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Notches 33,000 Average Weekday Boardings in October
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en español “The steady growth in
ridership on the Metro Green Line shows that more people are discovering
the benefits of the Metro Rail System in Los Angeles,” said MTA Board
Chair John Fasana. “Along with the Metro Blue Line and Metro Red Line,
the Metro Green Line is providing a safe, inexpensive and convenient way
for thousands of people to get to jobs, schools, medical facilities and
places of recreation.” The 20-mile Metro Green
Line runs from Norwalk in southeast Los Angeles County to Redondo Beach,
primarily in the center median of the The Metro Green Line is
part of a 59.4-mile integrated rail system, the Metro Rail System, which
also includes the light rail Metro Blue Line and the Metro Red Line
subway. To accommodate the
increase in ridership on the Metro Green Line, MTA has added an extra car
to some trains, making them two-car trains. Similarly, MTA has begun
running some three-car trains on the Metro Blue Line, which reached
capacity just a decade after it opened in 1990. The Metro Blue Line
runs along a 22-mile route from Long Beach to downtown Los Angeles with a
convenient transfer point to the Metro Green Line at the Imperial/
Wilmington/Rosa Parks Station. The Metro Blue Line also links with the
Metro Red Line subway at the 7th St./Metro Center/Julian Dixon
Station in downtown Los Angeles. The 17.4-mile Metro Red Line, which
opened in January 1993, runs from Union Station to Wilshire/Western and
North Hollywood. The Metro Rail System
has a combined average weekday ridership of nearly a quarter million
boarding passengers. MTA-151 |
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