@@lloydtaylor3467 starting next year the Metro Blue Line stations _______________________________ APU/Citrus College station Azusa Downtown station Irwindale station Duarte/City of Hope station Monrovia station Arcadia station Sierra Madre Villa station Allen station Lake station Memorial Park station Del Mar station Fillmore station South Pasadena station Highland Park station Southwest Museum station Heritage Square station Lincoln/Cypress station Chinatown station Union Station Little Tokyo/Arts District station Historic Broadway station and Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station 7th Street/Metro Center Pico station Grand/LATTC station San Pedro Street station Washington station Vernon station Slauson station (A Line) Florence station Firestone station 103rd Street/Watts Towers station Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station Compton station Artesia station Wardlow station Willow Street station Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line) Anaheim Street station 5th Street station 1st Street station Downtown Long Beach station Pacific Avenue station
Great footage. I'm suprised the light rail doesn't have automatic priority on at-grade junctions. This would speed up travel adnd reliability quite a bit.
@@junkboxxxxxx I'd say you have a good service already. The average speed for this service is about 30 kph or about 19 mph. That's good for a service like this. In most world cities it's usually much slower. L.A. has surprisingly good public transport.
There's a bizarre caveat in the California Environmental Quality Act that makes it extremely difficult to install signal priority systems where they dont already exist
hahaha this is why Subway / elevation separated Rail service is infinitely superior to street-running. sucks the contractor for the red line in the 80s screwed up so bad to make LA hate subway construction. build subways, do it safe and correctly the first time, and you can keep construction costs down by not constantly fixing your mistakes. THEN you’ll have truly rapid transit.
@@techguy_drew I know right? Americans know how to make a good public transportation system, but in L.A. they've made building one practically illegal.
I agree with you, but the issue is that they would need to put cross gates at those busy intersections and it would back up those cross streets that have a lot of traffic. That's the other side of the arguement
Haven't ridden this line in a while. Used to do the run from Rosa Parks in both directions depending on where we wanted to end up. I hope the guy got his Marriot points squared away. Thanks for posting.
My parents rode one of the last Pacific Electric trains from LB to LA in 1961. Before I was born. My dad and I rode the Blue line when it opened in the early 90s to LA as LB was starting to revitalize its downtown. It's strange to see LB city hall under refurbishment as I remember when it opened in 1976. Has it been that long? After growing up in LB and GG, worked for The Mouse for awhile then moved to SF as I wanted more transit options. After 30 years of driving in CA I moved to NYC. Gave up the car. Don't miss it. I can get around most places for a fraction of the cost of owning a car. More cities need better transit options so that a car isn't burning a hole in your monthly budget. It's not worth it.
That's the price everyone pays when the trains street run for portions of the line, however the horn is probably one of the nicest aspects of the ride.
One quick thing about that. The CTA subway/elevated network dates back to the early 20th century. Back then LA had one of the largest streetcar networks in the US after Philadelphia, in the 50s these streetcars started closing down making way for LAs massive freeway network, while Chicago retained its train network. The car was seen as the future of LA, but all it did was cause traffic nightmares that Metro Rail now needs to combat.
Yes ..that is life on the blue line .. I've rode this train so many times before ..and they need more security on the trains and more security on the metro buses
How do L.A. Metro not think about having express tracks/stops for at least their Light Rail lines? It got to be about the money. Are they at least thinking about Skip-Stop service in the future?
Are they going to run rail like this through most of the LA metro area ? They need to LA is massive and populated it got to be on level of rail like NY paris London Beijing Tokyo Manila mexico city Moscow type rail it's on that level of city world city it needs world city rail
I agree. What they need to focus on is improving their Metrolink commuter rail system. Too much single tracking, very low frequencies, sometimes only peak service. They need to convert that into a more frequent S-Bahn/Rer/London Overground style system. Just look at the Crossrail project in London, and tell me when the last time a Northern American city embarked on a project like that.
They say the letter part first then the old name so that people who don’t know about the name change won’t be confused, also for people to get used to the new name.
@@LARailProductions I didn't. Lol. Then again, I'm from up in Lancaster. I kinda prefer the color names. I feel like I'm always gonna call it the Blue Line.
