There will be no train service to three Metro Blue Line stations — Florence, Firestone, 103rd/Watts Towers — from Friday evening through the close of service on Sunday in order [continue reading]
Update, 6:45 p.m.: Power in the area has now been restored and trains are resuming normal service. BLUE LINE: Trains resuming normal service; earlier power issue in Long Beach now clear. pic.twitter.com/mmMWw73h5u — Metro (@metrolosangeles) December 22, 2017 Repairs to the overhead power supply system in Long Beach are expected to [continue reading]
Learn about some of the work performed throughout our system to keep it in a state of good repair with the Maintenance Diaries. In this installment, we meet Sergio Perez, [continue reading]
What is being done to make the system more reliable? How much maintenance work is required to keep the system running? As a member of the team who monitors Metro’s primary [continue reading]
Beginning Sunday, December 10, Metro will implement several changes to improve the efficiency and reliability of bus service. Changes include modifications to late night owl service to offer better transit connections, a new Westside Line 602 shuttle and extending the hours of Line 233 to 24-hours-day, seven days a week. [continue reading]
This Saturday, Dec. 9 from start of service to 6 p.m., there will be no Metro Blue Line train service south of Willow Street Station as the City of Long [continue reading]
Metro will begin work on connecting the junction of the Crenshaw/LAX Line and Green Line starting Friday, Jan. 26, Metro CEO Phil Washington said Thursday. The work will require a 71-day closure of [continue reading]
All Metro Bus and Rail service will operate on a Sunday/Holiday schedule on Thanksgiving Day this Thursday. This means all buses without Sunday service will not run. For routes and [continue reading]
One of Metro’s core values is to try to continuously improve. In that vein, the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released an audit of Metro Rail service disruptions in 2016 to help better identify and reduce the root causes of rail delays. The OIG is an independent part [continue reading]
On Tuesday, Oct 24, the Rail Operations Control Center received notification of damaged signal equipment affecting the Foothill Extension from Irwindale to APU/Citrus Stations. After further investigation, it was determined that the damage was caused due to overheated wiring. The signaling system sustained extensive damage to the wiring and equipment [continue reading]
