Metro Liner (Los Angeles County)
Encyclopedia
Metro Liner refers to bus rapid transit
services operated by Los Angeles County Metro
which operate on dedicated or shared-use busways.
Metro Liner is designed to mimic the Metro Rail light rail services both in the vehicle's design and their operation. Vehicles on both systems are painted in Metro Rail's silver livery, stop at all stations, passengers can board at any door and vehicles receive priority at intersections. Like Metro Rail, when fully implemented, Metro Liner buses will not have fareboxes, and ticket vending machines will be at all stations, as is the case on the Orange Line.
The Metro Liner concept has not yet been fully incorporated into the Silver Line. The Silver Line will not install ticket vending machines until the agency receives funding for that option.
Bus rapid transit
Bus rapid transit is a term applied to a variety of public transportation systems using buses to provide faster, more efficient service than an ordinary bus line. Often this is achieved by making improvements to existing infrastructure, vehicles and scheduling...
services operated by Los Angeles County Metro
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the California state-chartered regional transportation planning agency and public transportation operating agency for the County of Los Angeles formed in 1993 out of a merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District and the...
which operate on dedicated or shared-use busways.
Metro Liner is designed to mimic the Metro Rail light rail services both in the vehicle's design and their operation. Vehicles on both systems are painted in Metro Rail's silver livery, stop at all stations, passengers can board at any door and vehicles receive priority at intersections. Like Metro Rail, when fully implemented, Metro Liner buses will not have fareboxes, and ticket vending machines will be at all stations, as is the case on the Orange Line.
The Metro Liner concept has not yet been fully incorporated into the Silver Line. The Silver Line will not install ticket vending machines until the agency receives funding for that option.
Lines
Metro currently operates two Metro Liner services:- The Orange Line (opened on October 29, 2005) is a 14 miles (22.5 km) line traversing the southern San Fernando ValleySan Fernando ValleyThe San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area of southern California, United States, defined by the dramatic mountains of the Transverse Ranges circling it...
from the Warner Center Transit Hub in Woodland HillsWoodland Hills, Los Angeles, CaliforniaWoodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
to the North HollywoodNorth Hollywood (LACMTA Station)North Hollywood is a heavy-rail subway station in the Los Angeles County Metro Rail system. It is located at the intersection of Lankershim Boulevard and Chandler Boulevard in the North Hollywood District of Los Angeles. This station is served by the Red Line as well as the Orange Line BRT service...
station where the line connects to the Red Line. Metro Orange Line uses 60 feet (18.3 m) long, articulated buses. The Orange Line Chatsworth Extension will open in the summer of 2012. Thus there would be two Metro Orange Line routes.
- The Silver Line (opened on December 13, 2009) is a 26 miles (41.8 km) line operating between the San Gabriel ValleySan Gabriel ValleyThe San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of Southern California, United States. It lies to the east of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and west of the Inland Empire. It derives its name from the San Gabriel River that flows...
from the El Monte Bus StationEl Monte Bus Station (LACMTA station)El Monte Bus Station is large regional transport hub in the city of El Monte just off the Interstate 10 and the San Bernardino Freeways serving the Silver Line, Foothill Transit, Greyhound and also El Monte Transit. With 22,000 passengers and 1,200 bus departures daily the station is currently...
in El MonteEl Monte, CaliforniaEl Monte is a residential, industrial, and commercial city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The city's slogan is "Welcome to Friendly El Monte," and historically is known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail." As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 113,475,...
to the Artesia Transit CenterArtesia Transit CenterArtesia Transit Center is a Metro Silver Line station and large bus station at southern end of the Harbor Transitway located in the southwest corner of Interstate 110 and State Route 91 in Los Angeles...
via Downtown Los AngelesDowntown Los AngelesDowntown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, United States, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area...
. Metro Silver Line is operated with 45-foot buses. Fares will be collected onboard until TVMTicket machineA ticket machine, also known as a ticket vending machine , is a vending machine that produces tickets. For instance, ticket machines dispense train tickets at railway stations and tram tickets at some tram stops and in some trams...
's can be installed. The Metro Silver Line is the only line in the Metro Rail & Liner system that did not have a opening ceremony day unlike the other lines.
Busways/transitways
These services operate on three corridors (in addition to city streets, where necessary):- Orange Line Busway
- El Monte BuswayEl Monte BuswayThe El Monte Busway is a 11 mile shared-use bus corridor and high occupancy vehicle lane running west along the Interstate 10 from the Interstate 605 and El Monte Bus Station via transitway stations at California State University Metro Station, USC Medical Center Metro Station into Downtown Los...
- Harbor TransitwayHarbor TransitwayThe Harbor Transitway is an 11-mile shared-use bus corridor and high-occupancy vehicle roadway that runs in the median of Interstate 110 in Southern California...