Los Angeles Subway

Metro Rail

Overview
Locale	Los Angeles County, California
Transit type	Rapid transit (heavy rail and light rail)
Number of lines	6 lines total 2 heavy rail lines 4 light rail lines
Line number	Blue Line   Expo Line   Gold Line   Green Line   Purple Line   Red Line
Number of stations	93
Daily ridership	362,135 (July 2016; avg. weekday boardings)
Website	Metro
Operation
Began operation	July 14, 1990; 26 years ago (1990-07-14)
Operator(s)	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro)
Headway	4–8 mins (peak); 10–20 mins (off-peak)
Technical
System length	105 mi (169.0 km)
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) (standard gauge)
Electrification	750 V DC
System map The Los Angeles Metro system map with the six Metro Rail lines, along with two Metro Busway bus rapid transit lines, as of June 2016[update].

6 lines total

Metro Rail is an urban rail system serving Los Angeles County, California. It consists of six lines, including two rapid transit subway lines (the Red and Purple lines) and four light rail lines (the Blue, Green, Gold and Expo lines) serving 93 stations. It connects with the Metro Liner bus rapid transit system (the Orange Line and Silver Line) and also with the Metrolink commuter rail system. Metro Rail, which had an average daily weekday ridership of 362,135 as of July 2016^[update], is owned and operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) and started service in 1990. It has been extended significantly since that time and several further extensions are either in the works or being considered.

The Metro Rail system is the indirect descendant of Pacific Electric Red Car and Los Angeles Railway Yellow Car lines, which operated between the late 19th century and the 1960s, and utilizes many of their former rights-of-way.