A-Line Los Angeles: Scariest Metro Line in the World? A Brit's Experience 🇬🇧🇺🇸 

That is not 7th Street; it's Washington Boulevard from Flower Street to Long Beach Avenue.

Been riding the LA Metro for over 20 years, I can confidently say that it's never been better. While there may still be room for improvement, many of the issues we face aren't necessarily due to shortcomings in the metro system itself, but rather stem from broader economic and societal problems that need to be addressed. And remember: unhoused individuals often congregate in major cities like Los Angeles because they are drawn by the same factors that attract everyone else: more opportunities.

This brings back bad memories. I moved to LA without a car and rode the bus/metro for months. Always an adventure, sometimes with real violence. The driver will do nothing to help.

I've taken the A-Line a few times to Long Beach (back when it was still the Blue Line). Maybe I just got lucky, but I've never encountered anyone concerning.

Scariest metro line in the world? The Chicago CTA green line night shift and Philadelphia’s Kensington Station would like a word.

i can see your channel growing, in the next year or so i wouldnt be surprised if you hit 200 or 300k subscribers, keep up the good content

Wow, Matt, that makes our LRT look pretty tame! I've never had to get off the train because of police activity, but I still avoid making eye contact and never ride alone in the evenings especially on the weekend. Love your parting comments on how it's improved! Stay safe!

😂😂😂 I was not prepared for this, this morning I nearly pissed myself laughing at your annotations 😂

Cheers again Matt. Rode that line a few times in 2003/04. Not a lot has changed to be honest. Safe travels bud 🤙🏼

Thank you for sharing Take it easy,maybe 😊

Thank you for sharing your experience. I have never been to LA. Safe travels.

Man, anxiety levels through the roof 😅 keep safe bro.

Some crazy people were traveling with you on the train, and with an unintelligible language from the slums🤣😢🤣. I managed to hear a woman who spoke in Spanish. very good video Matt, you should carry a hidden camera to film those crazy people.😂😀👏👏👏👏

Hi Matt, what a scary ride! Lots of angry voices. Good job they didn't realize you were filming. You are fearless! Take care and stay safe! 😊

That's a beautiful and peaceful video! And nice city views! Thank you for sharing, my friend.🥷🇯🇵

omg sounds like craziness on the bus matt don't blame you for keeping the camera facing the window!

Hello friend , been to LA many times but never took the metroline... Thanks for sharing and reminding . Have a safe stay in CA 👍😍🥰💕❤👋

rode the A Line a lot before moving to Hollywood from El Segundo, always sat in the first car right behind or close to the driver, so he/she would know right away if there was trouble, and call/radio for help, think most people assumed I was an undercover cop, and that's why I never had any issues.... always liked seeing the large Obama wall mural in Compton btw

Nice Ride My Friend 😎 have a great weekend ❤🙋‍♂

We have been to LA quite a few times but never yet tried the Metro. Apart from one noisy guy it did not seem too bad. May be totally different late evening though. We have tried public transport in several US cities and always without incident, although we have felt a bit uneasy at times. Stay safe and keep enjoying your adventure.

I grew up riding these lines when I was a kid and used to go to Dodger games. In the 90s, they felt a lot safer, or maybe I was just naive back then. For additional context, I used to work in downtown Long Beach as a security director. It was not uncommon for LAPD to give the more troublesome homeless of Skid Row an ultimatum: get on the "Blue Line" and get off at the last stop or go to jail. Once in Long Beach, the local homeless would violently defend their area, causing the transient homeless to become more desperate and violent. This led to them trying to seek shelter inside the hotels I worked at. By that time, they had been harassed by LAPD, the gangs on the metro, and the homeless in Long Beach. Needless to say, this caused a lot of people with nothing to lose to lash out. Treating them with empathy and respect is the only reason why I survived that role.

