The complete Los Angeles Metro Gold Line in a little over three minutes of time lapse footage from the cab of a train. Shot in Spring, 2011. Music is L'Arlisienne - Suite No. 2, IV: Farandole by Georges Bizet
R.I.P. Metro L Line (Gold) 2003-2023. As of today, the Metro L Line (Gold) no longer exists all due to the Regional Connector now existing. From Atlantic station in East LA to Little Tokyo (1:12), that segment of the L Line is now part of the new E Line (Expo/Gold). From Little Tokyo (1:16) to APU/Citrus College station in Azusa (Gold Line's northern terminus was at Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena back then in video), that segment of the L Line is now part of the A Line (Blue), now also known as the original "Pasadena Blue Line". 1:11-1:14 The original 2009 built Little Tokyo/Arts District station no longer exists since 2020. It is now an underground station of the same old name served by the new A and E lines as one of the three new RC stations.
Please note at 0:54 that Pico/Aliso station is the last stop of East los angeles. As of 2023, The gold line now uses one car on East Los angeles to Pico/Aliso. The cars that are curretly used on East Los angeles is The KInkishary P3010. Union station is currently the Last stop From azuza. The cars that are curreltly used are the P3010 and the P2550.
Please note at 1:14, Little Tokyo/Arts District station is permanently closed in October 2020 due to the construction of the regional connector and the Gold Line (L line) will merge with the Blue (A line) and Expo (E line) once the regional connector is complete. The new and current station will not be on the street, it will be underground. Please make a timelapse of this line once the regional Connector is complete! Stay Gold, L line.
The L Line (Gold) will no longer exist once the Regional Connector is complete. The L Line will be broken into two segments as extensions of the existing A (Blue) and E (Expo) lines. The Union Station to APU/Citrus College (Azusa) segment will be part of the A Line while the Pico/Aliso to Atlantic (East Los Angeles) segment will be part of the E Line. Therefore it would have to be A Line from Long Beach to Azusa and E Line (with gold color) from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica both time lapse.
Took a bit of time to find a piece that worked, but the first time I synced it up it just fit so perfectly. Not sure what happened there, but a happy coincidence!
For those who aren't aware, the gold line back then only went from Sierra Madre (Pasadena station next to Best Buy and the 210) to Chinatown. They didn't add the extension until a few years ago. If you wanted to go to Little Tokyo, you'd have to walk from Union Station to 1st Street
Good one! I've rode the Gold Line before. The music in the background is called Farandole. I remembered having that song as one of the pieces in orchestra when I took that class and I did not quite favor the teacher. When I rode the Gold Line, I found it so scenic looking all over.
Perhaps the only light rail line in the system (maybe even the country! Or world!) where you can experience multiple track types: at-grade crossable, at-grade median, subway, existing right-of-way, elevated and highway median.
Now the A Line (Blue) (to and from Long Beach and Azusa) is now known as the only light rail line in LA Metro's rail system to experience multiple track types: 1. At-grade running with signalized railroad crossings (some wholly owned by LA Metro, others jointly owned with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway). 2. At-grade running within street medians. 3. Underground running. 4. Elevated running. 5. Freeway median running. 6. Running on former rights-of-way of Pacific Electric Railway's Long Beach Line and ATSF Railway's Pasadena Subdivision. And now the A Line is also now known as the longest light rail line in the USA and the world, running up to 48 miles.
Not any more. The old bridge has been removed and a new one is being constructed. The line is being extended in 2 more phases. Also, it will eventually split - this service will continue from East LA, but at LIttle Tokyo will travel through downtown and continue to Santa Monica. The Pasadena portion will go south to Long Beach.
0:00 Intro 0:03 Atlantic 0:09 East LA Civic Center 0:16 Maravilla 0:31 Indiana 0:44 Soto 0:50 Mariachi Plaza 0:54 Pico/Aliso 1:10 Little Tokyo/Arts District Station 1:23 Union Station 1:32 Chinatown 1:41 Lyncoln Cypress 1:47 Heritage Square 1:53 Southwest Museum 2:06 Highland Park 2:21 Mission 2:32 Fillmore 2:38 Del Mar 2:44 Memorial Park 2:51 Lake Station 2:57 Allen 3:09 Sierra Madre 3:11 Outro
You might want to wait for a redo until the Regional Connector opens; the lines will be completely re-routed. This is a good archival presentation of the line during this period of time.
