Due to today’s hot weather, there will be some speed restrictions on sections of Metro Rail this afternoon. Speed restrictions are precautionary measures during extreme weather conditions to ensure we do not cause damage to the tracks or overhead power lines. This means: Expect delays on Gold Line, Blue Line and Green Line [continue reading]
Bus shuttles will replace the Blue Line between Washington and 7th St/Metro Center, and the Expo Line between LATTC/Ortho and 7th St/Metro Center, beginning 9 p.m. this Friday, Sept. 23 [continue reading]
Final Update, 2:30 p.m.: Green Line Avalon Station is now open after a crime investigation. All trains are resuming normal service to the station. Update, 10:50 a.m.: No change to Green Line service at this time. Trains will continue to bypass Avalon Station as the investigation continues in a fatal stabbing last [continue reading]
Labor Day Weekend is near, so here’s a quick reminder that Metro will operate on Sunday/Holiday schedule on Monday, Sept. 5. Bus riders please note: lines that do not operate on Sundays will not run on Monday. Additionally, some Metro buses will experience detours due to the following Labor Day Weekend events: The L.A. CAN [continue reading]
Metro construction activities for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Project requires a traffic reconfiguration on Crenshaw Boulevard in Hyde Park and a eastbound traffic closure on Imperial Highway on Friday, August 12, and Tuesday, August 16. In Hyde Park: Work for the traffic reconfiguration on Crenshaw Boulevard between 60th and 67th streets will [continue reading]
UPDATE, SUNDAY 9:45 P.M.: Repairs have been completed to the Green Line’s overhead wires and regular service has resumed and will be in place Monday morning between Norwalk and Redondo Beach stations. Thank you for your patience! *** The overhead wires became detached early Sunday morning; one train that was stranded [continue reading]
7:41 a.m., update: The downtown L.A.-bound track at Compton and Artesia has been released, and trains are resuming normal service with up to 20 minute residual delays through 8:45 a.m. Supplementary bus shuttles cancelled. Customers planning to take Blue Line this afternoon can expect service to be impacted due to [continue reading]
A full closure of tracks west of Aviation/LAX Station will take place this Saturday, Aug. 6 from open to close of service. In order for crews to perform necessary track [continue reading]
The early work on construction of the new Purple Line subway station at the Wilshire and La Brea is moving along at a nice clip — see the recent pics [continue reading]
UPDATE, 5 A.M. THURSDAY: Work and testing has been completed and there will be regular Expo Line service for Thursday morning’s commute with some speed restrictions around the area of track repaired. Thank you for your patience and good morning! *** UPDATE, 4:30 A.M. THURSDAY: Test trains are now running. [continue reading]