Made me laugh to hear a Brit say “too ghetto” … love it 😂

I was on the Montreal metro earlier this week when three (out of four in total) lines were shut down because of an “incident majeur”. We followed directions to leave the train, but the vast majority of us refused to leave the platform when asked because we wanted to be first in line when the trains started running again. This happens a lot. We know the drill. And the three or four STM security staff knew better than to mess with a few hundred stubborn passengers. It turned out that there was a fight on the platform at the station where the three lines cross and someone was attacked with cayenne pepper. At least it wasn’t a suicide, or an overdose, or some idiot trying to retrieve a phone they dropped on the tracks. I take the metro all the time, and have ridden public transit in other places for years. It’s totally safe if you keep your distance from anyone or anything you deem unusual.

Haven’t tried the metro in LA but ur particular ride seems to be interesting and kinda scary…now it makes me think if I should even try it 😂

You be trippin' takin' dat ride, G. (English: That was brave of you to make that trip, mate)

NYC metro is probably the scariest I've ever been on. Being from Boston area, the Boston metro system is much "cleaner" and safer. I say "cleaner" in quotes since that's up for debate haha

Another excellent sharing my friend 🧡

Interesting ride , Cheers 🍺🍺

Also, you could have gotten off of that car and gone to a different one. I've used the trains for years, your experience was exceptional.

Great metro ride.

Great share!

Transit wise, I think Japan leads good examples in many ways. Stay safe, Matt!

I need to take this down to Long Beach from LA Union Station in two weeks. Looks like it’s not too much different than BART(and even some of the buses in San Francisco) here in the Bay Area during certain times of the night. I should be OK but I know in worst case scenario I’ll get an Lyft or Uber.

By Golly that`s scary, I do have social anxiety and people shouting and ready to go at it any moment will stop me from breathing out of fear. You are a tough cookie. It`s interesting they should announce what number to call incase of emergency, I'm sure they do have loads of emergency given the attitude people have and the I don`t give a F mentality. There seems to be so many boarded up buildings at the start of the video,why would such prime estate be boarded? Please keep sharing but at the same time, stay safe

Never been to LA, but have been on the New York Subway before and it was a pretty similar experience to what you had. Maybe its just a big city metro problem, but both metro systems make the tube network seem like a first class train experience.

Those warning broadcasts don’t make you feel very safe do they? Sounds lively! We definitely need spy cams for this type of footage. I’m getting some pretty challenging looks trying to film certain types for my new series with a GoPro, whilst always courting the fact that would make a great video too. Great translations on the ghetto speak tho! 😂kids and their ghettoblasters, making us vloggers life’s difficult!

Just a bit too raw and scary for me...but it's a shame that this is the way that many have to live their life each and every day and have no choice in the matter. Makes one be very thankful and wish too that help was available to all in need.

Yes, but you're missing the point. The landlords that have priced even the worst apartments out of most peoples' reach are making a killing! They can complain about the homeless problem they've created from the comfort of their new yacht.

Wow that was quite a ride Matt I did enjoy just zoning out at the sights of LA speeding by Hope your good mate Stay safe bud 🤠🙏🏼 Simon

Have you been surreptitiously scrounging to afford that cool Lacoste polo? 😄 I should say panhandling, which is new word to me. There's always something to see and learn in your videos mate. I'm loving it. Cheers.🤩

That green line is no picnic either!

One thing people need to know about LA and southern california in General. Is that everyone drives. We tend to view people on public transport as poor/ghetto. Its not like the east coast. Avoid bus/train. Uber is better.

As an angeleno, Idk why I experienced so much second-hand embarrassment from this. I’m so sorry you had to experience that, but also admirable how brave you are in taking our deplorable public transit system.

Interesting video that

The LA fare gates look far too easy to duck under or vault over & some of the stations look as if you could just walk onto the train/ light rail. In SF they are just starting to install fare gates that are about 2 meters high. A few months ago I was in SF for a week & rode the BART trains every day between about 9am and 5pm & never saw anything like what you described. I always tried to ride in the first car close to the driver unless there were no seats.

