I like how the E line now goes underground then surfaces for one station then back under. Great cab view :)
@TenMinuteTrips Жыл бұрын
The last time I was in Santa Monica, there was no Metro. The corner where the Santa Monica station is located was the Sears Automotive Center. Things sure changed!
@MazdaMiata_9 ай бұрын
I live in santa monica for 14 years. The santa monica station opened in 2016. Times are changing 😂
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
I took the same ride on opening day at around 5:30pm on a Friday. It took me one hour and five minutes to travel from Santa Monica to the Indiana station. Had I driven that same distance it would have taken me 1.5 stressful hours during rush hour on a Friday.
@tomcooper4332 Жыл бұрын
Great the regional connector is finally open. Not so great is, how incredibly slow those trains are - even on the newly built tunnel tracks. Not to speak of those hundreds of traffic lights that are not optimized for or controlled by the arriving trains. In a modern city those traffic lights would give the light rail the righti of way as soon as a train comes closer to the intersection.
@marcio78 Жыл бұрын
They definetely must priorize traffic lights to light rail over cars to improve speed. Unfortunately they didn't eliminate all the level crossings along the entire route.
@choco1490 Жыл бұрын
theres been many ppl trying to off themselves, jumping into the tracks bc they see something shiny or pushing ppl onto the tracks of the subway system, so instead of installing platform screen doors, they make the trains slow down. before the panny, the subway used to zoom into the station
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
@@choco1490the two subway lines are different. This is a light rail line and they have always operated in this way.
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
The light rail lines on LA Metro are partially grade separated as you can see from this video. Many of the grade separations happen in areas with the busiest intersections or where the geography doesn't allow for surface travel. The trains are not as slow as you imply. However, signal prioritization is being studied and I'm sure will eventually be implemented. From what I've read, many of the traffic lights would need to be replaced in order to implement the technology.
@choco1490 Жыл бұрын
@@mrxman581 I've taken both, ofc heavy rail is faster but both slow down considerably when they near stations
@roberthuron9160 Жыл бұрын
It would be interesting to see,just how much the Pacific Electric/ Los Angeles Railway,track maps,would coincide with the current LAMTA maps! Definitely,the current LA system is the old PE on steroids! Thanks for the trip,and nice photography 📸!! Thanks 😊 🙏!
@jamesparson Жыл бұрын
Back in the day, the PE Venice line would pick up lots and lots of passengers in the heart of downtown. I remember reading that at least one stop would have hundreds and hundreds of people boarding. All the cars, all the LA Railway streetcars, everyone just came to a halt. I would have loved to have seen that in action. Today, I think 30:55 , the junction at Flower and Washington is similar. There are a lot of 3 car trains crossing a very busy intersection. This neighborhood is only growing. I am at a loss to name another intersection that blocks so much traffic. Maybe someone can think of one.
@Mike1064ab11 ай бұрын
Yah thanks to GM for ruining that. Lucky they have their strike now.
@Blueyfanoftrains28 күн бұрын
0:00 santa monica 0:16 metro passes 1:49 17th st smc st (santa monica college) 2:40 railroad crossing 3:13 railroad crossing 3:32 railroad crossing 4:19 railroad crossing 4:22 26th st begmont st (in santa monica) 4:31 railroad crossing 5:11 railroad crossing 6:58 expo /bundy st 7:49 railroad crossing 8:49 expo/ seguleda st 9:24 railroad crossing 9:54 railroad crossing 10:00 westwood ranco park st 10:34 railroad crossing 11:38 tunnel 12:52 palms st 13:42 railroad crossing 14:14 culver city (cuver city California) 15:59 la ciegnega/ Jefferson st 16:50 railroad crossing 17:28 expo/la brea st 18:28 farmdale st (explotion blvd) 18:51 railroad crossing 19:10 another metro pass 19:26 railroad crossing 19:47 expo Crenshaw st (connects to k line) (explotion blvd) 20:55 railroad crossing 21:15 railroad crossing 21:43 railroad crossing 21:51 metro pass 22:42 expo/ western st (explotion blvd) 25:03 expo /Vermont st (explotion blvd) 25:54 expo park/usc st (explotion blvd) 26:23 underground 27:31 metro passes 27:32 jefferson /usc st (explotion blvd) 29:38 railroad crossing 29:41 lattic/ortho institute st (los angeles) 32:19 metro a line passes 32:26 railroad crossing 32:30 pico st 32:38 railroad crossing and metro a line Subway time: reganel connecter time! 33:54 7th st metro center st (los angeles) 35:31 grand ave arts bunker hills st (los angeles) 37:12 historic Broadway st (los angeles) 38:48 little tokyo arts district st (los angeles) 40:30 metro pass 41:22 pico/ aliso st (east la) 42:28 marachi plaza st (east la) 43:54 soto st (east la) 46:21 railroad crossing 46:38 indiana st (east la) (boyle heights) 47:10 railroad crossing 50:13 metro passes 50:16 marvilla st (east la) 51:36 east la civic ctr st (east la) 53:05 atlantic st (atlantic) (east la) finale Ncie vid freind
@Blueyfanoftrains28 күн бұрын
In 32:19 I messed up sorry it's e line
@MetroSheepProductionsMSP Жыл бұрын
I am glad you were able to make another cab view!
