Los Angeles 2023

The Los Angeles urban rail system after the inauguration of the K Line in 2022 and the inauguration of the light rail subway between Union Station and 7th St. / Metro Center.

VIDEOS

Above: YouTube^CA video - Los Angeles Metro Gold, Blue & Expo Line - Length: 7:38 mins.

Above: YouTube^CA video - The Subway in Los Angeles, California 2018 - Length: 9:16 mins.

Above: YouTube^CA video - LA Metro - E Line (Expo) (Pico - Santa Monica) - Length: 43:59 mins.

Above: YouTube^CA video - Angels Flight Railway in Downtown Los Angeles (4th Street) - Length: 7:32 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

LOS ANGELES WITH SURROUNDINGS

Los Angeles surroundings – 2023

FIRST INSET: LOS ANGELES MAIN AREA

Los Angeles Main area – 2023

SECOND INSET: LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN

Los Angeles downtown map – 2023

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ROUTES

Operator: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)

LIGHT RAIL ROUTES

A	Blue Line	APU / Citrus College - Arcadia - Pasadena (Sierra Madre Villa) - South Pasadena - Highland Park – Chinatown – Union Station - Little Tokyo / Arts Dist. - 7th St. / Metro Center – Pico – San Pedro St. - Vernon – Firestone – Willowbrook / Rosa Parks – Compton – Del Amo – Long Beach
C	Green Line	Norwalk – Willowbrook / Rosa Parks – Vermont – Aviation/LAX – Redondo Beach
E	Expo Line	Atlantic – Indiana - Little Tokyo / Arts Dist. - 7th St. / Metro Center – Pico – Jefferson / USC - Expo / Western - Expo / Crenshaw - Culver City - Santa Monica
K	Metro K Line	Expo / Crenshaw - Hyde Park - Westchester / Veterans

SUBWAY ROUTES

B	Red Line	Union Station - 7th St. / Metro Center - Wilshire / Vermont - Vermont / Sunset - North Hollywood
D	Purple Line	Union Station - 7th St. / Metro Center - Wilshire / Vermont - Wilshire / Western

FUNICULAR ROUTE

Operator: Angels Flight® Railway Foundation

Angels Flight

Hill St. - Olive St.

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

LRT lines: 148.7 km.
- A Line: 78.1 km.
- C Line: 31.1 km.
- E Line: 35.0 km.
- K line: 9.6 km.
Subway lines: 25.4 km.
- B line (alone): 17.4 km.
- D line (alone): 1.8 km.
- B / D common line: 6.2 km.
Funicular: 91 m.

HISTORY

Horse-drawn streetcars: 1874 - 1896
Cablecars: 1888 - 1896
Electric streetcars: 1 July 1891 - 1963
Interurban railways: 1887 - 9 Apr. 1961
Light rail: 14 July 1990 - today.
Subway: 30 Jan. 1993 - today
Funicular: (1st) 31 Dec. 1901 - 18 May 1969; (2nd) 24 Feb. 1996 - today.

GAUGE

Streetcars (Los Angeles Railway): 1067 mm.
Interurbans (Pacific Electric): 1435 mm.
Light Rail: 1435 mm.
Subway: 1435 mm.
Funicular: 762 mm.

TRAM PRESERVATION

The Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, southeast of Riverside, owns and operates a large collection of vintage Pacific Electric and Los Angeles Railway streetcars over 0.8km dual-gauge and 2.4km standard gauge track.

SOURCES

PRINT

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Simons, V. "Los Angeles - The transformation continues", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 2023 (86: 1032), p.468-470.
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WIKIS

WEB SITES

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16 June 2023

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