the 1980s using revenues from a voter-approved increase in sales tax. The Blue (A) Line finally opened on July 14, 1990, some 27 years after the final streetcar line closed.
History of Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway. The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990.
Background. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority was formed on February 1, 1993, by the California State Legislature which merged two rival agencies: the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD or more often, RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).
The A Line is the oldest and busiest light rail line in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, carrying an average of 60,423 riders on weekdays in October 2023. Its initial segment from Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles opened in 1990, using much of the original right-of-way of the Long Beach Line , a former Pacific Electric interurban line.
The B Line (formerly the Red Line from 1993–2020) is a fully underground 14.7 mi (23.7 km) [1] rapid transit line operating in Los Angeles, running between North Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles. It is one of six lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
History. Metro Rail began service on July 14, 1990, when the light rail Blue Line opened between Pico and Anaheim stations; the line was extended to Downtown Long Beach and Pacific Avenue stations on September 1. The Blue Line was extended one stop northward from Pico to 7th Street/Metro Center on February 15, 1991.
History. The Metro Bus brand dates back to the 1993 founding of Metro, but many of the routes in the system are little changed from the bus routes of the prior Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) or the streetcar routes operated by the Pacific Electric Red Cars or the Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars.
It is one of six lines in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA). It opened on October 7, 2022, making it the system's newest line.
History. Formed in 1951, LAMTA's original mandate was to do a feasibility study for a monorail line which would have connected Long Beach with the Panorama City district in the San Fernando Valley via Downtown Los Angeles. Streetcar livery under LAMTA