LA Metro needs all the good publicity, if they have a bad image they know the voters will never approve all their proposed transit projects lol. Just look at the construction of the Red Line and the chaos around that.
On of the best videos of the Metro Gold line that really shows off the system. Thanks for posting this. I lived in LA for years and we fought hard, back in the early days, to retain this right-of-way after abandonment of the rail. Nice to see that those efforts have paid off.
Actually is very chill in the gold line train. Blue,expo and green are bad. Goldline is the only train that goes to the foothills/San Gabriel Valley in the suburbs.
Im from NYC and use to the crowded subway. I loved looking out the front car window and pretending I was the train operator as a kid. I still do sometimes. But you really cant do that anymore. The new high tech train operator cabs have extended across the whole front of the subway car. I would love to ride every subway, street car and light rail line around the world as possible. Ive done so in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, London and Vienna. Id love to ride the ones in Los Angeles and New Orleans. This was fun to watch!
35:55 Highland Park Station. I remember back in 1996 there was no rail here....just a relic of old streetcars and a couch in the median. Then, a few year later, they build the gold line and people complain its too fast.....looking at this video it looks like its gotten much faster
Very nice video...the train seems slow but after seeing the traffic on Interstate 210 maybe it's not so bad and a really good alternative to using a car. Would be nice if they could speed that train up a bit, maybe up to 80mph on the straight portions.
The Blue, Gold, and Expo lines have level crossings in places, so have to go slower. The Green Line is completely grade separate so it can go faster. The Red and Purple lines are also grade separated with rail cars rated to go faster than the light rail vehicles used on the above lines.
I love the little message 'thanks for going metro' :) just sounds right in that guys voice. AFAIK the london tube announcements never thank you for riding the underground, or minding the gap :)
I guess maybe because here in LA, riding thr train is less of a necessity, since were very much a car culture and usually youd have to choose to ride the train to where you wanted to go instead of driving there.
I was lucky as a kid and often got to ride the local freight trains on this line back in the 70's when it was the heavily traveled 2nd division of Santa Fe. The route is certainly the same but wow has it changed. I used to love being in the cupola on the freeway waving at all the cars as they drove along side. I think we used to go faster in the freight trains then these trolleys currently do down the 210 freeway.
Top speed on the Gold Line is 55 mph, so I wouldn't be surprised if the old trains ran faster than light rail since the majority of the line is pretty straight.
I used to love watching trains at First Ave in Arcadia where the Arcadia station sits now. The eastbound freight trains used to come off the freeway and through arcadia at 70 MPH and just scream through town. Those were the days.
Azusa through the commuter transit hub in Downtown LA then heads to either Long Beach or Santa Monica, depending on what the MTA board finally decides. It will be ready by 2028 Olympics. Lets not forget the crenshaw line and Red Line to Westwood should be open in a few years.
They could probably increase the speed limits on those straight segments of the Foothill extension, especially with the distance between some of those stations.
its been over 10 years since I left LA, back in 2008, the gold line ended at Sierra Madre Villa. and there was no Expo Line or Southeast gold line. My how time has changed
Very cool video. From talking with Metro Gold Line operators, they seem to prefer these Breda trains to the newer Kinkisharyo trains. I had one operator compare it to driving a Ferrari versus driving a Toyota!
I noticed that some of the crossings are not protected by gates ... how does that work? ... I've never been to LA ... this is a great video ... thanks for posting and sharing.
I think you are talking about the Station crossings. It is a bit of a trust system such as paying then boarding sometimes its checked but most of the time no.
I enjoyed the video! But from 36:45 to 38:40 there is a street that runs parallel to the tracks with several crossing streets without gates. The traffic lights were all red for the street that runs parallel but the train did not stop (although it went cautiously slow). Some of the cars crossing the tracks in that portion of the video clip were flying as if they they knew they were supposed to stop but didn't. Sounds like an accident waiting to happens.
Well it is also another trust system i actually live along another line in Long Beach, California the Blue Line has a long stretch of tracks where only the Street Lights protect you.
Mich050: Highland Park reminds me of the old North Shore Line in Highland Park ILL it's original Shore Line Route. There the only crossing protection was traffic signals and stop signs in downtown Highland Park ILL. That route was abandoned on July 25 1955. The remainder of the North Shore Line was abandoned on January 21 1963 it's remaining Skokie Valley Route and the Lake Bluff -Mundelein division and Milwaukee Wisconsin, Racine Wisconsin,and Kenosha Wisconsin.