@Lucrativecris Жыл бұрын
Why don’t you videos anymore?
@AmbientWalking11 ай бұрын
Super interesting! Really nice to experience this with you. Thanks!
@flattrain583411 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@Lucrativecris Жыл бұрын
They gotta extend the line from Atlantic station
@BG2007 Жыл бұрын
In the future, The E Line will extend to Whittier Eastside Phase 2 Project
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
LA Metro has already green lit phase two that will extend the line to the city of Whittier. They will also rework the existing Atlantic station and move it underground similar to what they did for the new Little Tokyo-Arts District station. They will continue the route underground along Atlantic and build another underground station at Atlantic and Whittier Blvd. From there it will travel to the Citadel Outlet Mall where they will build another underground station towards the rear of the Citadel. After that it will come out to the surface along Washington Blvd and a few more stations will be built. Some at grade and possibly a aerial station or two. They have approved to build the route through the first four stations. It seems this phase 2 will be divided up into two parts because of the funding timelines.
@Lucrativecris Жыл бұрын
@@mrxman581 Metro is extra waste of money imo
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
@@Lucrativecris good thing a majority of LA city and county voters have the opposite opinion. Good day sir!
@TheVideoEditorGuy6579 Жыл бұрын
@@mrxman581The E Line extension to Whittier would definitely a waste of money with a low estimated ridership. Nearly 6 billion dollars (the most expensive light rail project in the system) for no more than the proposed 20k daily riders. A BRT is a better option; even though it is slightly slower, it will much cheaper and reliable than rail. I would either parallel the BRT via the E Line extension or divert via Whittier Bl as the corridor is much busier and have more frequent bus service than Washington Bl in which it only runs 30-60 minutes weekdays and Saturdays with a low service-span. I’m aware Sepulveda Pass rail is more expensive; however, it is more overdue and needed for the city. Plus, the ridership would be over 100k, so it is really needed.
@juliafuentes3300 Жыл бұрын
Im glad you made a cab wiew
@MultiAnimelover45 Жыл бұрын
They should add that DLC for Train Sim world 3 in realistic, now that would dope Af.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
That would be pretty cool
@Ploryandyoopfan Жыл бұрын
I like the full ride you flimed
@TinLeadHammer Жыл бұрын
0:39 - the red dump truck, it was pretty close. I am sure accidents will happen. American drivers need gates to stop them from running red light.
@LARailProductions Жыл бұрын
Sometime in the near future we will be able to connect to the K Line at Crenshaw and ride all the way down to the SODA BARRRRR!!!!!!
@Ploryandyoopfan Жыл бұрын
Cool video
@gregorylparks5739 Жыл бұрын
Great Video! It would be nice if there were gate crossing to speed up service. However, it's a great video!
@census3370 Жыл бұрын
Wish the P865/2020 were still around to run these routes for one last time.
@jamesvanscoyoc57909 ай бұрын
When they designed the Regional Connector, couldn't they have banked the tracks on the curves or something, so the trains wouldn't have to slow down so much?
@alexanderbanos8125 Жыл бұрын
Do the cab rides of the new A Line (Blue) (a.k.a. "Pasadena and Foothills Blue Line") from Long Beach to Azusa and the new E Line (Expo/Gold) from East LA to Santa Monica.
@alexanderbanos8125 Жыл бұрын
I mean it would be great if it gets done going the opposite direction for both lines. That's fine if it's not necessary.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
I am going to do opposite ones in the future
@RedXDC Жыл бұрын
I like all waves 🙋♂️
@zanethexdevelevators2329 ай бұрын
These trains are manually operated right?