Tomorrow marks the last full service day of the fractured L (Gold) Line. By fractured, I mean the sections that run from Azusa to Union Station and from Pico/Aliso to Atlantic in East L.A. The Metro 1990s vision of the “Pasadena Blue Line” becomes a reality this Friday at 12 Noon PST when the A Line officially takes over the Foothill Extension, linking it to the existing line between 7th Street and Downtown Long Beach. Likewise, the E (Expo) Line will utilize the Pico/Aliso-Atlantic branch (the latter becoming the new eastern terminus).
Once the regional connector gets built, the gold, expo, and blue lines will be heavily used. Trains will run more often and trains will be more crowded causing a greater demand for rail and bus service. At grade street running if or the trains should be avoided at all costs.
Recreate this footage when Regional Connector opens. Although the L Line between Little Tokyo and East LA will become the part of E Line’s extension. While A Line will take over the L from Little Tokyo and Azusa (Soon to be Montclair).
Guys, would you believe that when the Regional Connector opens this coming summer, the A Line, which will take over the Foothill section of the soon-to-be decommissioned L Line proper, will have become the longest light rail line in the world? This will surpass the 42 mile-long (68 kg), 138 year old Coast Tram in Belgium. I hope this makes it into the Guinness World Records.
1:10 This is where the newly updated E train will enter the second underground portal to the brand-new Little Tokyo Station (as part of the Metro’s newest Regional Connector project which includes Historic Broadway and Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill stations) on its way westward towards Santa Monica.
It looks cool the timelapse on the tunnel, it seems as if ypu are going backwards at some parts.. You can see how badly the eastside line meeds signal preemption, with all those stops that are as long as waiting at a station.
Our Muni Metro Train in San Francisco looks kinda like that. Except more grey, less letters on the train, some red, and in all honesty it looks a whole lot better. Its like the best looking train in the country. However its not the most reliable at times.
Wonderful video, which offered me a nice free virtual ride through LA! Anyway, this also shows that driving is far faster than using this metro line: At full speed, a suburban metro should always be faster than cars to compensate 1) The fact that urban transportation is not door to door and 2) the necessary stops. Not to mention the rail network is so limited that it is mostly limited to the very poor, who can't afford a car, and the extreme ecological aware people who love to cycle and walk.
and weren't held up by stop lights either...even our automated sightseeing overground the Expo Express had been protected better: • ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-RFmAyzt4XFc.html • ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-60BHKecm_aQ.html • ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-60BHKecm_aQ.html 🍸💋
I'm really surprised the train doesn't have the ability to automatically trigger a green light for itself at the at grade intersections. Also, are there no crossing arms to warn drivers and pedestrians that a train is coming?
I know that most of these comments are older than other comments but, Just to let Y'all know that by 2022 (a year from now) the Metro L line (Gold line) will cease to exist for a short period of time and be replaced by the Metro A line (Blue line) from Downtown Long Beach to Azusa (also known as the Blue line Extension) and the E line (Expo line) will replace the South part of the L line (Gold line) from Downtown Santa Monica to in Downtown East LA (Just like the Blue line this will be known as the Expo line Extension) Also this will probably get a remake
from the end of the video there is an old bridge that crosses the 210 freeway but its not there but the old railroad tracks are still there that goes more longer right ????
I know this comment is old, but: The section that goes from Lincoln/Cypress to Memorial Park does. East of that, I think the Arcadia and APU/Citrus College stations are near old Pacific Electric stations, but the train doesn't follow PE routes. Although once the extension to Montclair opens, parts of it may run along PE routes again, or very close to them, since it's going to parallel Metrolink and Metrolink is very close to/overlaps with the old PE route in places.
Oh Just to let You know that by 2022 (a year from now) the Metro L line (Gold line) will cease to exist for a short period of time and be replaced by the Metro A line (Blue line) from Downtown Long Beach to Azusa (also known as the Blue line Extension) and the E line (Expo line) will replace the South part of the L line (Gold line) from Downtown Santa Monica to in Downtown East LA (Just like the Blue line this will be known as the Expo line Extension)
At the, mission / meridian xing, to the upper left is were they filmed the scene as Laurie and her friend meet the friends father the Sheriff after smoking weed from the movie Halloween.
LOVE THIS VIDEO, only thing wrong is the info should have put so we can get a chance to read it go by too fast have to keep stopping video to read. thanks for this video/
Woah, this line has everything: At grade without a dedicated right of way At grade with a dedicated right of way Elevated track Subway tunnels And is it just me, or does the route seem incredibly curve for a light rail line, lol...
