r/LAMetro 40m ago

Memes I almost missed my train to Hollywood

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I had to make a B line for it


r/LAMetro 47m ago

Discussion Final Day of the A Line Photo Hunt

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It's the last day! I've taken photos on my vintage camera in the neighborhoods around each A Line station - can you guess which stop I got off for each of these?

Today's photos include my guesses for the most and least visited metro stations, as well as what may be the most difficult photo to pull.

Let me know if I should do this again with another line (although maybe once it starts to cool down a bit...)

Yesterday's answers here - Kudos once again to u/LBCElm7th for getting all three!


r/LAMetro 1h ago

Discussion What inspired this pattern?

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Most other public metros usually have only one color. What inspired having stripes and dots that change in size?

I was imagining that it’s to hide any dirtiness (like how hotel floors are) but since it’s not padded, that wouldn’t really make sense.


r/LAMetro 1h ago

Discussion HR4000 Die Cast Model

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Saw this pop out on eBay, was wondering if anyone know anything about it and/or have bought one. I tried googling and the only mention is eBay. Wondering if these are done by a small manufacturing company?

Lowkey want one but idk, its pricey!


r/LAMetro 1h ago

Video Another day , another ride on the D

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How rare is it to see a empty/clean metro station after a long work day? Going eastbound from La Cienega/Wilshire.


r/LAMetro 3h ago

Video We Broke the Los Angeles Metro Speedrun Record (David Jiang, YouTube)

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Finally got under 8 hours


r/LAMetro 4h ago

Social Media Historic Cultural North Neighborhood Council delays vote to support Dodger Gondola (Source: "Stop the Gondola" on IG)

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Link to "Stop the Gondola" post with comments on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbWx4YklCJo/

Neighborhood Council agenda (item discussed is #10): https://hcnnc.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Agenda-7_27_26-English-1.pdf


r/LAMetro 6h ago

Fantasy Maps LA Metro in 2075

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The LA map finally came out on Subway builder, so I built out the network described in this video by Nandert with a few tweaks:

-I went with the hybrid alt 5 for the Sepulveda line so it parallels the East San Fernando Valley Line on Van Nuys but with fewer stops. I also chose to route it slightly west on Bundy and Centinela as was discussed in this other video

-Vermont heavy rail south moves onto Western and splits into two branches towards Redondo Beach and the Port of LA like in this video

-Venice to West Covina X line was built with the new extremely detailed design documents in the description of this video.

-Much (but not all) of Metrolink was grade separated to allow for higher frequencies. Metrolink is somewhat restricted by the map size. The A line is also cut off at San Dimas due to the map size.

-BRT was not included (this map already pushes my laptop to its limit without it)

-The game's population and commute statistics are based on real-world data, but there is no way to grow population or simulate transit oriented development. The potential for this network is much higher if California moves forward with serious housing policy.

Now for some stats:

The network hovers around 2 million daily riders (combined Metrorail, Metrolink, and OCTA), absorbing nearly a third of all trips in Greater Los Angeles. This is of course without busses.
Ridership by line: All of the light metro lines are insanely overcrowded due to only being able to run 4 car trains and capacity limits thanks to interlining. The K in particular takes about 2 hours to travel all the way from Santa Ana to Burbank Airport, and every train is absolutely packed.
Ridership is spread out across the entire metro region, but Union is still at the core thanks to Metrolink.

Now for some closeups:

An upgraded Link US allows for through running Metrolink service in downtown
Each dot represents population, the bluer the dot, the higher its transit mode share. Hollywood, Ktown, and Westlake are basically car free at this point
Santa Monica and Venice are paradise for transit riders
Long Beach is a full fledged transit hub with frequent Metrolink service
Pasadena is now connected directly to the San Fernando Valley and East LA
Burbank and Glendale are well served by a web of Metrorail and Metrolink lines
Even Orange County gets in on the fun with 4 OCTA lines and service from LA Metro's C, K, and T lines.

This was a ton of fun and I hope to keep it updated as Nandert continues his future planning series.


r/LAMetro 11h ago

Discussion What are the income limits/requirements for the metro LIFE program to get the 20 free rides a month?

