Back Línea A (Metro de Los Ángeles) Spanish خط آبی (متروی لس آنجلس) Persian Ligne A du métro de Los Angeles French Linea A (metropolitana di Los Angeles) Italian ロサンゼルス郡都市圏交通局A線 Japanese 로스앤젤레스 메트로 A선 Korean Linia A metra w Los Angeles Polish Синяя линия (метрополитен Лос-Анджелеса) Russian 洛杉矶轻轨蓝线 WUU 洛杉矶轻轨A线 Chinese
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The A Line (formerly, from 1990 to 2019, and colloquially known as the Blue Line)[3][4] is a 48.5-mile (78.1 km) 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 A Line serves 44 stations and runs east-west between Azusa and Pasadena, then north-south between Pasadena and Long Beach. It interlines and shares five stations with the E Line in Downtown Los Angeles. Service operates for approximately 19 hours with headways of up to 8 minutes during peak hours. The A Line is currently the longest light rail line in the world.
The A Line is the oldest and busiest light rail line in the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, carrying an average of 60,423 riders on weekdays in October 2023. Its initial segment from Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles opened in 1990, using much of the original right-of-way of the Long Beach Line, a former Pacific Electric interurban line. The line became heavily used, prompting the implementation of capacity and reliability improvements throughout its alignment. A plan to extend the line north to Pasadena in the San Gabriel Valley surfaced in the 1980s but was canceled due to funding constraints. The Gold Line (renamed the L Line in 2020) light rail line opened in 2003, completing part of the planned extension from Union Station to Pasadena. It was extended east to Azusa in 2016.
The northern extension was revived as part of the Regional Connector project in the early 2000s, and construction began in 2014. The project enabled A Line trains to run to the San Gabriel Valley via a new downtown tunnel connecting the A Line tracks to the L Line tracks. The A Line's current Azusa–Long Beach service was introduced in June 2023 with the opening of the Regional Connector, incorporating the Union Station–Pasadena–Azusa portion of the former L Line. Construction is underway to extend the A Line further east to Pomona and Montclair.
- ^ "Interactive Estimated Ridership Stats". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Archived from the original on December 8, 2023. Retrieved December 30, 2023.
- ^ "Facts At A Glance". Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 2023. Archived from the original on March 19, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
- ^ Fonseca, Ryan (September 25, 2019). "Ignore Those 'Line A' Signs. Metro's Blue Line Will Reopen As The 'A Line'". laist.com. Southern California Public Radio. Archived from the original on September 26, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
- ^ Nelson, Laura J. (October 17, 2019). "Light rail to Long Beach will reopen soon — but it won't be called the Blue Line". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 18, 2019.
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