What a slow line. It is a good start, but LA should have underground lines instead. That would make commuting much better, and encourage more people to travel by mass transport
Most of this right of way existed before, and it would be prohibitively expensive to bury this whole line underground . I think they need to give it full transit signal priority and eliminate a few grade crossings and that could shave off at least a few mins each way.
Hi, Los Angeles Rail production. I'm going to railfan downey, CA! and what days and can I get info and the symbols of the trains that pass downey and is there any signals and ACTS?
I am really suprised to see that the metro train has to give way to the cars? Is that normal? Here in Germany most of the time the cars would have to yield for the train/ light rail.
Thank you! Very interesting! Greetings from Russia! As I can see on maps, your city has surprisingly many industrial rail branches. Are they all in use? Could they be somewhen used for passenger traffic or converted to light rail line like this?
Many of the industrial branches are still in use. The companies that own them don’t like sharing the lines so it can take a while for negotiations between the metro and the companies to happen.
no, the railroads using the industry branches are private companies who built, own, and maintain those tracks. they need to make a profit so their employees can feed their families and make a living. so unless running very slow light-rail on their tracks will somehow help them, there’s no point.
@@techguy_drew thank you. Maybe, my view on Los Angeles was kind of stereotypical, I thought it was all Hollywood, record companies, rich people's mansions and so on, and once it was profitable to convert industries into offices and living blocks, as it was done in New York, London, Moscow or so; however, it still has oil refineries, sea port and Compton where N.W.A. were straight outta.
Whatever happened to these trains that were colored Red?? I remember seeing the red ones when i was young with my mother in Long beach and Watts or Compton
a train waiting at a traffic light WTF??? this is stupid public transit. they should give priority all the time to the train, and like 1000 feet before the train comes, give it all green lights.
Why do the new rails sound so quiet?. I really miss the noise they made before on the old blue line :( edit: the operator pulled in to slauson station way to fast. He almost outran the platform i wonder why he did.
Low entry trains where not available in the 80es, when this was planned. But it ain't that bad in LA, other light rail networks like this suffer way more of finding places where to put the stations: ua-cam.com/video/PliZ4v8_XnM/v-deo.html
OMG I miss you metro!!! Metro is so fun and awesome 😁😁😁😁 Metro is way better than the Georgia transportation, those things are expensive and lame but metro is less than 2.00 dollars just $1.25 or something like that idk but it's more specific on where you're going than Georgia
Okay. I know about the Metro A Blue Line from DTLA to Artesia 105 FWY. okay SEOUL #1 Bicycles have to be in 1 area or CAB. Korea has no bicycles in METRO.
#2 The Metro operator has no time to look at mirrors or cameras arguing with knuckleheads to release the door? Metro sometimes have to say on intercom "bed mattresses" are not allowed! Bed Mattresses are not allowed on METRO? You!!
That's funny because in NYC on the A Train which goes from Far Rockaway Queens to 205th Street in Manhattan is ghetto as HELL. Because remember the A train goes thru the rough parts of Brooklyn, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights and East New York then up to Washington Heights in Manhattan Lol.
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Station Timestamps:
00:46 - 7th Street/Metro Center
02:10 - Pico
06:48 - Grand/LATTC
09:35 - San Pedro St
14:00 - Washington
16:36 - Vernon
18:45 - Slauson
20:34 - Florence
22:28 - Firestone
24:32 - 103rd St/Watts Towers
27:14 - Willowbrook/Rosa Parks
30:40 - Compton
33:40 - Artesia
36:44 - Del Amo
40:20 - Wardlow
42:49 - Willow St
47:03 - Pacific Coast Hwy
49:15 - Anaheim St
51:50 - 5th St
53:58 - 1st St
56:52 - Downtown Long Beach
That’s a lot of stops
Mi Yoo - it’s going to be even longer when it’s merged in two years
@@3dheadcreeps87 : iz the GreeN & BLUe LiNe stiLL UNder heaVy CONstrUCtiON.???