@flattrain58349 ай бұрын
Yes
@arc82169 ай бұрын
I'm honestly shocked they'd make the tunnels more well lit than the stations.
@agems56 Жыл бұрын
Time for Calgary to step up to the plate with modern train systems and a working time coordinated transit system with seemless transfer stations! Won't be in my time unfortunately!
@metrorailinlosangelesprodu4407 Жыл бұрын
Good Video .
@Lucrativecris Жыл бұрын
35:08 glitch?
@ClankyCloverGaming Жыл бұрын
please stand clear, the doors are closing
@Ploryandyoopfan Жыл бұрын
Wow to Atlantic station ave
@TaylorMMontgomery Жыл бұрын
11:50 why is it going so slow though that tunnel? It should be flying through this area... It's all fully concrete
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
There is a curve
@reynoldhunter86009 ай бұрын
The metro E line from Santa Monica to Atlantic Station
@staubach1979rt4 ай бұрын
Thank you. I wish that had been in the description.
@reynoldhunter86004 ай бұрын
I know
@Spaceshotx72 ай бұрын
How come Metro Trains have 2 different horns? What are they for?
@Yevgeshik Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video! Can You make this line in opposite direction, please?
@laurenceskinnerton739 ай бұрын
Good.
@TinLeadHammer Жыл бұрын
They did not have $500 for a distinctive chime and took a Windows "something went wrong" chime? Hilarious and shameful.
@jamesvanscoyoc6064 Жыл бұрын
How do the trains get their traction power in the tubular tunnels? While it wouldn't be a problem in the square tunnels, I don't see how the overhead pantograph pickups eould work in a round tunnel. Forgive me if this seems an inane question, but doe to the windshield visor I can't really see what's overhead.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
In the new tunnel sections there is a metal rail on the ceiling. There is enough clearance on the side
@roberthuron916011 ай бұрын
That type of application,third rail on the overhead was/is used in Grand Central Terminal in New York! Many locomotives of the NYC,and New Haven had mini- Pantagraphs,so they could navigate the puzzle switches,in the Terminal! See Mr. Dougherty's track maps of GCT,will give you an idea,of the complexity of the layout! Thank you for the forum! Thank you 😇 😊!
@Pithecanthropus24833 ай бұрын
Are the stations always this empty?
@kikeruiz539 Жыл бұрын
00:37 that red truck took the red light
@Geotpf Жыл бұрын
Ridership seems pretty weak. When was this filmed?
@ClankyCloverGaming Жыл бұрын
after june 16
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
June 23
@antonio9766 Жыл бұрын
Do you call these train, I was always know to light rail as Tram or Streetcar.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
We call these light rail
@lambdamoses68373 ай бұрын
Are you going to do C and K lines?
@walkingcityadventures Жыл бұрын
Close to the water
@lametrorailfan Жыл бұрын
Was this the P2550 train cab view or the P3010 cab view?
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
3010
@HarborSubHughley Жыл бұрын
Very nice video Nick
@UnnDunn Жыл бұрын
What’s up with the frame rate in the mirror on the right? Looks like GPU shader compilation causing crazy stutter. You sure this isn’t a leaked version of GTA 6? 😂 Edit: now I see it isn’t a mirror, it’s a screen showing a camera feed from the external platform camera. That explains the stutter.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
I’m surprised they didn’t put a better version in. That’s actually a camera on the side of the train, not a station camera. It’s a mirror substitute
@AlexisKasperavicius4 ай бұрын
Wow these trains are really slow! Slowing and stopping at every little curve, even straight sections just painful! I would be curious to compare the average speeds with some similar crosstown trains like the S-Bahn in Berlin. Sure, during street crossings slow is understandable, but for grade separated right of way these things should be much faster. It's a shame.
@norimono_channelАй бұрын
日本人の皆さん2:53を見てください。驚く事にデカデカと日本語で文字が書いてあります😂
@joelbenny1683 Жыл бұрын
Why dont Americans build w dedicated track for their metros.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
Budget
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
Due to prohibitive costs. Remember, the LA Metro is mostly funded through increased sales taxes approved by voters from both LA city and county. In the USA, if extremely difficult to get substantial funding from either the state or federal governments. There are many more transit projects that will also need funding in the near future. It's more important to build out the Metro system first than to fully grade separate the lines that you do build. If all lines were grade separated today, our Metro system would be half the size it is today. That scenario would be much worse.
