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The A Line (formerly and colloquially known as the Blue Line) [3] [4] is a light rail line in Los Angeles County, California.It is one of the six lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).
The Los Angeles Metro Rail is an urban rail transit system in Los Angeles County, California, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA or Metro). The system includes 102 metro stations with two rapid transit (known locally as a subway) and four light rail lines, covering 109 miles (175 km) of route ...
English: A map showing rail and bus rapid transit service operated by Metro in Los Angeles, California. Deutsch: Karte der Stadtbahnen und Schnellbusse in Los Angeles (Stand: Frühling 2013) Español: Mapa del Metro de Los Ángeles en el 2013
The first operating segment of Los Angeles Metro Rail opened on July 14, 1990, then known as the Blue Line. In the early 20th century, Southern California had an extensive privately owned rail transit network with over 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of track, operated by Pacific Electric (Red Cars) and Los Angeles Railway (Yellow Cars). [ 23 ]
This is a route-map template for the A Line (Los Angeles Metro), a Los Angeles County, California light rail line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The A Line (opened in 1990 as the Blue Line) is a light rail line running between 7th Street/Metro Center station in Downtown Los Angeles and Downtown Long Beach station in Downtown Long Beach. It is the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway 's Red Car system.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA), branded as Metro, is the county agency that plans, operates, and coordinates funding for most of the public transportation system in Los Angeles County, California, the most populated county in the United States.
The history of the Los Angeles Metro Rail and Busway system begins in the early 1970s, when the traffic-choked region began planning a rapid transit system. The first dedicated busway opened along I-10 in 1973, and the region's first light rail line, the Blue Line (now the A Line) opened in 1990.