@@lloydtaylor3467 starting next year the Metro Blue Line stations
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APU/Citrus College station
Azusa Downtown station
Irwindale station
Duarte/City of Hope station
Monrovia station
Arcadia station
Sierra Madre Villa station
Allen station Lake station
Memorial Park station
Del Mar station
Fillmore station
South Pasadena station
Highland Park station
Southwest Museum station
Heritage Square station
Lincoln/Cypress station
Chinatown station
Union Station
Little Tokyo/Arts District station
Historic Broadway station and
Grand Av Arts/Bunker Hill station
7th Street/Metro Center
Pico station
Grand/LATTC station
San Pedro Street station
Washington station
Vernon station
Slauson station (A Line)
Florence station
Firestone station
103rd Street/Watts Towers station
Willowbrook/Rosa Parks station
Compton station
Artesia station
Wardlow station
Willow Street station
Pacific Coast Highway station (A Line)
Anaheim Street station
5th Street station
1st Street station
Downtown Long Beach station
Pacific Avenue station
@@mohamadfaiz6935 so all the stations that the gold line train (L) takes it’s going to swaps lines with a line blue train
Great footage. I'm suprised the light rail doesn't have automatic priority on at-grade junctions. This would speed up travel adnd reliability quite a bit.
@@junkboxxxxxx I'd say you have a good service already. The average speed for this service is about 30 kph or about 19 mph. That's good for a service like this. In most world cities it's usually much slower. L.A. has surprisingly good public transport.
There's a bizarre caveat in the California Environmental Quality Act that makes it extremely difficult to install signal priority systems where they dont already exist
hahaha this is why Subway / elevation separated Rail service is infinitely superior to street-running. sucks the contractor for the red line in the 80s screwed up so bad to make LA hate subway construction. build subways, do it safe and correctly the first time, and you can keep construction costs down by not constantly fixing your mistakes. THEN you’ll have truly rapid transit.
@@techguy_drew I know right? Americans know how to make a good public transportation system, but in L.A. they've made building one practically illegal.
I agree with you, but the issue is that they would need to put cross gates at those busy intersections and it would back up those cross streets that have a lot of traffic. That's the other side of the arguement
This is more scenic and interesting to watch than the red line.
Haven't ridden this line in a while. Used to do the run from Rosa Parks in both directions depending on where we wanted to end up. I hope the guy got his Marriot points squared away. Thanks for posting.
LMAOOOO thanks!
Welcome to Metro A Blue Line going southbound to Downtown Long Beach!
Hi
My parents rode one of the last Pacific Electric trains from LB to LA in 1961. Before I was born.
My dad and I rode the Blue line when it opened in the early 90s to LA as LB was starting to revitalize its downtown.
It's strange to see LB city hall under refurbishment as I remember when it opened in 1976. Has it been that long?
After growing up in LB and GG, worked for The Mouse for awhile then moved to SF as I wanted more transit options.
After 30 years of driving in CA I moved to NYC. Gave up the car. Don't miss it.
I can get around most places for a fraction of the cost of owning a car. More cities need better transit options so that a car isn't burning a hole in your monthly budget. It's not worth it.
This is cool. Brings back memories of my trip to LA. We took this line from Long Beach a few times.
Thanks!
Me too
@@LARailProductions hello there.
I love the blue line route. It reminded me of the Pacific electric train's from LA to long beach
This is basically the former P.E route
I wish they had beautiful subway in Los Angeles when I lived there 1987-87 but the earthquake scared us away!
I think I like Chicago's CTA better. They don't stop for traffic or blow their horn at every intersection. Still it was a fun ride!
That's the price everyone pays when the trains street run for portions of the line, however the horn is probably one of the nicest aspects of the ride.
One quick thing about that. The CTA subway/elevated network dates back to the early 20th century. Back then LA had one of the largest streetcar networks in the US after Philadelphia, in the 50s these streetcars started closing down making way for LAs massive freeway network, while Chicago retained its train network. The car was seen as the future of LA, but all it did was cause traffic nightmares that Metro Rail now needs to combat.
CTA doesn't have light rail.
That's heavy rail so no need for intersections.
CTA has grade crossings at the outer ends of a few of their rapid transit lines. Great cab ride video, thanks for sharing @LARailProductions
I love these kinds of trains. They are so cool!
Nice cab view! Making mine soon.
Thanks!
Love the steam locomotive sounding whistle! That will get everyone's attention
Yes ..that is life on the blue line .. I've rode this train so many times before ..and they need more security on the trains and more security on the metro buses
Nice video, and thanks for posting. I'm amazed the line has no real barriers on the street running portions.
Thanks!
