Starting on Sunday, December 15, Metro is updating bus service with changes designed to improve bus frequency, make schedules more accurate, reduce wait times for riders at bus stops and improve access to key destinations for riders across our service area in L.A. County.
These are part of our round of twice-yearly service changes. All the changes along with maps and schedules will be posted here soon: http://metro.net/mybus and a summary of changes is below.
Weekdays (Monday – Friday)
There are schedule updates on these Metro Bus Lines: 10, 14, 18, 20, 33, 37, 45, 48, 55, 60, 76, 81, 90, 102, 105, 108, 110, 125, 128, 150, 161, 165, 166, 167, 169, 180, 182, 205, 206, 207, 210, 211, 215, 217, 218, 224, 232, 234, 237, 240, 251, 260, 265, 266, 287, 294, 460, 501, 601, 602, 603, 605, 617 and the G Line (also known as Line 901).
Saturdays
There are schedule updates on these Metro Bus Lines: 4, 10, 18, 20, 33, 45, 48, 60, 76, 81, 102, 108, 110, 120, 125, 134, 161, 165, 166, 167, 180, 206, 212, 217, 218, 224, 232, 234, 237, 240, 251, 260, 265, 266, 460, 601, 603, 754 and the G Line (also known as Line 901).
Sundays
There are schedule updates on these Metro Bus Lines: 4, 10, 18, 20, 33, 45, 48, 60, 76, 81, 102, 108, 110, 125, 134, 161, 165, 166, 167, 180, 206, 212, 217, 218, 224, 232, 234, 237, 240, 260, 265, 266, 460, 601, 603 and the G Line (also known as Line 901).
We’re also making strategic route changes on a few lines to improve access to key destinations and improving regional connectivity. This includes some lines that will become part of the Pasadena Transit System and temporary adjustments on other lines due to construction.
Additional Trips on Busy Lines: To meet rising demand, we’re adding more trips on multiple lines:
Weekdays: Lines 14, 33, 55, 105, 108, 150, 164, 165, and 244.
Saturdays: Lines 62 and 910.
Sundays: J Line (Line 910 between Harbor Gateway and El Monte)
New LAX/Metro Transit Center Opening Soon — Bus Lines 102, 111, 117, 120, 232 and 40 (Owl service) will be modified to serve the new station that will open in early 2025. The new station will serve the C and K Lines, as well as the LAX people mover when it eventually opens. The new LAX/Metro Transit Center will also replace the LAX City Bus Center and the Aviation/LAX Station bus transit center. The bus lines above will use the LAX City Bus Center as their terminus (including an extension of Line 120 to this location) until the LAX/Metro Transit Center opens and will have revised routes starting December 15 in the area near the City Bus Center.
Here are the changes by line:
Line 16 will revert to using 5th and 6th Streets at Los Angeles Street as the eastern end of this line, instead of 6th and Central in downtown Los Angeles. Timepoints will be added back into the schedule for Line 16 on weekdays. Line 18 will continue to serve 5th and 6th Streets between Los Angeles Street and Central Avenue with very frequent service.
Line 96 becomes Line 296 (Burbank – Chinatown via Riverside Dr)
Line 96 will be rerouted to terminate at the Lincoln/Cypress Station on the Metro A Line, following Riverside Drive, Figueroa Street and Avenue 26. This change will improve access for the Elysian Valley to the A Line that runs between Azusa, Pasadena, downtown L.A. and Long Beach. The line will also be renumbered from Line 96 to Line 296.
Line 152 will use new bus lanes now in operation from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays on Roscoe Bl in both directions in most areas between Coldwater Canyon Boulevard and Topanga Canyon Boulevard. The lanes will improve service reliability and reduce travel times for riders.
Lines 177 and 256 to become Pasadena Transit Lines 53 and 33
Metro Lines 177 and 256 will become part of the Pasadena Transit network, which will help them better integrate with the rest of the Pasadena Transit network:
•Metro Line 177 (between Caltech in Pasadena and JPL in La Canada-Flintridge): This line will become Pasadena Transit Line 53, operating during weekday peak hours with the existing route, schedule and stops, but with Pasadena Transit buses, signage, and fares.
•Metro Line 256 (between the A Line’s Sierra Madre Villa Station and Highland Park Station via Washington Boulevard: This line will transition to Pasadena Transit Line 33. Service frequency will be improved from every 50 minutes to every 35 minutes on weekdays. The existing route and stops will remain the same, but with Pasadena Transit buses, signage, and fares.
Line 260 (between Pasadena and the A Line’s Artesia Station via Atlantic Boulevard and Fair Oaks Avenue): Line 260 will be modified to improve connections to key regional destinations.
Every other trip on Line 260 on weekdays and weekends will now run to the A Line’s and C Line’s Imperial Highway Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. The existing Line 260 service between Pasadena and Artesia Station via Atlantic Boulevard will be maintained but renumbered to Metro Bus Line 261. Passengers currently riding Line 260 on Fair Oaks, Atlantic and between Pasadena and Imperial Highway will be able to use either Line 260 or 261.
Line 601: Late-Night Connections: An extra round trip on Line 601 will be added on weekdays for better late-night service.
