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8/30/2023



Rail News: Passenger Rail

LA Metro: New lines fuel July ridership growth


The Regional Connector includes three new underground stations: Little Tokyo/Arts District, Historic Broadway Station and Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill Station.
Photo – L.A. Metro

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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (L.A. Metro) this week announced that it registered a 15% year-over-year ridership gain in July at more than 23.3 million boardings, marking the eighth consecutive month of ridership growth.

July marked the first full month of operation for the newly reconfigured A and E Lines, after the opening of the Regional Connector project in June, L.A. Metro officials said in a press release.

The Regional Connector project consolidated three of L.A. Metro’s legacy rail lines, the A (Blue), E (Expo), and L (Gold) Lines, into two: the A Line, serving customers from Azuza to Long Beach, and the E Line, serving customers from East L.A. to Santa Monica. The project also opened three new stations in downtown Los Angeles.

During July, ridership on the A and E Lines rose 26% on weekdays compared to the combined ridership on the A (Blue), E (Expo), and L (Gold) Lines in July 2022. Ridership on weekends in July rose nearly 42% compared to the combined ridership on the A (Blue), E (Expo), and L (Gold) Lines in July 2022.

L.A. Metro’s monthly bus and rail ridership is now at 76% of its 2019 pre-pandemic level. Average weekend ridership has reached 88% of pre-pandemic (July 2019) levels while average weekday ridership has risen to 72% of that prior level.

 



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