Category Archives: Service Alerts

Metro running enhanced service for HARD Day of the Dead

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Going to HARD Day of the Dead? Plan on going Metro. The music extravaganza is taking place Saturday, November 3 at the LA State Historic Park, conveniently near the Gold Line Chinatown Station. The fun starts at 6 p.m. and lasts until 2 a.m.

Here are few tips for Metro riders going to the event.

  • All concert goers ride FREE to the event ONLY if possessing their event ticket or wristband.
  • Last Gold Line trains to Pasadena and East LA will depart Chinatown Station exactly 30 minutes after conclusion of the event.
  • Last Red Line train to North Hollywood will hold for the last Gold Line from Chinatown and depart Union Station approximately 40 minutes after conclusion of the event.
    • All further connections from this trip will be held for passengers destined to Blue, Expo, Green, or Orange Line.
  • Full platform length trains will be running on both Red & Gold Lines to provide extra capacity.  Please use entire platform length when boarding.
  • There will NOT be any extended hours beyond the regular schedule for the Silver Line. However, Foothill Transit’s Silver Streak to El Monte provides 24-hour service.

Service advisories posted for upcoming special events — including Rock-n-Roll Half-Marathon in downtown L.A. on Sunday

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There’s a lot going on around town in the next week. Here’s the newly-posted service advisories for bus detours:

Saturday in downtown Los Angeles: Independence Day of Panama http://www.metro.net/service/advisories/update/special/505/

Sunday in downtown Los Angeles: Rock ‘n’ Roll ½ Marathon http://www.metro.net/service/advisories/update/special/507/

Wednesday in West Hollywood: Halloween Carnival http://www.metro.net/service/advisories/update/special/508/

Incident involving Metro bus in Hollywood

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At approximately 7:57 a.m. this morning a bus on Metro Line 780 was traveling westbound on Hollywood Boulevard at Courtney Avenue when it was involved in a collision with a dump truck. The truck may have been unoccupied and rolled into the intersection, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The bus was forced from its lane and collided head-on with a BMW carrying a woman driver and a child.

As many as 30 of the bus passengers and the bus operator were transported to local hospitals with what appeared to be mostly minor injuries accordinf to the LAFD; the number of transports is not confirmed at this time. The driver of the BMW was extricated by the LAFD from the vehicle and transported to a local hospital with leg injuries and the LAFD listed her condition as ‘fair.’ The girl in the BMW suffered minor injuries.


Metro bus detours during Endeavour move

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Photo: NASA, via Flickr creative commons.

Space Shuttle Endeavour starts its last mission tomorrow night as it begins its slow roll from LAX to the California Science Center in Exposition Park. Street closures will be taking place along the 12-mile route. Below are the bus lines that will be affected and here is the map of the shuttle’s route:


View Mission 26: The Big Endeavour in a larger map

Note:  All times below are approximations. LADOT and law enforcement have authority over actual street closure and reopening times. Passengers should expect significant delays on all bus lines operating in the affected areas, including lines that are not on detour but have to cross the Endeavour route at LADOT crossing points (204, 206, 207, 754, 757).  Passengers are encouraged to ride the Expo Line to minimize delays.

Line 111 will detour via Century between La Brea and Western from the beginning of service on Friday, October 12 until approximately 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 13.

Line 115 will detour via Arbor Vitae and Century between Lincoln and Van Ness from the beginning of service on Friday, October 12 until approximately 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 13.

Lines 210 and 710 will detour via Western between Century and Rodeo from approximately 10:00 a.m. on Friday, October 12 through 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 13.  Line 710 will terminate at Jefferson/10th Ave. and will not make stops on Crenshaw at Jefferson or Rodeo.

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Blue and Expo line service back to normal

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Regular service on the Blue Line resumed about 8:15 a.m. this morning. A lightning strike — yes, a lightning strike — caused a power disruption to the train between the Willow and Del Amo stations a little before 7 a.m. A test train ran about 8 a.m. and service resumed after that.

Delayed by Blue Line this morning and need delay verification for employer/school? Call Customer Relations at 213.922.6235 or fax them at 213.922.6988.

You can receive service alerts several ways. They’re on the metro.net homepage (which also has a mobile version), are also available through Metro’s smartphone app and they’re posted to Metro’s regular Twitter account, as well as Metro’s service alert account.

 

Freeway ramps closed for CicLAvia

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From Caltrans, the following freeway ramps will be closed on Sunday, Oct. 7 to accomodate CicLAvia:

Golden State Freeway (I-5)
From 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Traffic restrictions on north and southbound 4th Street on and off-ramps

Hollywood Freeway (US 101)
From 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Full closure of north and southbound 4th Street on and off-ramps
Full closure of northbound Spring Street off-ramp
Traffic restrictions on southbound Broadway off-ramp

Harbor Freeway (SR-110)
From 6 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Full closure of north and southbound 9th Street on and off-ramps
Full closure of southbound SR-110 Adams Boulevard off-ramp

Service delays this morning on the Green Line

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Passengers on the Metro Green Line this morning are experiencing delays of up to 7 minutes from Marine Station to Douglas Station due to power problems. Metro expects to have full service on the alignment restored before 11 a.m. For now, passengers from Marine Station traveling eastbound will board a shuttle train to Douglas Station and from there transfer to another train to complete their trip. For service alerts visit Metro.net and follow us on Twitter @metroLAalerts

Triathlon detours in effect

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Reminder: There are 42 bus lines that will have some detours due to this morning's triathlon in Los Angeles that stretches from Venice to L.A. Live in downtown.

Lines detoured: 14, 37, 16, 18, 20, 28, 30, 33, 51, 52, 53, 55, 60, 62, 66, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 81, 96, 105, 200, 204, 206, 207, 210, 212, 217, 330, 460, 487, 534, 550, 603, 720, 733, 754, 757, 760, 960.

Here's the rundown line by line.

Many of the lines will revert to their normal routes as the race passes through.