@DnD_Robb404 Жыл бұрын
39:25 A grade crossing, really? That’s gonna seriously hold back trains in the future.
@losangelesrailway35059 ай бұрын
Explain?
@DnD_Robb4049 ай бұрын
@@losangelesrailway3505let’s say this is an A train, turning left. There is an E train in the opposite direction, both at this crossing. If the crossing was grade separated, both trains could pass at the same time. But since the crossing is grade level, one would have to wait for the other to clear
@mrxman5814 ай бұрын
@@DnD_Robb404If you're referring to the wye at Flower and Washington, there are plans to grade separate it. Once it's grade separated, they can run the trains on both the E and A light rail lines more often.
@DnD_Robb4044 ай бұрын
@@mrxman581 it should’ve been grade separated from the beginning Edit: I’m talking about the intersection at Alameda/1st, the one depicted within the timestamp, I’m not sure if they have room to grade separate Flower/Wahsington
@TCORV Жыл бұрын
Will the driver yell at me if I record the front window
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
The first attempt of this Video the operator told me not to film
@TastyBishop Жыл бұрын
can you show your wig wag?
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
Pinkie promise next vid
@Cal300010 ай бұрын
They need to update the ugly jingles. Sounds so outdated.
@GreatMossWater2 ай бұрын
5:45 that is a tiny platform rofl
@ThomasSands-ub7imАй бұрын
A light rail is a train you know
@ThomasSands-ub7imАй бұрын
Is a light. rail train
@surebrah8 ай бұрын
The station cops almost outnumber the passengers.
@linesided Жыл бұрын
I had to check carefully, but I think I saw a passenger on one of those stations. Amazing.
@javierbarrucz7755 Жыл бұрын
🚊🚊🚊🚊📹📹📹 40:43
@leehaber8 ай бұрын
It's pretty slow. On a lot of straight dedicated sections it is only going 25 mph.
@mrxman5814 ай бұрын
The top speed is 55 mph. And it reaches that speed in some sections.
@marcio78 Жыл бұрын
Is sad they miss the opportunity to eliminate all the level crossings. From Santa Monica to Downtown should be Faster and safe.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
Not really possible, way to expensive. I would at least like to see priority on the crossings though.
@ronnyrueda5926 Жыл бұрын
In terms of priority I would Remove the speed limit at farmdale grade separate pico to south of the Washington flower junction. Elevate the Crenshaw station Extend the underground portion to Indiana station.
@flattrain5834 Жыл бұрын
The grade separation is not realistic, adding gates instead of traffic lights are helpful.
@ronnyrueda5926 Жыл бұрын
@@flattrain5834 correct they probably would not grade separate right now. But I could see them sometime in the (distant) future add them after new projects come online.
@mrxman581 Жыл бұрын
@@ronnyrueda5926The reason these lines are not fully grade separated is due to cost. There is only so much money available for a hell of a lot more projects that will need to get funded. Metro has designed these light rail lines very very well. There are only two places in the system that would make a ton of sense to grade separate. The one you mention last, the Indiana station. That should have been underground. The second is on what is now the A line as you're coming into Pasadena from LA. There is about a half mile section where it goes through a residential street and it slows down significantly. So much so I thought it was going to stop but it doesn't. It might be the slowest section in all of LA Metro.
@cybotnic89 Жыл бұрын
Way too many announcements and such a slow system for a big sprawled out city like LA
@roboftherock Жыл бұрын
You ought know that the announcements are for joining passengers, hence the repetitious nature of them.
@elliotjackson18 ай бұрын
If your train is driving on the road in the middle of traffic you’ve fucked up.
@mrxman5814 ай бұрын
All the light rail lines run on dedicated ROWs. They don't share the same part of the street with vehicles. Vehicles only cross tracks at intersections. Vehicles can't drive on top of the tracks like they do with streetcars and trams.
@omar90s91 Жыл бұрын
It's a great line you pass and see cool places but gotta say the smell is just to horrible, this is because of the many mentality challenging homeless people that ride or sleep in the train, smells like urine which can ruin the experience plus some of the stations like in downtown or the starting one in santa monica is just too filthy. A solution to this imo is having more security or police in the stations making sure no one does some crazy shit and making sure everyone behaves normally this reducing the bad odor and the feeling of being scare for your live while using this train as with others in the city.