TMN | TRANSIT - Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 (Westbound) FULL RIDE

TMN: s2e82 | TRANSIT - Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 La Mirada/Whittier to Downtown LA (Westbound) FULL RIDE
La Mirada CA | July 5, 2019 | 1218
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In this episode our crews recorded the entire trip of Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 from the first stop in front of La Mirada Theater Center to the last stop at 5th/Beaudy in Downtown Los Angeles.
Line 50 is MBL's longest route, it covers 26.2 miles (42.1 km) one way (Rome2Rio, 2019). From the 1980s thru mid 1990s this route was originally known as Line 104 and began at Fullerton Park & Ride Station and traveled through the Orange County cities of Fullerton and Buena Park via Gilbert Street, Malvern Ave and La Mirada Blvd on its way to Boyle Heights, and was operated by the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD, 1985).
When the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) came into existence in 1993, the MTA continued what the RTD had been doing since the 1970s by shedding operations outside of Los Angeles County (MTA, 2013). The MTA cancelled service from Fullerton Park & Ride Station to La Mirada, and established the new eastern terminal on Aldefa Drive/Rosecrans Ave (MTA, 1994). On April 3, 2000 the MTA handed Line 104 over to Montebello Bus Lines (SO.CA.TA, 1999). MBL renumbered it as Line 50 and its been in service since (MBL, 2019).
Departing from La Mirada Theater Center in La Mirada, Line 50 travels through the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera, Montebello, Commerce, Vernon, and Boyle Heights on its way to Downtown Los Angeles.
There will be continuous video coverage from La Mirada to Downtown Los Angeles. We hope you will enjoy this ride-a-long on MBL's longest route. The featured vehicle in this episode is a New Flyer XN40 (CPTDB, 2019). These are scenes of that morning.
Fare One Way
$1.10 - Regular Fare
$0.75 - Students (K-12)
$0.50 - Seniors (62 & older), and persons with disabilities and Medicare cardholders
For schedule information on MBL Line 50 please visit Montebello Bus Lines: www.ridembl.com...
Manufacture: New Flyer Industries
Class: XN40 (2016)
Fleet Number: 1604
Division: Taylor Ave
VIN Number: 5FYC8FB07GC049890
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References
Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board (2019). Montebello Bus Lines. Retrieved on October 2019 from cptdb.ca/wiki/...
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1994). Metro Press Release, p2. Retrieved on October 2019 from libraryarchives...
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2013). Southern California Rapid Transit District (1964-1993). Retrieved on October 2019 from www.metroprimar...
Montebello Bus Lines (2019). MBL Line 50 Schedule, p5. Retrieved on October 2019 from www.ridembl.com...
Rome2Rio (2019). Transport. Retrieved on October 2019 from www.rome2rio.c...
Southern California Rapid Transit District (1985). RTD System Map. Retrieved on October 2019
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The Transit Advocate (1999, December). MTA Reductions, p2. Retrieved on October 2019 from www.socata.net/...