I was thinking that I should try the metro gold line from Citrus college to Los Angeles union station and I should say that I am gonna book a holiday trip on the year of 2021and that I never took the metro gold line to the Los Angeles union station before one day I should take the relatives sometime
Tramway and light rail are the same thing, it is just a modern name, light rail is referred to the tram on segregated right of way with its own signaling and priorities.
English announcements are in a man's voice and Spanish announcements are in a woman's voice. Hmm....I've always wondered what it's like living in a bilingual city.
Can someone explain to me why there are no crossing gates after the Highland Park Station for a few blocks, i noticed the motorman on the train was going thru the intersection despite the fact that the traffic running parallel with him were stopped at the red light....Is this not a dangerous aspect along that particular stretch of track?.....should there be crossing gates to alert traffic coming accross at those particular intersections that the light rail is coming thru so as to avoid any potential accidents along that stretch ?
That section is treated as a streetcar-like section. There are traffic signals for both the light rail and automotive traffic. Yes, there's a risk for accident, but it's no different than any other streetcar system elsewhere in the world.
This is my neighborhood. No crossing gates, just signals. Which is an improvement from when it was the railroad for Santa Fe and Amtrak prior to 2001 and there were just signs. In the first few years of Gold Line operation, there were many crashes, but crashes seem to have decreased in regularity as drivers become more aware of the trains. My dream is that Metro tunnels it through Highland Park someday.
I haven’t took that metro rail to LA union station before but now I like to take it instead of a Uber car it means but I would love to ride metro to LA union station sometime
There is a plan to build a gondola lift (like a ski lift) between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. Privately owned, apparently. We'll see if it ever happens, but there's nothing technical or legal to rule it out, and LA Metro has given it's preliminary ok, so I'm guessing it will be built eventually.
I've seen a couple of video's from the Metro Rail trains in LA and there is something that puzzles me and I hope someone can explain to me: what are the small, yellow cylinder-shaped gates on the platforms meant for? They seem to be evenly spaced out, but I don't get what they should prevent people from doing. As a Dutch person it''s weird to see such a stretched out trackbed, because in The Netherlands, we are usually only accustomed to having tracks in tight streets that have been there for hundreds of years.
They are barriers to stop people from falling in between the train cars. It's just that they are on the platform instead of being a barrier attached to the train.
How come the Metro trains have 2 horns. One is a Loud horn that sounds like a K5lA horn, the other sounds like a buzzer or quacker. What are the two different horns used for?
Spaceshotx7: The loud horn is for wide open country running and the quacker horn is for street running and inner city running although I hear both in street running traffic. Also you have the alarm -gongs also sounding in city street traffic and to announce train departures.
+NScaleTransitModels(lolfunnycp) It's the Metro Red Line service car. The front is where workers sit and the back is open for bring service equipment down into the tunnel.
What a nightmare...start stop..start stop....get beat up. No thanks!! Oh and by the way keep your cell phones and valuables out of sight. Wow Unbeleivable.
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This driver not only let you film out the front, but he waved to every oncoming train. Gotta love that LA chillness and friendliness.
Bay Area Transit News I got the whole line
On metro north/mta commuter rail you would get in trouble for doing that. I learned that the hard way.
Mrcat Games Why?
LA Metro needs all the good publicity, if they have a bad image they know the voters will never approve all their proposed transit projects lol. Just look at the construction of the Red Line and the chaos around that.
On of the best videos of the Metro Gold line that really shows off the system. Thanks for posting this. I lived in LA for years and we fought hard, back in the early days, to retain this right-of-way after abandonment of the rail. Nice to see that those efforts have paid off.
Agreed, we heard that some planners want to extend this line to Ontario Airport.
Thank you for doing that on behalf of future generations like us. It's heartwarming to see rail coming back to LA at such a fast pace lately.
0:00 APU/Citrus College
2:05 Azusa downtown
4:35 Irwindale
7:35 Duarte/City of Hope
11:02 Monrovia
13:37 Arcadia
19:53 Sierra Madre Villa
22:53 Allen
24:43 Lake
26:54 Memorial Park
28:35 Del Mar
30:12 Fillmore
33:14 South Pasadena
37:01 Highland Park
40:23 Southwest Museum
42:16 Heritage Square
43:47 Lincoln/Cypress
46:28 Chinatown
47:25 Union Station
Thanks -
Easy bounce - Where is the last stop ?
