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Los Angeles

California, USA (America)


Date of opening [d.m.y]30.01.1993
Network length28 km (17.40 mi)
Number of stations16
Number of lines1
Stations per line16.00
Avg. station distance*1.75 km (1.09 mi)
Avg. line length28.00 km (17.40 mi)
*with transfer stations counted once
World Metro List by J. Serradell, 1/2008.
     
System known asMetro Rail
Annual ridershipUnknown
Track orientationRight
Air-conditioned trainsYes
Walk-through trainsNo
Rubber-tyred trainsNo
Driverless linesNo
Platform screen doorsNo
Metro Features List




Metro Arts and Architecture

Examples of good station design:


Rating: 1 star (bronze)  Los Angeles

 The city allocated 0.5% of subway construction costs to the creation of original art works. More than 250 artists contributed. There are works of art in all the stations of the Red Line and many other stations [metro.net], [mta.net], [usc.edu].

Photo [Eric Haas, nycsubway.org]: Hollywood/Highland station by Dworsky Associates architects and artist Sheila Klein.
Hollywood/Vine station on the Red Line features Hollywood's golden history with original theater projectors from the 1930s presented like sculptures. Film reels cover the vaulted ceiling all over.

Photo: Hollywood/Vine station from 1999 by artist Gilbert Lujan and architect Adolfo Miralles.




Departure Procedure and Sounds

Metro Red and Purple lines: "ding-ding" (wav). LRT lines: a high-pitched beep.





Archaeology

Subway construction aroused curiosity, not of archaeologists but palaeontologists, when a treasure trove of fossils was unearthed between Wilshire/Vermont and North Hollywood stations. The objects are not displayed in stations, though. About 2000 fossils could be preserved, dating back to up to 16.5 million years ago, including many fish species new to science, as well as bones and teeth of mammoth, mastodon, camel, bison and ground sloth as well as parts of redwood trees and other plants [6, 7, 8].



Metros to Beaches

Pacific Ocean: 1st Street station (Blue Line).




Photo Tours

  Los Angeles photo tour




Handpicked Resources

metro.net Los Angeles County Metro Art Department.




Useful Links for Los Angeles Metro Rail

Search (Google) (will most likely bring up Los Angeles Metro Rail's official website)
System maps (Google Images)
City map (Google Maps) (might show metro stations when zoomed in)
Images (Google Images)
Search urbanrail.net
Wikipedia page
Los Angeles city information (Wikipedia)



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