Category Archives: Service Alerts

Daily transit forecast for Sunday, Oct. 31

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For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.

Blue Line

Due to grade crossing reconstruction in Long Beach, beginning at 8:00pm Friday and through Sunday night, trains will run regular schedule headway from 7th/Metro Center to Pacific Coast Highway Station only.

A shuttle train will operate from PCH to Long Beach Transit Mall.  Affected passengers are advised to allow up to 30 additional minutes to complete their trip.

Dates: Through Oct. 31.

Lines 2, 4/704, 10, 105/705, 218, 305, 550

Detours and Stop Changes for the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. See this page for more details.

Dates: 12pm Sunday, October 31 through 6am Monday, November 1.

Daily transit forecast for Saturday, Oct. 30

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For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.

Blue Line

Due to grade crossing reconstruction in Long Beach, beginning at 8:00pm Friday and through Sunday night, trains will run regular schedule headway from 7th/Metro Center to Pacific Coast Highway Station only.

A shuttle train will operate from PCH to Long Beach Transit Mall.  Affected passengers are advised to allow up to 30 additional minutes to complete their trip.

Dates: Through Oct. 31.

Daily transit forecast for Friday, Oct. 29

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For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.

Blue Line

Due to grade crossing reconstruction in Long Beach, beginning at 8:00pm Friday and through Sunday night, trains will run regular schedule headway from 7th/Metro Center to Pacific Coast Highway Station only.

A shuttle train will operate from PCH to Long Beach Transit Mall.  Affected passengers are advised to allow up to 30 additional minutes to complete their trip.

Dates: Through Oct. 31.

Daily transit forecast for Thursday, Oct. 28

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For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.

Blue Line

Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes.

Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every 30 minutes through 10:46pm, then 11:21pm. Trains from Transit Mall to Wardlow leave at 11:43pm, 12:13am, 12:43am, 1:18am, 1:25am and 1:43am.

Southbound trains leave 7th St./Metro Center at 9:15pm, 9:45pm and every 30 minutes through 11:45pm, then 12:20am, 12:27am and 12:45am.

Dates: Through Oct. 28.

Gold Line

Due to maintenance occurring after 9pm, trains will run every 20 minutes.

Southbound will leave 3 minutes earlier than regular schedule.  Trains from Sierra Madre Villa will leave at 8:37pm, 8:57pm 9:17pm and every 20 minutes until close.  At Lincoln Heights and Heritage Square stations, all passengers should use Platform 1.

Dates: Through Oct. 28.


Daily transit forecast for Wednesday, Oct. 27

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For a complete list of planned service advisories please visit the Service Updates page on Metro.net. And for the latest service alerts follow @MetroLAalerts on Twitter.

Blue Line

Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes.

Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every 30 minutes through 10:46pm, then 11:21pm. Trains from Transit Mall to Wardlow leave at 11:43pm, 12:13am, 12:43am, 1:18am, 1:25am and 1:43am.

Southbound trains leave 7th St./Metro Center at 9:15pm, 9:45pm and every 30 minutes through 11:45pm, then 12:20am, 12:27am and 12:45am.

Dates: Through Oct. 28

Gold Line

Due to maintenance occurring after 9pm, trains will run every 20 minutes.

Southbound will leave 3 minutes earlier than regular schedule.  Trains from Sierra Madre Villa will leave at 8:37pm, 8:57pm 9:17pm and every 20 minutes until close.  At Lincoln Heights and Heritage Square stations, all passengers should use Platform 1.

Dates: Through Oct. 28.


Daily transit forecast, Tuesday, Oct. 26

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Blue Line

Due to Expo construction work after 8:15pm, trains run every 30 minutes.

Northbound trains leave Transit Mall at 8:16pm, 8:46pm and every 30 minutes through 10:46pm, then 11:21pm. Trains from Transit Mall to Wardlow leave at 11:43pm, 12:13am, 12:43am, 1:18am, 1:25am and 1:43am.

Southbound trains leave 7th St./Metro Center at 9:15pm, 9:45pm and every 30 minutes through 11:45pm, then 12:20am, 12:27am and 12:45am.

