Getting around Los Angeles by Rail/Metro Rail

Los Angeles County's Metro Rail consists of six lines, four light rail and two rapid transit, which cover a total of 103 stations in 109 miles (175 km) of track. The system offers connections to Metro Busway lines (which take take passengers to destinations not served in trains), Metrolink trains (the commuter train for the greater Los Angeles area, from as far south as Oceanside to as far north as Oxnard), and Amtrak trains (only at Los Angeles Union Station).

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Lines

Metro Rail currently operates six lines. The B and D lines are rapid transit systems, and the A, C, E, and K lines are light-rail transit systems.

B and D Lines

Name of Line	B Line
Route Number	802
Route Direction	Northwest-Southeast
Termini	North Hollywood & Union Station
Transfer Stations	North Hollywood (G Line), Universal City/Studio City (Universal Studios Hollywood shuttle), Wilshire/Vermont (D Line), Westlake/MacArthur Park (D Line), 7th Street/Metro Center (A, D, E, and J Lines), Pershing Square (D and J Lines), Civic Center/Grand Park (D and J Lines), Union Station (D and J Lines, Amtrak, LAX FlyAway, and Metrolink)
Type	Rapid Transit

Name of Line	D Line
Route Number	805
Route Direction	East-West
Termini	Wilshire/Western & Union Station
Transfer Stations	Wilshire/Vermont (B Line), Westlake/MacArthur Park (B Line), 7th Street/Metro Center (A, B, E, and J Lines), Pershing Square (B and J Lines), Civic Center/Grand Park (B and J Lines), Union Station (A, B, and J Lines, Amtrak, LAX FlyAway, and Metrolink)
Type	Rapid Transit

The B Line travels from North Hollywood (connection to the G Line, which is a BRT line) to Union Station (connections to the A, D, and J Lines). It runs on a concurrency with the D Line from Wilshire/Vermont station to Union Station.

The D Line serves as a reliever of sorts to the heavily-used B Line. Its eastern terminus is at Los Angeles Union Station (transfer available to the A, D, and J Lines) and runs along the same track as the A Line until Wilshire/Vermont. It then continues on Wilshire until it reaches Wilshire/Normandie and Wilshire/Western, its western terminus.

Both the B and D lines use Breda A650s and CRRC HR4000s. The length of the train varies from time to time; longer trains are used on weekday rush hours and holidays, while shorter trains are used at other times.

A Line

Name of Line	A Line
Route Number	801
Route Direction	Northeast-South
Termini	APU/Citrus College & Downtown Long Beach
Transfer Stations	Union Station (B, D, J Lines, Amtrak, LAX FlyAway, and MetroLink), Little Tokyo/Arts District (E Line), Historic Broadway (E Line), Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill (E and J Lines), 7th Street/Metro Center (B, D, E, and J Lines), Pico (E and J Lines), Grand/LATTC (E and J Lines), Willowbrook/Rosa Parks (C Line)
Type	Light Rail

The oldest of the Metro Rail lines, this line connects the north and south parts of Los Angeles county. Starting in Azusa (APU/Citrus College station), it proceeds directly south, passing the Crypto.com Center and many suburban communities until reaching its termini stations at Long Beach. The terminus is a loop, so trains serving the entire line will start at APU/Citrus College, continue south until reaching the loop, traveling around the loop, then returning north back to APU. A half-mile from 7th Street/Metro Center to Pico is underground; the track surfaces once it leaves the dense downtown area, before it reaches Pico.

This is currently the longest line in the entire Metro Rail system, with a whopping total of 44 stations. The initial segment was the first railway LACMTA (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority) opened. The Loop soon followed, then the extension into the Financial District (from Pico to 7th Street/Metro Center). The A Line currently uses three types of rolling stock: the Siemens P2000, the AnsaldoBreda P2550, and the Kinki Sharyo P3010.

C Line

Name of Line	C Line
Route Number	803
Route Direction	East-West
Termini	LAX/Metro Transit Center & Norwalk
Transfer Stations	LAX/Metro Transit Center (K Line and LAX, via LAX Shuttle), Aviation/Century (K Line), Harbor Freeway (J Line), Willowbrook/Rosa Parks (A Line)
Type	Light Rail

This line runs almost entirely along I-105 (Century Freeway) and is most notable for passing LAX. With its LAX-bound train starting at Norwalk, 2.8 miles short of the Metrolink Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Station, it continues in an easterly direction along I-105, reaching the transfer station to the A Line, Willowbrook/Rosa Parks. It then continues along the Century Freeway until Aviation/Imperial station. It then leaves the 105 Freeway just before its end and turns north to Aviation Blvd for its last two stops (Aviation/Century and LAX/Metro Transit Center.)

This line was built after the A and B Lines but before the designation of the D Line. It uses Kinki Sharyo P3010 trains.

E Line

Name of Line	E Line
Route Number	804
Route Direction	East-West
Termini	Downtown Santa Monica & Atlantic
Transfer Stations	Expo/Crenshaw (K Line), LATTC/Ortho Institute (J Line), Pico (A and J Lines), 7th Street/Metro Center (A, B, D, and J Lines), Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill (A and J Lines), Historic Broadway (A and J Lines), Little Tokyo/Arts District (A Line)
Type	Light Rail

The second-newest line, the E Line serves the neighborhoods of Santa Monica, Culver City, East Los Angeles, and Maravilla. The Santa Monica-bound train begins at Atlantic station on the former Gold Line Eastside Extension corridor. It then enters Little Tokyo/Arts District station, where it merges onto the Regional Connector Transit Project tunnel, which opened in June 2023. Shortly after 7th Street/Metro Center station, it leaves the subway tunnel for its at-grade segment along Pico Boulevard. It then continues west along Exposition Boulevard on Pacific Electric's historic right-of-way. After that segment, it passes through Culver City, then terminates at Downtown Santa Monica station. This line operates Kinki Sharyo P3010s and is the second-longest line in the Metro Rail system.