Irwindale?
That was excellent. Sunny day, smooth ride, no garbage. Thanks for posting it.
Some parts of this route was the old Santa Fe rail road pasedena line. Great memories
After watching this, I feel like taking the gold line on a Saturday morning just for fun because it looks so chill.
Actually is very chill in the gold line train. Blue,expo and green are bad. Goldline is the only train that goes to the foothills/San Gabriel Valley in the suburbs.
Im from NYC and use to the crowded subway. I loved looking out the front car window and pretending I was the train operator as a kid. I still do sometimes. But you really cant do that anymore. The new high tech train operator cabs have extended across the whole front of the subway car. I would love to ride every subway, street car and light rail line around the world as possible. Ive done so in Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, London and Vienna. Id love to ride the ones in Los Angeles and New Orleans. This was fun to watch!
You would love Japanese trains. The variety and usefulness is awesome there
Excellent video. Particularly liked the styling of the Chinatown staton !
Ikr, so unique !
Thank you so much! I miss a lot when this travel I studied in USA, doing Arcadia/Union Station everyday on Gold Line. Arcadia: 12:58.
35:55 Highland Park Station. I remember back in 1996 there was no rail here....just a relic of old streetcars and a couch in the median. Then, a few year later, they build the gold line and people complain its too fast.....looking at this video it looks like its gotten much faster
Great job bro! I'm glad the op let you film. I once got escorted off the San Diego Trolley and grilled by security guards.
Cool cab ride, love the LA scenery
Very nice video...the train seems slow but after seeing the traffic on Interstate 210 maybe it's not so bad and a really good alternative to using a car. Would be nice if they could speed that train up a bit, maybe up to 80mph on the straight portions.
I don't think they can because of government regulations and stuff
The green line goes 70 mph and the red goes 80 mph(between universal city and north hollywood
+Justin Mckenzie really I guess I was wrong
The Blue, Gold, and Expo lines have level crossings in places, so have to go slower. The Green Line is completely grade separate so it can go faster. The Red and Purple lines are also grade separated with rail cars rated to go faster than the light rail vehicles used on the above lines.
Justin Mckenzie the red line trains max out at 70. But they mostly go up to 55 mph. They only go to 70 when going from Hollywood/highland to universal
Wowwwww. I haven't ridden in about three years. Lots of added stations. Great.
Watch at 2x speed! It's like a timelapse with sound!
lol you should see my 4x timelapse
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Elevation Station Productions
I love the little message 'thanks for going metro' :) just sounds right in that guys voice. AFAIK the london tube announcements never thank you for riding the underground, or minding the gap :)
I guess maybe because here in LA, riding thr train is less of a necessity, since were very much a car culture and usually youd have to choose to ride the train to where you wanted to go instead of driving there.
I was lucky as a kid and often got to ride the local freight trains on this line back in the 70's when it was the heavily traveled 2nd division of Santa Fe. The route is certainly the same but wow has it changed. I used to love being in the cupola on the freeway waving at all the cars as they drove along side. I think we used to go faster in the freight trains then these trolleys currently do down the 210 freeway.
Top speed on the Gold Line is 55 mph, so I wouldn't be surprised if the old trains ran faster than light rail since the majority of the line is pretty straight.
I used to love watching trains at First Ave in Arcadia where the Arcadia station sits now. The eastbound freight trains used to come off the freeway and through arcadia at 70 MPH and just scream through town. Those were the days.
This is strangely hypnotizing & soothing to watch. What time of the day is this, seems latish morning commute?
I just read that this section of the Gold line will become part of the Blue line. That's gonna be one long line.
DesertDwight yep
Azusa through the commuter transit hub in Downtown LA then heads to either Long Beach or Santa Monica, depending on what the MTA board finally decides. It will be ready by 2028 Olympics. Lets not forget the crenshaw line and Red Line to Westwood should be open in a few years.
@Alex H I'd willingly give up a few extra minutes of my time if it meant having low-to-zero emissions electrified trains.
I just saw myself board at Azusa Downtown Station!
They could probably increase the speed limits on those straight segments of the Foothill extension, especially with the distance between some of those stations.
AHHH so excited can't wait till the train to Santa Monica opens this May!
+Rukia Kogami are you making a video?