I’m thinking they tried to somewhat replicate the old la pacific electric trains, having a mix of dedicated railway and street tracks
5:20 I like the junction with the Expo Line
Metro Expo Line is now Metro E Line (Expo)
That's a huge bottleneck on the system especially rush hour
@@apluto12-z3e it was a huge bottleneck on the opening day of the expo line trains lined up
How do L.A. Metro not think about having express tracks/stops for at least their Light Rail lines? It got to be about the money. Are they at least thinking about Skip-Stop service in the future?
I agree, 50 mins is too long for people to commute from downtown to Long Beach or vice versa.
Are they going to run rail like this through most of the LA metro area ? They need to LA is massive and populated it got to be on level of rail like NY paris London Beijing Tokyo Manila mexico city Moscow type rail it's on that level of city world city it needs world city rail
I agree. What they need to focus on is improving their Metrolink commuter rail system. Too much single tracking, very low frequencies, sometimes only peak service. They need to convert that into a more frequent S-Bahn/Rer/London Overground style system. Just look at the Crossrail project in London, and tell me when the last time a Northern American city embarked on a project like that.
Yes ..I used to ride this train ..and my stop was at the Artesia station ❤️
Amazing cab view! I enjoyed it! I wonder why the announcement for Pico Station still called the E Line (Expo) the Expo Line.
Thanks!
Announcements all still are the old ones. In fact it still says this is a metro blue line train
They say the letter part first then the old name so that people who don’t know about the name change won’t be confused, also for people to get used to the new name.
Yeah nice and outstanding job my friend. Love your videos
Thanks!
Red Line becomes Line B and Purple Line becomes Line D in early 2020. Gold Line becomes Line J and Green Line becomes Line C in mid 2020.
Yes everyone knows
@@LARailProductions I didn't. Lol. Then again, I'm from up in Lancaster. I kinda prefer the color names. I feel like I'm always gonna call it the Blue Line.
this line was filmed for the film lethal weapon 3
Nice video. Thanks for the ride and greetings from Seoul.
man i miss the P2020s
do you want a subway or trams
BOTH
You made this within about a month of me being in Long Beach. And I use this line quite a bit. I am actually working on moving there hopefully.
I just moved here to LA and had wanted to know where this line leads from and to. Great video, thanks. 👍😷
This video is gonna be soooooo long when they build the extension to Montclair
Yup. The blue line is going to be a super long train in 2028. Montclair to long beach.
Possibly longest in the world. Over 50 miles.
Great video! Really enjoyed the ride
Thanks!
Me to yay
What a slow line. It is a good start, but LA should have underground lines instead. That would make commuting much better, and encourage more people to travel by mass transport
Most of this right of way existed before, and it would be prohibitively expensive to bury this whole line underground . I think they need to give it full transit signal priority and eliminate a few grade crossings and that could shave off at least a few mins each way.
The bells remind me of the scanners at the 99 cent stores.
Yeahhhh i will be riding on this next month,can't wait
Awesome video, I always enjoy your videos!
Thanks!
Los Angeles Rail Productions no problemo:D
The automated announcements are so easy to confuse 😂
Does the train trigger the traffic lights so it can pass?
Yes it does.
Nothing beats The NYC's MTA Subways.. And CTA Chicago's L Trains as well.. NYC is the best!
Nothing will ever beat the Nippon Sharyo P2020s however.
@@LARailProductions Lol.. I hear you on that.. Thanks for the response.. You know I was joking..
Hi, Los Angeles Rail production. I'm going to railfan downey, CA! and what days and can I get info and the symbols of the trains that pass downey and is there any signals and ACTS?
I will still call it The Metro Blue Line (Formely A Line)
Same
I am really suprised to see that the metro train has to give way to the cars? Is that normal? Here in Germany most of the time the cars would have to yield for the train/ light rail.
Yeah I guess this is unique to LA because cars usually yield to trains here too
Welcome to America or L.A for that matter.
Too bad we didn't get to reach to Pacific Av
Thank you! Very interesting! Greetings from Russia!
As I can see on maps, your city has surprisingly many industrial rail branches. Are they all in use? Could they be somewhen used for passenger traffic or converted to light rail line like this?