Dates: Through Oct. 28 Continue reading →


Major traffic accident in Boyle Heights closes streets, access to Soto Station

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Metro has closed access to the Metro Gold Line Soto Station in Boyle Heights due to a major traffic accident at E. 1st St and Soto Ave. in Boyle Heights.

The accident, which did not involve Metro trains, occurred on surface streets near the entrance to the Soto Station. Emergency response units are utilizing the station plaza as a triage staging area for accident victims.

Gold Line trains are bypassing Soto Station with no delays to service. Customers are advised to use Mariachi Plaza or Indiana stations as an alternative.

UPDATE 5:30 p.m. Metro Bus lines 251, 252 on Soto Street; Lines 30, 751 on First Street are detouring around scene of accident. Area is not accessible for temporary signage but Metro supervisors are positioned to direct transit riders to boarding areas.

UPDATE 10:20 p.m. Soto Station is closed to service until accident investigation concludes. All trains continue to bypass station. Normal operation is expected to resume at start of service Tuesday a.m.

Bus detours on Sunday due to half-marathon in Los Angeles

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The Rock & Roll Half Marathon to be held Sunday, October 24, will start in Griffith Park and will take runners past the Silverlake Reservoir, down Sunset Boulevard, along the edge of Echo Park Lake, and finishes at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles. The closure of streets and detours will begin around 6 a.m.

Metro Bus Lines to be impacted by the Rock & Roll Half Marathon will be 2, 4, 10, 14, 16, 18, 20, 26, 28, 37, 48, 51, 53, 55, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 78, 79, 81, 83, 90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 200, 201, 439, 442, 445, 460, 485, 487, 603, 770, and 910.

In addition, the shuttle buses on the Blue Line bus bridge in effect this weekend won’t stop at 7th St/Metro Center on Sunday but will continue to Pershing Square Station from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Metro Bus service will return to regular service as soon as the streets are reopened. For more information on detours and delays, Metro will tweet the information on
http://twitter.com/metroLAalerts
. For alerts and general Metro information, go to
http://twitter.com/metrolosangeles
.

Metro apologizes for any inconvenience and recommends patrons plan ahead if traveling through this area. For information on Metro Bus and Rail services, visit the Metro Trip Planner at www.metro.net or call 1 (800) COMMUTE.


Blue Line bus bridge in downtown L.A. this weekend

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While we’re at it, here’s more detour news:

Due to Blue Line/Expo Construction, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Friday and through at least 4 a.m. Monday morning, trains will operate only from Washington Station to Long Beach Transit Mall.  Trains will operate on regular schedule.  Shuttle Buses will operate between Washington Station and 7th/Metro Center.  Please be advised to allow up to 40 additional minutes to complete your trip and that work will occur over additional weekends; notices will be posted.  Please see metro.net for more information.  Metro apologizes for the inconvenience.

In addition, on Sunday, the shuttle buses won’t stop at 7th St/Metro Center but will continue to Pershing Square Station from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to the Los Angeles Rock and Roll Half-Marathon.

Bus detours this afternoon in downtown L.A. due to police brutality rally

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A rally and march to end police bruality is taking place this afternoon in downtown Los Angeles and will impact bus service in the area. Bus service will be affected from Pershing Square in downtown to MacArthur Park in Westlake. If possible, use Metro Rail to avoid delays. Buses will stop at detours any place it is safe to do so.

Here is the list of detours from Metro’s bus operations staff:

LINE: 2, 4, 10/48, 90 (91), 81, 83, 94.
Eastbound:    Regular route to Hill St. and 3rd St. then continue via Hill St. to (L) 4th St., (R) Broadway,
(R) 8th St., (L) Hill St. and regular route.

Westbound:    Regular route to Hill St. and 7tyh St. then continue via Hill St. to (R) 6th St., (L) Broadway
(L) 3rd St., (R) Hill St. and regular route.

Line 14
Southbound:   Regular route to Grand Ave. &  1st St., via 1st St., to (R) Spring St., (R) 8th St.,
(L) Grand Ave. and regular route.

Northbound:    Regular route to Olive St. & 8th St. , then via Olive St., (R) 7th St., (L) Broadway,
(L) 1st St. to Olive St. and regular route. Continue reading →