E Line (Los Angeles Metro)

E Line
An LA Metro Kinki Sharyo P3010 train in service on the E Line
Overview
Other name(s)	Expo Line (2012–2019) Gold Line/L Line (east of Little Tokyo/Arts District)
Owner	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Line number	804 (formerly 806)
Termini	Downtown Santa Monica Atlantic
Stations	29
Website	metro.net/riding/guide/e-line
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Los Angeles Metro Rail
Depot(s)	Division 14 (Santa Monica) Division 21 (Elysian Park)
Rolling stock	Kinki Sharyo P3010 running in 2 or 3 car consists
Daily ridership	41,902 (weekday, October 2023) [1]
Ridership	11,586,541 (2023) 23.5%
Technical
Line length	22 mi (35 km)[2]
Number of tracks	2
Character	Mostly at-grade in private right-of-way, with some underground, street-running, elevated, and trench sections
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Operating speed	55 mph (89 km/h) (max.) 19 mph (31 km/h) (avg.)
Route map E Line highlighted in gold Show interactive map Legend Downtown Santa Monica 17th Street/SMC 26th Street/Bergamot Division 14 Maintenance and Storage Facility Expo/Bundy I-405 Expo/Sepulveda Westwood/Rancho Park I-10 Palms Culver City La Cienega/Jefferson Expo/La Brea Farmdale Expo/Crenshaw   Expo/Western Expo/Vermont Expo Park/USC Exposition Bl/Figueroa St Jefferson/USC I-110 LATTC/Ortho Institute     A Line to Long Beach I-10 Pico    7th Street/Metro Center      Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill    Historic Broadway   Little Tokyo/Arts District     A Line to Azusa Metrolink and Amtrak Pico/Aliso US 101 Mariachi Plaza I-5 / I-10 Soto Indiana SR 60 I-710 Maravilla East LA Civic Center Atlantic Multiple services All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The E Line (formerly the Expo Line from 2012–2019) is a 22-mile (35 km)^[2] 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 E Line runs east-west and serves 29 stations between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica. It interlines and shares five stations with the A Line in Downtown Los Angeles. Service operates for approximately 19 hours with headways of up to 8 minutes during peak hours. The E Line, the second-busiest light rail line in the system, saw an average of 41,902 passengers on weekdays in October 2023.

The majority of the E Line’s western section from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica follows the original right-of-way of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad steam railroad, built in 1875. Regular service on those railroad tracks ended in 1988 and was bought by Metro in the 1990s. Formal studies to convert the old line into light rail began in 2000, and construction on its first phase from Downtown Los Angeles to Culver City opened in 2012 as the Expo Line. The segment to Santa Monica opened later in 2016. The line was named the Expo Line since most of it follows or runs in the median of Exposition Boulevard.^[3][4] It was renamed the E Line in late 2019 while retaining the aqua-colored line and icons used to designate it on maps.

After the Regional Connector opened in June 2023, the E Line underwent significant expansion. The E Line was extended to East Los Angeles using a portion of the L Line light rail line. The project connected the existing E Line tracks in Downtown Los Angeles to the L Line tracks via a new tunnel underneath Downtown Los Angeles. With this change, the L Line service ended and was replaced with the E Line. The line's color designation changed to gold to reflect its expanded route and integration with the L Line tracks.