Los Angeles Metro: how to use it and how it works

Today we are going to learn about a new transportation system público, I mean the Metro from The Ádrooling, tell themé cómo works, cuánto costs and many más recommendations.

We continue our journey through the subways of several cities, where we have already visited Quito, Lima, Santiago and now it adds USA with the train system The Ádrooling.

During my recent visit to the great city of Los Áangels due to IPW 2024 that was developedó in this city, no podínot to pay a visit to your subway, that has a long history and thatás to be quite large in distances covered, allow meó realize that the meters of Latin Americaérica isán very good, even better in some ways.

Before starting with the informationón, I invite you to explore this Metro together in this new installment available on the YouTube channel, I'm sure you'll like itá:

Así The Los Metro works Ádrooling

The Metro of Los Ádrooling, inaugurated in 1990 with the Líred line, It is the result of a long history that dates back to trams.ías elécitrus from the end of the 19th century. La gatheredón vehicular and the need for p transportationúefficient warfare promoted its creationón. Despite the rise of the automobileóvile in the 20th century, the Metro persevereó and expandedó, with the constructionón of new lílines like Púrpura, Golden, Expo/Bundy and Orange in the dérecords of 2000 and 2010. Today in Día, with 6 lílines and 103 seasons, The Metro has become a vital element of the city, transporting millions of people every dayíto and connecting key points such as the business center, Hollywood, Santa Mónica, Long Beach and very soon until Los International Airport Ádrooling (LAX).

With expansion plansón and infrastructure improvements, the Metro of Los ÁAngeles has an interesting future, más aún when to arriveá the FIFA World Cup and the Olympics, where dutyá improve many details that lower your quality of service, más a low demand, has quite a few challengesíahead to be able to sustain the current and future plans.

Lídenies

Currently, the Metro of The Ádrooling has 8 líoperational lines, but of which 2 They are buses known as buses ráI ask, last themás sí they are trains:

• Línea Blue or A: is the Más long and ancient of all, runs from Long Beach to Azusa.
• LíRed or B line:Tour 31 stations along 38.6 km from North Hollywood to Downtown Los Ádrooling.
• Línea Green or C: this líline runs from Redondo Beach to Norwalk and is the current connectionón más close to LAX Airport with a bus.
• Línea Púrpura o D:Connects Wilshire Boulevard from Westwood to Union Station, with 19 stations along 29.2 km.
• Línea Dorada or E: runs from Santa Móonly to East LA with 30 seasons.
• Línea Rosada o K: Eastá under constructionón and has active only 7 stations running and beingá la connectionión direct to Los Airport ÁAngeles with direct train to the terminal.
• Línea Orange or G:Operates as a busús ráI order between Van Nuys and Chatsworth, with 16 stations along 32 km.
• Línea Plateada o F:Spaghettién works as a busús ráI ask, connecting Downtown Los Ángeles con Downtown Long Beach, with 12 stations along 22.5 km.

Total, This subway has 101 stations and a network of 172.3 km de vías. The trains are quite similar to each other.ínea and línea, but yesí some trains are seen with más años and minor technologyía.

Rates and payment methods

Let's go to what máwe are interested in knowing, how to pay and howáHow much does it cost to use this subway?:

• Rate: one trip per person costs $1.75.
• TAP card: The opción más used by locals. You can recharge it with different amounts of money and use it to pay for your subway trip, Autobaseús and other means of transport público.
• Metropass: A step from a díto the of 7 díso it allows you unlimited trips on the subway and busús.
• Payment mówill: You can use applications like Apple Pay or Google Pay to pay for your trip at some metro stations, although it didn't let meó download the metro's own app from Google Play.

I highly recommend using the TAP card, since it will allow youá interconnect with the different límetro and bus lines with a single fare without paying individually for each trip, It's a good saving.

Hours of operation:

It is very varied, but in youégeneral terms it works like thisí:

• The metro operates from Monday to Friday from 5:00 AM a 12:00 AM (midnight).
• Go sáSaturdays and Sundays, service begins at 6:00 AM.
• The specific schedulesístays from each líline and stationócan vary, Therefore, it is recommended to consult the Los Metro website. Áangels before your trip.

Recommendations for your trip on the Metro

Usually, traveling on this subway is feeling very safe, but yesí There are somewhat negative situations such as people in conditionsóstreet n sleeping inside trains or unpleasant smells, that I will not mention, so I leave you these recommendations:

• Always look to get into a vagón con más people and avoid being alone inside the subway.
• Do not make visual or verbal contact with characters you may encounter on the subway or even in the city., tú just follow your path and look for más people to surround yourself with.
• pay attentionón to your belongings: As in any transportation system público, It is important to keep an eye on your belongings and be aware of your surroundings..
• Plan your route: Before boarding the subway, consult the map of lílines and stations to plan your route. You can use the appón official of the Los Metro Áangeles or the website to find the best way to get to your destination.
• Buy your TAP or Metropass card in advanceón: This will save youá time in the seasons and avoid youá the rows.
• Validate your TAP or Metropass card on each trip: Assegúrate of validating your card at the card readers located in the stations and inside the trains.
• Respect othersás passengers: Mantén low noise, Give your seat to older people or people with special needs and avoid blocking doors or aisles.

The Metro of The Ádrooling It is an excellent optionón to move around the city in an economical wayómica, but the más ráask is not. The frequency of the trains is 10 a 15 minutes (más higher than other meters where I have been) so your journey lastá enough más to do it in Uber or car.

With a little planningón and following the general recommendations, couldás enjoy the mámaximum of your experience in this transportation system público, whatsí I hoped it was más moderno, but what does it do is take you to your destination.

¿Have you ever used this subway system?? Cuétell me your experience in the comments…