As expected — and in a replay of 2003, when the L.A. to Pasadena Gold Line opened — the line to board trains to East L.A. is more than an hour’s wait at Union Station. The line, in fact, snakes all the way into the parking garage.

If you don’t want to wait — and we don’t blame you if you don’t — Metro is running a free shuttle bus back to East L.A. at Bay 5 on Gateway Plaza, which is located at the rear of Union Station.