  
FIRST INSET: DOWNTOWN
LOS ANGELES 
  
SECOND INSET: THE LOS
ANGELES REGION 
  
ROUTES
 
Operator: Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) 
Note: The two or three-character codes used to
identify routes below and in the maps are for convenience only, and
were not used by the operating company. 
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
Operator: Metro 
| BL | 
Blue Line | 
7th St. / Metro Center – 
Pico – Vernon – Firestone – Imperial / Wilmington / Rosa Parks – 
Compton – Del Amo – Willow – Long Beach | 
 
| EL | 
Expo Line | 
7th St. / Metro Center – 
Pico – Jefferson / USC - Expo / Western - La Cienega / Jefferson - Culver City - Santa Monica | 
 
| GoL | 
Gold Line | 
Atlantic – 3rd St. – 1st St.
– Union Station – Chinatown – Highland Park – South Pasadena – Pasadena 
(Sierra Madre Villa) - APU / Citrus College | 
 
| GrL | 
Green Line | 
Norwalk – Lakewood –
Imperial / Wilmington / Rosa Parks – Vermont – Hawthorne – Aviation/LAX
– Redondo Beach | 
 
 
 
SUBWAY ROUTES
| PL | 
Purple Line | 
Union Station - Civic Center
- 7th St. / Metro Center - Wilshire / Vermont - Wilshire / Western | 
 
| RL | 
Red Line | 
Union Station - Civic Center
- 7th St. / Metro Center - Wilshire / Vermont - Vermont / Sunset - 
North Hollywood | 
 
 
 
 
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- LRT lines: 133.1 km.
- Blue Line: 35.4 km.
 
- Expo Line: 24.5 km.
 
- Gold Line: 50.0 km.
 
- Green Line: 32.2 km.
 
 
 
- Subway lines: 25.4 km.
- Purple line (alone): 1.8 km.
 
- Red line (alone): 17.4 km.
 
- Purple / Red common line: 6.2 km.
 
 
 
 
 
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