I used to take the the A-Line to the beach back when it was called the Blue Line. Even back then we thought it was bad but nothing really happened. As soon as I got a car though, I never took the train or bus again.

the A Line ... Most Angelinos still refer to it as the "Blue Line" original route was from 7th/Metro Center to Long Beach. Since Metro has exteneed this line to Pasadena and Azusa, some of the riff-raff migrated out. When I used to live in LA, I didnt ride it that much because of all the riff-raff that goes on the train day-n-night. The safest option would be to take the Metro Bus J- Silver Line Pacific Coast Hwy Station and then the Metro Bus 232 to Downtown LB

Bit rough but not as bad as I thought 😊😊😁😁

Just came across your channel. Great content mate. The LA metro is the pits! 🤢 not just the Blue line or A line as it's called now.. Still recall this, had my dad over from Australia and we took the then called Blue line, never seen dad's face look like that ever.. The scariest part is that just a few days ago some transient stabbed someone at random and killed her near the universal studios station. Certainly need to have your wits about you when riding the metro...

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Nice vdo matty

I thought he was talking about his veterinary Bill's, keep mentioning his Dog.....lol😂😂

Fellow Brit here. If you pass through Aguascalientes on your way south, let me know and I'll buy you a beer!

Mr "I don't give a f@$! has mental issues, its quite sad" 😥... Glad you didn't draw too much attention to yourself 🙏🙏.. You looking great by the way, beard trim and haircut😉... I thoroughly enjoyed the background music in the beginning of the video. 🎶 Safe travels friend. Have a great weekend. 💖❇

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The poor residents of the San Gabriel Valley have to deal with the insanity of Long Beach/Los Angeles.

Also, there once were police officers ON the trains, but during the pandemic, budget cuts and early retirement, and the police department is currently 8,000 officers short staffed.

I regularly use that line on my recent los Angeles trips and I love that route to long Beach and I love visiting compton . And riding that route again coming up very soon on up coming trip ....its fine when I ride it but made my day when I got hitted on by two south central hood guys that really put a smile on my face ..I felt like a princess...lol 😉😁 ..... Its saves me alot of money by riding metro in los Angeles ... when I need directions people are helpful and they got the ambassadors around in green .... if people think this merto is bad try riding public transportation in Vancouver bc Canada downtown core at times its like the Wild west in the Pacific Northwest of public transportation were am from lol ..... I am thankful for los Angeles metro and I like the hood vibe on LA metro 😉

Long Beach is such an upgrade over Los Angeles! such nice and clean Downtown

Leave it out mate Just mind your own business everything's going to be all right

Its not LA its every American city. I've been to all the important ones in the last five years and this crap is too common. Noise cancelling headphones are now mandatory for all public places, airliners, restaurants especially. I was in Guadalajara this year and shocked at the lack of vandalism and misbehavior on the transit system. I suspect Canada is worsening but still not nearly as bad as the US.

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I used to ride the Metro Rail system (mostly the former Gold and Red lines) to school, and ride the other lines from time to time. I got desensitized to the screamers pretty quickly. It's unfortunate that the US can have these very classist attitudes towards public transportation. It's something that stereotypically, you only ride if you are poor, homeless, or without a driver's license. I'm pretty sure people think I have a DUI charge when I ride the metro. Governments would also rather pour more money into building more highways than maintaining the trains. Those of us who enjoy trains seem to be in the minority. Violent attacks on the Metro are uncommon, but they happen. And because someone being stabbed on the subway is a more shocking occurrence than your average lethal car crash, that scares even more people from getting onboard, meaning less funding for security guards and even more violence. People just get on the B (old Red) line without paying fares, and no one seems to get fined or sentenced to community service. You're not supposed to play loud music over speakers on the Metro... that one doesn't seem to be enforced much either. I don't even dislike a lot of the selections people play over the speakers, but still... just wear headphones. The 1980s boombox craze is alive and well on the Metro. The LA Metro is very much hit and miss when it comes to safety, comfort, etc.

Currently living in long beach and drive up and down long beach blvd daily, i think in general you took the train at a nice calm time of day! At night, it gets a little more, watch yourself, especially around the anaheim station! Theres alot of drugged out people roaming about!

So, I guess, not the most dangerous line in the world? Glad that you noticed a significant improvement from the last time you used LA Metro though there are some remaining residual affects from Covid.