Line 662 (between Pasadena and Altadena): Line 662 will be modified slightly in downtown Pasadena to connect with other services and avoid delays, traveling via Colorado Boulevard, Fair Oaks Avenue, Green Street and Raymond Avenue.
Line 665 will improve from running every 50 minutes to every 35 minutes on weekdays to better connect destinations including the Rose Hill Transit Center, Cal State LA and Olympic Boulevard in East Los Angeles.
Adjusted Service Levels: the following lines will see a small reduction in the number of trips on weekdays and/or weekends as Metro aligns service levels with actual ridership: Lines 4, 20, 33, 40, 102, 106, 150, 164, 165, 180, 212, 217, 232, 265 and 910. The trips taken from these lines will be added to other lines with higher ridership.
G Line Improvements Project – Van Nuys Boulevard Grade Separation Detour: Starting on a date to be announced in early 2025, the Van Nuys G Line Station will be closed to allow for construction of a new aerial station over Van Nuys Boulevard. The new station will help the G Line avoid waiting at red lights on Van Nuys Blvd. and will improve safety.
While construction is underway, the G Line will be detoured to Oxnard Street between Sepulveda Boulevard and Woodman Avenue. The Van Nuys station will be temporarily relocated for about 18 months to Oxnard St at the intersection of Van Nuys Blvd.
East San Fernando Valley Rail Construction Begins – Van Nuys Bl Bus Stop Changes: Bus stop changes will be made on Van Nuys Boulevard between Sherman Way and Arminta Street due to construction of the East San Fernando Valley Light Rail Project that will run between Van Nuys and Pacoima. Buses will continue to stop at the intersections of Van Nuys Blvd/Sherman Way and Van Nuys Blvd/Keswick. However, bus stops at Van Nuys/Saticoy and Van Nuys/Valerio will be closed for up to three years. This will impact riders on Metro Lines 169 and 233.
Rail Service Changes: Please note that the C and K Lines were reconfigured on November 3 and a new station opened at Aviation/Century. The new LAX/Metro Transit Center will open in early 2025 — we’ll have an exact date soon. Additionally, evening trip times will be modified on the Metro E Line for better connections to the Metro K Line.
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Bring back late night (3am) train service on the weekends!!!!
It really seems like Metro wants the public to forget that was ever a thing, as if it were just a fluke that for some bizzare reason they don’t want to repeat. It’s absolutely ridiculous that Metro refuses to address this.
3am on Metro Rail? Now THAT’S scary!
Why not just call the 910 the “J Line” as its shown on Metro maps/schedules? (You did note that the 910 is the J Line in the second mention out of three mentions of the 910. But I find it’s confusing to riders – including me – when I see the 910 [or 901 for the G Line]. Seems like if bus line has a letter then that’s the clearest way to refer to it.)
When will we see the green pamphlets detailing all the routes that are impacted by the December 2024 service change? I ran into the ambassador team at the current LAX Transit Center. They were handing out pamphlets and a detailed description of the 232 service change. I’m glad that confusing Mariposa loop is being discontinued. Even after Nash Street became a two-way street in 2008, northbound trips wrap around the perimeter, well the southbound trips skip a segment of Sepulveda between Mariposa and Grand.
Let’s not forget, the fare is now $1, or $0.25, or may be $0. It is entirely up to you. J Line Silver is usually free if you board via the rear door. Then you will hear the driver press that override button on the console around 10 times.
Of course, you can bring your dog with you even if not service animal. From time to time you are also greeted with vaping.
If you actually ride Metro buses, you know all these are real.
“Line 4 Update: Adjusted Saturday and Sunday schedules. Small number of weekdays trips discontinued in line with overall ridership.
Reason: For improved reliability better reflecting actual travel times. Savings reallocated to other improvements.”
So one of the busiest lines in the system actually got a frequency DECREASE but yeah let’s not disclose this and the other lines that got a reduction in frequency.
Also based on the language, it sounds like end to end travel times have actually gotten SLOWER rather than faster even though the point of these nextgen bus crap was to improve bus speeds, service and reliability, but the bus bunching still continues.
Now if only somehow there is a bus line to complement these lines that will make Limited stops, further increasing speeds while at the same time NOT forced to make connection time points so that it won’t slow the bus down to the point that the time saving are significantly reduced to make such a limited bus stop service useless and redundant.
Nah, LA Metro could never.
Actual Rider is right to joke. Metro simply does a lousy job and enforcing the fares or the code of conduct on the system. Poor leadership and poorly thought out policies are to blame for the lawlessness on the system that continues despite all the reporting. Law abiding, hard working, transit dependent people are the ones who have to suffer the most. The car dependent folks who run Metro suffer least.
As he should be, why even pay for metro when buses keep getting reduced or cut? You know what I am even glad that Pasadena transit took over as line 33, who really wants to wait a whole hour for the 256 to come anyways? Imagine they make the 660 line 21 to. Maybe they’ll have more fare paying people. It just seems metro is gonna keep cutting routes and/or reducing their times. I’m sure if others could make their own mock transit agency, they would do it. If the government wanted better transportation they would have it by now.
They do a good job enforcing fares as they do maintaining an excellent transit system.