REGIONAL CONNECTOR OPENS JUNE 16!

Free rides all weekend! Three new stations downtown, fewer transfers. Transit in LA is about to get more connected!

[@overviewstrain]

I remember seeing little Tokyo station under construction since 2018. These other two new stations are gonna be awesome too! I know it took a while to get the regional connector built, but the purple line extension is the most vital metro project. Thank you metro construction workers, urban planners, and everyone else involved with getting this amazing infrastructure built!

[@tyrese3745]

Big news, guys: when the Regional Connector officially opens two weeks from this Friday, and the Foothill section of what will be the former L Line links up to the 7th Street-Downtown Long Beach section, the A Line will become the longest light rail line, not only in the 30-year history of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority, but the longest in the entire world! The newly rechristened A Line will cover a record 49.5 miles of trackage from Azusa to Long Beach, thus surpassing the 42 mi Coast Tram in Belgium. I only hope the Guinness World Records will cover this historical moment.

[@renaes2807]

It'll keep getting longer with the foothill extensions also

[@tyrese3745]

@@renaes2807 I know that.

[@my2iu]

We’ll have to see how long it lasts. The problem with long lines is that if there’s a problem somewhere on the line, it becomes difficult to properly maintain good service on the rest of the line. Things get backed up, and you need to route trains around the problem. Why should someone in Long Beach have to suffer poor train service just because there’s a train problem in Azusa? Also, if you need extra capacity on only small parts of the line, it starts becoming expensive to run all those extra trains for the whole line when they’re only needed for, say, the downtown sections.

[@southerncaliforniarails]

LETS GO !!! a historic moment for sure. rip the l gold line. 2003 - 2023

[@southerncaliforniarails]

@@NotAnInternetTroll true, in fact, i still call it the gold line. its too iconic.

[@maxcalifornia94]

Gold line! All the way

[@alexanderbanos8125]

By June 16th, a lot will change with LA Metro's A (Blue), E (Expo), and L (Gold) lines. The L Line (Gold) will no longer exist from there. The "North" L Line branch to Azusa will become the north extension of the A Line, finally accomplishing LA Metro's vision of the "Pasadena Blue Line" with the "missing link" completed. The E Line will get recolored from light blue to gold and extend to East Los Angeles on the L Line's "South" branch.

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

Did you just got that for me?

[@cat1987z]

This is going to make me cry

[@angelescovarruvias977]

Rest in Peace L/Gold line, you will be missed.

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

But it may be used to the West Santa Ana Branch with the E line Blue Colour, And label as L line.

[@theghostofmrcow1985]

Agree. Rest in peace metro Goldline especially in the San Gabriel Valley. 2003-2023😢😢😢

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

@@theghostofmrcow1985 I only took the L line One time in 2015 and it’s gonna be my last😢

[@theghostofmrcow1985]

@yibranthompsonrubio I take it every Fridays and Saturdays to go to Azusa. Is so much memories the goldline train brought to me since 2019 when I first took the goldline from Chinatown station to Azusa. It all started when my ex left me in 2019 and decided to distance myself from L.A and decided to go to Azusa on the goldline train since 2019.

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

@@theghostofmrcow1985 Respect buddy. But at least they’re going to use the light blue colour and label L line West Santa Ana branch ( L line)

[@geom9_touhou]

I guess this is it for the Gold Line, its June 16th now.

[@tyrese3745]

Two more weeks of the fractured L (Gold) Line.

[@UPLAJ5]

Can I have a sneak peek of the regional rail connector

[@paulcastillo1310]

Iam looking forward to this for a long time

[@nellienell924]

So I have to take the A line to Pasadena now ? Not going to be called the gold line anymore?

[@teejaybee8222]

YES! Looking forward to it!

[@quanta2k]

When will Metro begin construction for the East San Fernando Valley line?

[@JermaniBurroughs]

2026

[@tntmaster1104]

Its finally happening

[@tyrese3745]

YAY!!! Yippee, yippee, triple yippee! Finally! About effin’ time!

[@AD-mq1qj]

What's the regional connector for?

[@losangelesmetro]

Hi AD. Here's some more info on the project: www.metro.net/projects/connector-2/

[@AD-mq1qj]

@@losangelesmetro ty

[@tyrese3745]

Guys, if anyone is taking the very first train through the Connector, please get some video of this, whether any of you are on the A or E train. Please?

[@christophercotton9048]

​@@tyrese3745 I'll make sure to do that. 😊

[@Blueyfanoftrains]

​@@losangelesmetrohi

[@CPT.Gaming-p7t]

RIP L LINE GOLD 2003-2023

[@erickcolli8569]

Summer open when

[@FlyingOverTr0ut]

Nice!

[@tyrese3745]

Guys, if anyone is taking the very first train through the Connector, please get some video of this, whether any of you are on the A or E train. Please?

[@shankarimendez]

Little toaku

[@erickcolli8569]

More videos people

[@heartoftherobot]

#india really?

[@DerrekBooo_roblox]

Little tokyo🚋🎉🥳

[@mechanicaltypewriteroperat9885]

Outrageous taxpayers’ and wasteful spending! I bet they have some real underqualified CPAs and chartered accountants, maybe some accounting technicians from unaccredited night school auditing their spending. There are already two Metro Rail lines the red and purple lines that transport people in such a short distance. Not to mention the costs of relocating already built Little Tokyo’s Station. And the countless Metro Bus and Bike Share that travel through the radius. People can also walk. Also don’t forget DASH, other municipal bus lines that goes through the area (like too many already). Don’t forget Uber and Lyft. I don’t know if escotters are legal there such as Bird and etc but I did see some. Generally speaking, people who are too lazy to transfers probably have much more discretionary spending and know to boycott the less security public system and just pay more for privacy and etc.

[@cityplanner3063]

If you think this is outrageous then you don’t want to go to London.

[@flukyreview9128]

What? Fake. Where are the homeless people rushing in as you open the doors?

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

Quit thinking about the negativity and enjoy something that everyone wants!!

[@flukyreview9128]

@@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland you say negativity, I say reality that needs to be addressed. You seem to brush issues off and blame others who try to do something about it. So you are ok with all the filth and crime that has been increasing on metro buses and rails? If do ride and depend on public transportation everyday then safety will be your top priority. If you don’t already know crime on metro has increased by 24% just this year and the year isn’t even over. So wake up. Let me guess you are an entitled millennial that has opinions on everything you know nothing about.

[@Stereowavey]

It isn’t open yet dude 💀

[@flukyreview9128]

@@Stereowavey would it even make a difference if it were? Homeless and thugs will find a way to infest this station to ruin the experience from law abiding respectful commuters. Only people who ride these lines are the homeless, drug addicts and thugs, the low lives that don’t contribute to society and don’t deserve to ride public transportation or social help for that matter.

[@Volkswagen-of-Deutschland]

@@Stereowavey Are you talking to me?