Identical to the Manchester Metro, even down to the "I don't give a f*ck" guy. You're looking very local Matt, cool dude!

Very common on west coast light rail vehicles. Seattle, Portland, San Diego, San Fransisco, Sacramento, and Los Angeles.

😂you never rode the (A) train at night from uptown all the way to far Rockaway queens … 32 miles of iron horse shambolic pain

Red line is where I’ve seen the worst (people shooting up drugs and people Smoking in the train) people smoking cigarette and weed in the trains. The Long Beach line been the same for years

Certainly would be intimidating with the guy you had in your carriage. You got some great views from the Metro though. I've not been to LA but found the tube in NY to be a bit intimidating too, with beggars walking through.

The train journey would make a good ASMR kind of video. In a weird kind of way.

As someone who rides the LA Metro system when I’m in LA, I personally avoid riding the A Line before it travels south of downtown. Maybe there will be a time when I’ll ride it to Long Beach, but I prefer to avoid the stops that it travels along the way. I prefer getting a ride from someone if I’m going to Long Beach.

Wow you have some balls m8 😀

It’s probably because of fentanyl. If there’s anything I hate it’s fentanyl.

Vernon, not Vermont.

The giant letters spelling out "C O M P T O N" is actually kind of a dramatic reveal.

L.A. in a nutshell, I lived here all my life and that's totally normal everyday activity you SHOULD expect. Alot of the citizens here are law abiding people and just want to get across town without having to pay 5-6 dollars for gallon of petrol. CDMX definitely more lively with they subway system. and NY-Metro I hear is borderline criminal at this point.

I think the B Line is the scariest line. The trains in that line have yellow dimmed lights. I’ve only been on it once, so it could just be that one trip.

3:51 It's Vernon station, not Vermont. Funny thing, LA Metro has the most light rail and subway stations within Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles.

I’ll admit I get a little embarrassed when I see a foreigner visiting LA riding on the Metro. I know that our transportation system can, and needs to be better. It’s getting there, but at a snail’s pace.

Do not get off of the Willowbrook station. Do your business quickly and don't attract attention. A supervisor got stabbed one time when I was there

it reminds me of Manila light rail....

Compton is not what is used to be. Los Angeles as a whole is more organized crime wise.

Hi Matt, very honest review, mate, but have to say I lived in So.Cal for 12 years until 2000, and I don't miss anything about it apart from the live music I used to enjoy in my local bar in the Newport Beach area. Take care.

I told a woman to stop smoking and it escalated to her flashing a gun. So much for the LA Metro-avoid at all costs!!!!

does not seem a safe train ride mate lots of anger in the people there *thumbs up👍Au💯full view always*

I'd like to experience the LA Metro and Metrolink although not for the bad parts.

Finally something cheap to do in the states, rather you than me though 🙃🍄

That was Washington Boulevard, not 7th Street.

Discover the charms of the local savages - thrill to the behavior of the MauMau! - Take the Metro!

I have rode LA Metro for twenty years (Red, Purple, Gold and Blue lines). If you want people to ride the train they need to feel safe. I have been told by a LAPD officer not paying for the ride is not a crime. It is a shame the Blue A line is not policed like the Gold line. Also realize that most riders have some sort of weapon.

Please can you depict the night activity of this metro line? Cheers

The "A" line goes through the poorest and most derelict areas of Los Angeles. It was specifically built there because those neighborhoods had horrific public transit that limited the people living in them from ever getting out. And now, there are also homeless people with mental health problems who take the trains a lot. Blame the Republican (our version of "Tory" for it happening. They gutted mental health funding, eliminated construction of low income housing, gutted the public education system, etc. Add 400 years of very racist history to it, and that is why your ride was so "different" from where you're from. In LA, only poor people use public transit.

I ride this line but i think the red line is more wild

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You are one brave bugger. You wouldn't catch me on that metro, let alone in LA LOL

This entire video was a suicide attempt with extra steps.

Used to be safe 7 yrs ago.

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And the best part? It does not have to be this way. Try harder on election day LA. Or don't, whatever...