The new late night timetable for the Red Line!
As some people in the Twitterverse discovered yesterday — thanks Carter! 
— the new timetables for Metro Rail and the Orange Line have been posted and they include the new late-night hours scheduled to begin this Friday night/Saturday morning.
Metro is extending the hours for Metro Rail service until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights. In some cases, the last trains don’t roll until after 2 a.m. — for example, the last Expo Line train leaving 7th/Metro Center for Culver City departs at 2:12 a.m.
If you want to check the new timetables, the links are posted below.
Really excited about this service! I agree that the schedule is confusing, though with the boxed trips and whatnot. Something that might help would be a Mon-Thu, Fri, Sat, and Sun separate schedule. I don’t know, that might waste paper when printing them out though.
The boxes were a bit confusing to me, though.
I’m excited about this as I work later in the evening. I am confused about the Sat., Sun. schedules which say that this service is only good during Friday night into Saturday morning at the top and then Saturday night into Sunday morning underneath. I don’t want to find myself unable to get home from work. Also, is this something that will continue, or is it like the holiday deal you offered a couple of years ago which disappeared after the new year?
Hi Colleen,
The trains will run expanded late-night service on Friday nights into Saturday mornings (2 a.m.) and Saturday nights into Sunday mornings (2 a.m.). The expanded service will not run Sunday night, so if you’re working Sunday night into the wee hours of Monday morning, you won’t be able to take Metro Rail, unfortunately.
The expanded late-night weekend service does not have an end date at the moment, but Metro will be monitoring ridership closely to see how much it’s being used. So if you want the late-night service to stick around (or even expand to 7 days a week!) spread the word and encourage people to take Metro!
Anna Chen
The Source, Contributor
I was at a party on Saturday and people were chatting about the new extended service hours and were literally saying things like “Don’t drink and drive, take Metrorail.” Looks like it could be pretty popular.