Enjoyed this video - arriving at Union Station was fantastic. I have never been to America but if I do, I will come and visit LA
Ehhh. 2022 and LA is a hell hole because of the liberal policies.
its been over 10 years since I left LA, back in 2008, the gold line ended at Sierra Madre Villa. and there was no Expo Line or Southeast gold line. My how time has changed
Thank you for the upload. Nice to get out when we are self isolating.
Thanks to your service, without you guy I would never get to.my distnation 😍😎
Really enjoyed the ride along and just subscribed :) and that's great that you got inside and filmed out the cab window.
Very cool video. From talking with Metro Gold Line operators, they seem to prefer these Breda trains to the newer Kinkisharyo trains. I had one operator compare it to driving a Ferrari versus driving a Toyota!
The view is stunning!!!
Nice, sitting here in Ontario with 32F temps and snow outside wishing I had stayed in LA.
Hi from Australia. I am amazed at how little graffiti you have on your infrastructure...........
Mine is coming out tomorrow! All the way to east la!!
I feel a little nostalgic, but I live too far away to ride the gold line now!
I play this when babies won’t stop crying and i’ve given them everything.
Always thought the Metro trains go faster than 55
This is beautiful! So relaxing!
very nice ride and thks for sharing
Sierra Madre Villa Station connects with Metro Local 266 to Lakewood Center Mall
I rode every rail line except the gold line but I seen the gold line from the 605/210 interchange
Brilliant video. Good job! From Dublin
I noticed that some of the crossings are not protected by gates ... how does that work? ... I've never been to LA ... this is a great video ... thanks for posting and sharing.
I think you are talking about the Station crossings. It is a bit of a trust system such as paying then boarding sometimes its checked but most of the time no.
OK ... thanks for your message ... I really appreciate you getting back to me ... thanks again for posting this great video.
I enjoyed the video!
But from 36:45 to 38:40 there is a street that runs parallel to the tracks with several crossing streets without gates. The traffic lights were all red for the street that runs parallel but the train did not stop (although it went cautiously slow).
Some of the cars crossing the tracks in that portion of the video clip were flying as if they they knew they were supposed to stop but didn't.
Sounds like an accident waiting to happens.
Well it is also another trust system i actually live along another line in Long Beach, California the Blue Line has a long stretch of tracks where only the Street Lights protect you.
Thanks so much for getting back to me with your answer ... it is a great video and I really enjoyed watching it.
Merci beaucoup pour ce beau voyage !
como que estes lugares são similares ao Brasil locais cheios de barrancos terra seca sem vegetação beira de estrada mais muito belo
Great video. The Highland Park area needs to be below grade.
Or elevated.
The Gold LIne has gone to the dogs. Too many homeless and crazies ride it for free as there is no system to stop them from getting on.
Mich050: Highland Park reminds me of the old North Shore Line in Highland Park ILL it's original Shore Line Route. There the only crossing protection was traffic signals and stop signs in downtown Highland Park ILL. That route was abandoned on July 25 1955. The remainder of the North Shore Line was abandoned on January 21 1963 it's remaining Skokie Valley Route and the Lake Bluff -Mundelein division and Milwaukee Wisconsin, Racine Wisconsin,and Kenosha Wisconsin.
I was thinking that I should try the metro gold line from Citrus college to Los Angeles union station and I should say that I am gonna book a holiday trip on the year of 2021and that I never took the metro gold line to the Los Angeles union station before one day I should take the relatives sometime
Looks like more like a tramway (like these around Paris, France) than a metro... 😉 Still a very beautiful line here... 😊
The system is just called METRORAIL. It is a light rail.
+siachoquero Ok, thanks ! 👍And is there a difference with the tramway system, or does it simply replace it ?
Tramway and light rail are the same thing, it is just a modern name, light rail is referred to the tram on segregated right of way with its own signaling and priorities.
The system as a whole is a metro. Ever ridden the red or purple line?
Red and Purpple lines are metro all the oter are light rail.
English announcements are in a man's voice and Spanish announcements are in a woman's voice. Hmm....I've always wondered what it's like living in a bilingual city.
Couldn't be better, though the only drawback is you'll always have 1 or 2 idiots who (rather rudely) insist everyone speaks English.
Can someone explain to me why there are no crossing gates after the Highland Park Station for a few blocks, i noticed the motorman on the train was going thru the intersection despite the fact that the traffic running parallel with him were stopped at the red light....Is this not a dangerous aspect along that particular stretch of track?.....should there be crossing gates to alert traffic coming accross at those particular intersections that the light rail is coming thru so as to avoid any potential accidents along that stretch ?
