This Saturday, Councilmember José Huizar will host a street dedication ceremony and free community concert at Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights. The event can easily be reached from the Gold Line Mariachi Plaza Station and starts at 1 p.m. The dedication of Avenida Lucha Reyes at Mariachi Plaza’s Bailey Street is [continue reading]
This Thursday, Feb. 6, the Metro Gold Line will experience delays from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. due to track inspection activities between South Pasadena and Fillmore stations. To complete the inspection, maintenance personnel must enter the tracks, and trains will need to wait for an “all clear” before traveling [continue reading]
This Valentine’s Day, take a sunset art tour and fall in love with Metro. The free one night only tour looks at artworks in the Metro system through the lens of poet Mike Sonksen, also known as Mike the Poet, a third-generation Los Angeles native who is known for his [continue reading]
The Metro Gold Line will be closed between Sierra Madre Villa Station and Allen Station this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18 – 19. Bus shuttles will replace train service between the two stations. Trains will operate normal service between Atlantic Station and Allen Station on this weekend. During the closure, crews [continue reading]
UPDATE: 8:20 p.m. Metro begins single track operations between Highland Park and South Pasadena with an estimate of 20 minutes delays. Metro Bus shuttle service still working at this time. Metro implemented bus shuttles between Highland Park and South Pasadena stations due to an incident that occurred around 4:10 p.m. [continue reading]
The Rose Queen, that is. Metro officials, 2014 Rose Queen Ana Marie Acosta and her lady princesses gathered at Los Angeles Union Station this morning to encourage folks to take advantage of the free rides on New Year’s Eve and the 24-hour Metro Rail service to go to the Rose Parade. [continue reading]
Metro will be running enhanced service on the Gold Line for the Tournament of Roses events January 1, and Metrolink riders can connect with the Gold Line at Union Station. Here’s the press release from Metrolink: Limited service offered on Christmas Day, modified schedule offered on New Year’s Day Metrolink [continue reading]
Metro yesterday participated in the opening ceremony of the East L.A. College Transit Center in Monterey Park. The new center will provide students with improved access to buses, making travel to campus easier and safer since bus boardings no longer need occur in mixed traffic. A new transit information kiosk [continue reading]
The Gold Line is back in regular service this morning after a long police investigation of a shooting near Maravilla Station in East Los Angeles on Tuesday. For up-to-the-minute information, follow Metro on Twitter @metrolosangeles or @metroLAalerts.
Sadly, we won’t be getting a government mandated three-day weekend this Fourth of July (if you’re taking three days off work anyway, good for you!), but that doesn’t mean the weekend is a total bust. There’s the Orange Line Extension opening events to look forward to on Saturday, and ArtsFest [continue reading]