Many of the industrial branches are still in use. The companies that own them don’t like sharing the lines so it can take a while for negotiations between the metro and the companies to happen.
no, the railroads using the industry branches are private companies who built, own, and maintain those tracks. they need to make a profit so their employees can feed their families and make a living. so unless running very slow light-rail on their tracks will somehow help them, there’s no point.
@@techguy_drew thank you. Maybe, my view on Los Angeles was kind of stereotypical, I thought it was all Hollywood, record companies, rich people's mansions and so on, and once it was profitable to convert industries into offices and living blocks, as it was done in New York, London, Moscow or so; however, it still has oil refineries, sea port and Compton where N.W.A. were straight outta.
1:02 Where can I find this sound online?
I believe windows has it
@@Lucrativecris which version?
Whatever happened to these trains that were colored Red?? I remember seeing the red ones when i was young with my mother in Long beach and Watts or Compton
It is so weird that they have to wait at intersections. I've never seen anything like that
Happens A lot in Europe. Green Line in Boston. Portland, Denver.
Nice!
Thanks!
Es but no
Looking back at this video, “nice” is the biggest understatement of history
The next stop is Downtown
I love the electric k5la horns.
a train waiting at a traffic light WTF??? this is stupid public transit. they should give priority all the time to the train, and like 1000 feet before the train comes, give it all green lights.
On Artesia Station 🚉 is there a 260 near by
#3 The Metro operator has to often say on intercom? Get off the Metro tracks? Now what I'm wondering is how did this question reach this point?
the train are rely cool
18:50 dude literally almost overshot the platform
Why do the new rails sound so quiet?. I really miss the noise they made before on the old blue line :(
edit: the operator pulled in to slauson station way to fast. He almost outran the platform i wonder why he did.
Because they are new and smooth
@@ciello___8307 First time i seem something like that
This is good because you see I'm an East Coast dude. A Vicious Ass City has got to have a Subway running from the hood to the good.
Whatever that mean but it rhymes.
They should be another station before the portal
#4 is Litter in the cabs is not concerns me because why?
Why is a high platform train running on street level? I feel like this is a scenerio where a low platform LRV makes more sense.
Low entry trains where not available in the 80es, when this was planned. But it ain't that bad in LA, other light rail networks like this suffer way more of finding places where to put the stations: ua-cam.com/video/PliZ4v8_XnM/v-deo.html
I want to see this at night when all the freaks come out!
The Long Beach half looks nicer.
Yea I used to take the blue line and the red and the silver and never gold line or amtrak 😭😭😭😭😭😭
OMG I miss you metro!!! Metro is so fun and awesome 😁😁😁😁
Metro is way better than the Georgia transportation, those things are
expensive and lame but metro is less than 2.00 dollars just $1.25 or something like that idk
but it's more specific on where you're going than Georgia
Compton is the best
Look at the poor people in cars. Hahahhaha
All of these stations are lifeless except for Long Beach... :(
Has this video been accelerated？
Please hold your breath, until we tell you otherwise. Thanks for going Metro.
Does this take tap card?
Yes. All Metro Rail lines require a TAP card to ride.
4:26 Jeffree Star crosses the street
Okay. I know about the Metro A Blue Line from DTLA to Artesia 105 FWY. okay SEOUL #1 Bicycles have to be in 1 area or CAB. Korea has no bicycles in METRO.
Driver sometimes pronounce the station wrong
If you see something, say something!
*Ding Dong* The next stop is…
Что за страна?
The hottest sistas in the world ride the Blue Line, amazing black women
The older Spanish announcer was much better
Way too many announcements. And it’s slow. Too bad it has to stop for lights
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#2 The Metro operator has no time to look at mirrors or cameras arguing with knuckleheads to release the door? Metro sometimes have to say on intercom "bed mattresses" are not allowed! Bed Mattresses are not allowed on METRO? You!!
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Me to want to vrenon
Ugly and depressed, grey city. But hey: movies say it's the best place to be.
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Metro ruined the blue line
FIRST
Most ghetto line ever, i got on this today and saw 2 fights almost break out
That's funny because in NYC on the A Train which goes from Far Rockaway Queens to 205th Street in Manhattan is ghetto as HELL. Because remember the A train goes thru the rough parts of Brooklyn, Bed Stuy, Crown Heights and East New York then up to Washington Heights in Manhattan Lol.
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