That section is treated as a streetcar-like section. There are traffic signals for both the light rail and automotive traffic. Yes, there's a risk for accident, but it's no different than any other streetcar system elsewhere in the world.
This is my neighborhood. No crossing gates, just signals. Which is an improvement from when it was the railroad for Santa Fe and Amtrak prior to 2001 and there were just signs. In the first few years of Gold Line operation, there were many crashes, but crashes seem to have decreased in regularity as drivers become more aware of the trains. My dream is that Metro tunnels it through Highland Park someday.
At 9.20 there are switched freight tracks on the right with a wye, l wonder if that’s how they get their gravel for the tracks?
I haven’t took that metro rail to LA union station before but now I like to take it instead of a Uber car it means but I would love to ride metro to LA union station sometime
Did you manage to get any cab-direction footage of the other section between Little Tokyo and Atlantic when you were there in 2016?
Is there a Dodger stadium stop for the light rail, or do you still have to take a bus from the subway?
Nope. You need to take a bus from Union Station.
There is a plan to build a gondola lift (like a ski lift) between Union Station and Dodger Stadium. Privately owned, apparently. We'll see if it ever happens, but there's nothing technical or legal to rule it out, and LA Metro has given it's preliminary ok, so I'm guessing it will be built eventually.
Hey how did you record a video next to the driver?
a bit slow but it's a beatiful line.
I've seen a couple of video's from the Metro Rail trains in LA and there is something that puzzles me and I hope someone can explain to me: what are the small, yellow cylinder-shaped gates on the platforms meant for? They seem to be evenly spaced out, but I don't get what they should prevent people from doing. As a Dutch person it''s weird to see such a stretched out trackbed, because in The Netherlands, we are usually only accustomed to having tracks in tight streets that have been there for hundreds of years.
Iris it's more of a light rail train, instead of tram
They are barriers to stop people from falling in between the train cars. It's just that they are on the platform instead of being a barrier attached to the train.
45:31 I see half of an A650
The line looks like the Keikyu line in Japan.
so the metro rail made it to citrus college ? glendora next.
How come the Metro trains have 2 horns. One is a Loud horn that sounds like a K5lA horn, the other sounds like a buzzer or quacker. What are the two different horns used for?
Spaceshotx7: The loud horn is for wide open country running and the quacker horn is for street running and inner city running although I hear both in street running traffic. Also you have the alarm -gongs also sounding in city street traffic and to announce train departures.
Βαθμός: άριστα σε όλα!
Surely no one gave the driver five except fat guy ? What a cruel world :-(
два пальца That's a woman
Why ending at Union Sra?
Regional connector construction at Litle Tokyo/Arts District.
I don’t see any trackside signals. This line use cab signals only? I worked on the blue line in 1992
45:31 what was that on the right side?
it looks kinda like the r160 subwy
+NScaleTransitModels(lolfunnycp) It's the Metro Red Line service car. The front is where workers sit and the back is open for bring service equipment down into the tunnel.
SpaceMountainLarry wow that's cool, they looked like they cut it in half lol
+SpaceMountainLarry no that the rail car they take for events
It’s a Breda A650 the subway car for la
Nice video
Anyone know what the third set of freight tracks are around 5.25? Maybe old BNSF?
Nice!
45:28 I saw a abandoned Subway Car!
45:30 RIP A650
Earthquake country not bad Above ground.under it Ñooooo
Actually, underground rail tunnels are some of the safest places to be during an earthquake.
LA has Metro!??!?!?!?!? /s
What say 33:00?
gta 5 reail life tram cab ride
where are the trains in the other direction
I just viewed to Pasadena so far and have seen 4 going the other way
Ansaldo Breda?
Oh boy....
What a nightmare...start stop..start stop....get beat up. No thanks!! Oh and by the way keep your cell phones and valuables out of sight. Wow Unbeleivable.
Screw the P3010s! All Other LRVs are better than the P3010s!
Looks like urban rail not metro
Why does he go so slow when coming into the stations? He could easily come in much faster and still brake in time. Seems like a waste of time to me.
Slow! u want slow ride theb#5 train in NY this is warp speed to Nys Turtle pace
So much traffic in LA. Why do people live there in so much filth?