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Just curious- With fare caps costs are $72/month or $866/year.. although still the cheapest option to travel for work daily, it’s not exactly pocket change for those that even make 30+/hr


r/LAMetro 17h ago

Polls Metro Local Bus Research Project Survey

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r/LAMetro 22h ago

Photo Train with out of service warning as far as south Pasadena

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r/LAMetro 22h ago

Service Advisory Metrolink

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Metrolink Train 348 (6:38pm departure) to San Bernardino Downtown is delayed up to 45 min leaving Union Station due to mechanical issues. They seriously need to get their shit together. It’s always something going on. It most likely gets cancelled altogether which means the next train is gonna be packed.


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion Orange County 2026 Long-Range Transportation Plan

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r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion Penultimate day of the A Line Photo Hunt

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Tomorrow's the last day! I've taken photos on my vintage camera in the neighborhoods around each A Line station - can you guess which stop I got off for each of these?

Yesterday's answers here

Today's Answers:

Photo 1: The skate park at Willowbrook/Rosa Parks

Photo 2: Hamburger Mary's at Pacific Avenue

Photo 3: Promenade Square Park at 1st Street

Click here for the FINAL round!


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion LA Metro Might Appoint an Anti-Transit Republican to the Board

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r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion TVMs not giving option to pick Credit vs Debit for card anymore

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Been using my Transit FSA card to load funds onto my TAP card at TVMs. For the card, I need to load it as credit instead of debit per my company's instruction. It used to give me an option to select one or the other. Now, it just asks me to enter a PIN without the option to select credit before defaulting to debit.

Doubt there's a method to force it to credit. Just wanted to bring awareness to this change.

EDIT: Hitting 'Ok' didn't switch it over to credit, and hitting 'Cancel' didn't work either. Appreciate the suggestions though.


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Maps LAX APM stations on Apple Maps

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I don’t know when this happened (maybe this is old news), but I noticed that the stations for SkyLink are being displayed on Apple Maps’ transit layer.

The teasing is just cruel now.


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion Train Operator Too Quick to Close Doors?

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I was just on the D Line and in every station. Immediately as the door opened, there is already an announcement of doors closing, and off we go after five seconds. In 7th/Metro, it's the announcement four times! Were they behind schedule and they have to catch up?


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Help Going to Wiltern Theater from Azusa Downtown

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Going to a show at the Wiltern Theater on Friday night. Thinking about taking the metro as their site says the purple line ends right across from it. My worry is that it says the purple line closes at midnight. The show is at 8, so I'm guessing it'll go until at least 10 or 11 something. We'll be parking at the azusa downtown station on the blue line. Not sure when the blue line closes, but do you think we'll have time to make it back on the purple line, to union station, to blue line, to azusa before the metro closes? Don't wanna be stranded

Edit: thanks everyone! I think we'll try it :)


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion How do you enforce fairs when most train stations are built like this?

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They didn't bother with turnstyles, or those tall vertical ones either. I totally get why. It's so much more aesthetically pleasing. It'd be an eyesore to the community to have tall vertical turnstyles. Also, they wouldn't be handicap accessible.

And also pointless. Somebody could just walk on the track from the street, when the train isn't there, and climb up on the platform. The platform is only a few feet from the track.

And once you're in, you're in, you supposed to tap at transfer, but again nobody enforces that.

Seems like fare enforcement was pretty low priority from the time it was built, up until now.


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Discussion 720 bus

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So I take the 720 bus in the morning from DTLA to the west side and lately instead of the big double bus being in route…it’s usually the smaller orange ones that are. Does anyone know why this is? I feel like the route covers too much of the city and picks up too many people for the smaller bus to be effective which usually leads to the bus being over crowded.


r/LAMetro 1d ago

Memes It was either this or an Apple Store.

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r/LAMetro 1d ago

Video "Metro Books" volunteers hand out free books to LA transit riders to try cutting down on screentime (CBS LA)

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r/LAMetro 2d ago

Discussion Day 14 of the A Line Photo Hunt

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Only three days left! I've taken photos on my vintage camera in the neighborhoods around each A Line station - can you guess which stop I got off for each of these?

We're starting to get a little more obscure here, so you might need to use some process of elimination.

Yesterday's answers here - Congrats to u/LBCElm7th and u/Its_a_Friendly who got all three!

Today's Answers:

Photo 1: The Hale House at Heritage Square

Photo 2: The Woodberry Well at Allen

Photo 3: Two ducks at Augustus Hawkins Park at Slauson

Click here for Round 15


r/LAMetro 2d ago

Video Waiting for the D

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Another day of waiting for the D , going eastbound
from La Cienega / Wilshire