The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA or Metro). The system includes 101 metro stations with two rapid transit (known locally as a subway) and four light rail lines, covering 109miles of route service.[1] In 2019, the Metro Rail system served an average 295,889 passengers each weekday, totaling 93.2 million passengers in the calendar year. Metro Rail is one of the largest rapid transit and light rail systems in the United States by ridership.[2] The system is complemented by two Metro Busway bus rapid transit lines.
Metro Rail began service on July 14, 1990, when the light rail Blue Line opened between and stations;[3] the line was extended to and stations on September 1.[4] The Blue Line was extended one stop northward from Pico to on February 15, 1991.[5] The next Metro Rail line, the rapid transit Red Line, opened on January 30, 1993, between and station.[6] The light rail Green Line, the system's third line, opened on August 12, 1995 from to stations.[7] Metro Rail's next expansion occurred on May 22, 1996, when the Red Line expanded westward from Westlake/MacArthur Park to stations.[8] The Red Line expanded again on June 12, 1999, with a branch from to stations.[9] The final section of the Red Line opened on June 24, 2000, from Hollywood/Vine station to station, completing the Red Line as originally planned.[10] A fourth Metro Rail line, the light rail Gold Line, opened on July 27, 2003 between Union Station and station in Pasadena.[11] The rapid transit Purple Line became the fifth Metro Rail line on August 24, 2006, when LACMTA separated the Red Line into two separate services; the branch between Union Station and Wilshire/Western station became the Purple Line while the branch between Union Station and North Hollywood station remained the Red Line.[12] The Gold Line was later extended to station in East Los Angeles on November 15, 2009.[13] The light rail Expo Line opened between 7th Street/Metro Center and on April 28, 2012; two additional stations opened on June 20, 2012.[14] The Gold Line's second extension opened on March 5, 2016 and added six more stations from Sierra Madre Villa from to .[15] An extension to the Expo Line on May 20, 2016 added seven stations.[16] The opening of the K Line on October 7, 2022 added six stations.[17] The Regional Connector project featured two new underground stations as well as a rebuilt Little Tokyo/Arts District station.
The system has 101 stations serving its six lines. Twelve of these stations are transfer stations, which allow passengers to transfer between lines. Eleven of these stations are termini - stations at the end of lines. 53 of the stations are within the city of Los Angeles and the other 48 stations are located in surrounding communities in Los Angeles County.
There are six Metro Rail lines, each of which is associated with a letter.
Name | Stations | Termini | Opening | Newest extension | Length[18] [19] | Ridership (weekday)[20] | Type | Former line name(s) | ||
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align=center | 44 | (north) (south) | 1990[21] | 2023[22] | 48.5miles | 69,216 | Light rail | Blue Line Gold Line L Line | ||
14 | (north) (south) | 1993[23] | 2000 | 14.7miles | 64,729 | Rapid transit | Red Line | |||
14 | (west) (east) | 1995[24] | n/a | 19.3miles | 21,902 | Light rail | Green Line | |||
8 | (west) Union Station (east) | 1993[25] | 1996 | 5.1miles | 64,729 | Rapid transit | Red Line Purple Line | |||
align=center | 29 | (west) (east) | 2012 | 2023 | 22miles | 48,913 | Light rail | Gold Line Expo Line L Line | ||
align=center | 7 | (north) (south) | 2022[26] | n/a | 5.9miles | 3,136 | Light rail |
For stations served by more than one line, lines are listed in the order of opening.
Transfer stations | ||
Termini | ||
† | Transfer stations and termini |
Station | Image | Line(s) | Location[27] [28] | Date opened[29] | |||
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Long Beach | align=center | [30] | |||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Financial District) | align=center | [31] [32] [33] | |||||
Santa Monica | |||||||
Santa Monica | |||||||
Los Angeles (Watts) | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | [34] | |||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Azusa | [35] | ||||||
Arcadia | |||||||
Compton | align=center | ||||||
East Los Angeles | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (South Los Angeles) | align=center | [36] | |||||
Los Angeles (Westchester) | align=center | ||||||
Azusa | |||||||
Los Angeles (Chinatown) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Civic Center) | align=center | ||||||
Compton | align=center | ||||||
Hawthorne | align=center | ||||||
Culver City | align=center | ||||||
Rancho Dominguez | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
El Segundo | align=center | ||||||
Inglewood | align=center | [37] | |||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Santa Monica | |||||||
Duarte | |||||||
East Los Angeles | align=center | ||||||
El Segundo | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Sawtelle) | |||||||
† | Los Angeles (Jefferson Park) | align=center | |||||
Los Angeles (Baldwin Hills) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Rancho Park) | |||||||
Los Angeles (University Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (University Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (University Park) | align=center | ||||||
Inglewood / Los Angeles (Hyde Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Adams) | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
Florence-Graham | align=center | ||||||
Florence-Graham | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Bunker Hill) | [38] | ||||||
Los Angeles (Historic South Central) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (South Los Angeles) | align=center | ||||||
Hawthorne | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Cypress Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Highland Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Civic Center) | |||||||
Los Angeles (Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (East Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Hyde Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (East Los Angeles) | align=center | ||||||
Irwindale | |||||||
Los Angeles (University Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Baldwin Hills) | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
Downey | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Historic South Central) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Leimert Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Little Tokyo) | |||||||
Los Angeles (Lincoln Heights / Cypress Park) | align=center | ||||||
Lynwood | align=center | ||||||
East Los Angeles | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) | align=center | ||||||
El Segundo | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Baldwin Hills / Crenshaw) | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
Monrovia | |||||||
Los Angeles (North Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Norwalk | align=center | ||||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Palms) | |||||||
Los Angeles (Financial District / Jewelry District) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (South Park) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) | align=center | ||||||
Redondo Beach | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Historic South Central) | align=center | ||||||
Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
Florence-Graham | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Boyle Heights) | align=center | ||||||
South Pasadena | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Highland Park / Mount Washington) | align=center | ||||||
† | Los Angeles (El Pueblo) | align=center | |||||
Los Angeles (Studio City) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Athens / South Los Angeles) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Koreatown) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (East Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (East Hollywood) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (South Los Angeles) | align=center | ||||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (South Los Angeles) | align=center | ||||||
Inglewood / Los Angeles (Westchester) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Westlake) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Rancho Park) | |||||||
Long Beach | align=center | ||||||
Willowbrook | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Koreatown) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Koreatown) | align=center | ||||||
Los Angeles (Koreatown) | align=center |
Station | Image | Line(s) (Project name) | Location | Opening | ||
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Los Angeles (Westchester) | 2024 | [39] | ||||
(Westside Extension) | Los Angeles (Century City) | 2026 | [40] | |||
(Foothill Extension) | Glendora | 2025 | [41] | |||
(Foothill Extension) | La Verne | 2025 | ||||
† | Los Angeles (Westchester) | 2024 | ||||
(Foothill Extension) | Pomona | 2025 | ||||
(Foothill Extension) | San Dimas | 2025 | ||||
(Westside Extension) | Los Angeles (Westwood) | 2027 | [42] | |||
(Westside Extension) | Los Angeles (Westwood) | 2027 | ||||
(Westside Extension) | Los Angeles (Beverly Grove / Carthay / Mid-Wilshire) | 2025 | [43] | |||
(Westside Extension) | Los Angeles (Hancock Park / Mid-Wilshire) | 2025 | ||||
(Westside Extension) | Beverly Hills | 2025 | ||||
(Westside Extension) | Beverly Hills | 2026 |