The Green Line is a 20 mile (32 km) light rail line that runs between Redondo Beach and Norwalk in Los Angeles County; this is one of the six paths that make up the Metro Metro system of Los Angeles. The line opened on August 12, 1995. This became the third line in the Metro Rail system after the opening of the Blue Line and the Red Line. The line was postponed due to changes of the route route from Los Angeles International Airport to El Segundo. In addition to Redondo Beach and Norwalk, this route also serves El Segundo, Hawthorne, South Los Angeles, Lynwood, Downey, and Willowbrook (in South Los Angeles). It serves Plaza Mexico shopping center at Long Beach Boulevard station in Lynwood City. A free shuttle bus to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is available at Aviation/LAX Station. The line is largely a suburban-to-suburban service, so this is the only one across the Metro Rail system for not serving Downtown Los Angeles.
A completely separate route from the partially run class on the median Century Freeway (Interstate 105) with the highest part to the west. The line is operated and maintained by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transport Authority. The Green line is internally known as Line 803 : this designation appears on the internal operating schedule, as well as in the hyperlink on the Metro schedule website. The Green line is the fastest light rail line (excluding the Red Line and Purple Line) on the Metro light rail network. The green railway usually operates at 55-65 mph on the I-105 freeway and about 40 mph on the elevated west of Aviation/LAX Station. When the Green Line came into operation in 1995, it operated on a one-car train. As passengers increase, trains of two cars are then used. Riders on the Green Line are not yet as high as the Blue Line, though it has a higher rider than the Gold Line until 2013. In addition, the Green Line runs by one car train in the morning (3:35 AM- 5:30 AM) and late at night ( 9am to 12am) on weekdays, and on weekends. Although almost all Green Line stations were built to accommodate three carriages, the car never had much. The station to the west of the Aviation/LAX Station was not built to accommodate the trains of three cars. It is possible that the Green Line can finally use a three-car train when the Crenshaw/LAX Line is completed.
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All Green Line routes are raised either on the support line, or on the median of the Century Express (Interstate 105). The line starts west at the Redondo Beach station, then head north through El Segundo. In Aviation/LAX, passengers can transfer to one of several bus lines from different operators, especially shuttle bus to LAX. From here, the Green Line leads east on the median Century Freeway, with connections to the quick Metro Transit Line Metro at Toll Harbor Station. Then proceed to the main transfer connection at Willowbrook Station (transfer point to Metro Blue Line). Finally, the line ended in Norwalk, just east of the 605 Freeway.
Hours of operation
The Metro Green Line train runs between 3: 36 and 11:55 hours daily. Service on Friday and Saturday nights continues until approximately 2:15 am. The first and last train time is as follows:
To Norwalk Station
- Eastward
- First Train to Norwalk from Willowbrook Station: 3:36 am
- First Train to Norwalk from Douglas Station: 3:53 am
- First Train to Norwalk from Redondo Beach Station: 4:20 am
- Last Train to Norwalk: 11:55 pm (2:04 am Friday and Saturday night)
To Redondo Beach Station
- Westbound
- First Train to Redondo Beach Station: 04:01 am
- Last Train to Redondo Beach Station: 12:55 am (2:15 am Friday and Saturday night))
Headway
Trains on the Green Line operate every seven to eight minutes during the peak hours Monday through Friday. They operate every 15 minutes during the day and all day on weekends, with nightly service running every 20 minutes.
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History
As part of the approval decision signed by Caltrans in 1972 to allow the highly opposed Century Toll Road construction, provisions were made for the transit corridor (without designation of the type) at the freeway highway. In the early 1980s Metro Rail master plan, this corridor was designated as a light railway.
Mayor Tom Bradley and other politicians intend to have the path fully automated, running without the operator, but the technology is not fully implemented in the end.
Construction on the Green Line started in 1987. One of the reasons for the construction is that the Green Line will serve the aerospace and defense industries in the El Segundo area. Construction line cost $ 718 million. By the time the Green Line was opened in 1995, the Cold War ended, and the aerospace sector was bleeding work. Furthermore, during the 1980s, the bedroom community in the southeast Gateway area of ​​Los Angeles County quickly lost their population from middle-class aerospace workers (mainly white and black), a process that was radically accelerated in the early 1990s. The working class and the poor Hispanics who fill the vacuum generally have no connection to the aerospace sector. The rationale for the construction of the Green Line is the main argument cited by the Bus Rover Union when it argues that the MTA is focusing its efforts to serve middle-class and non-minority working class whites. As a result, the number of passengers below the projected projection, averaging around 44,000 boarding days of work every day in June 2008.
By the time the Green Line is opened, the lines used by rolling stocks made by Nippon Sharyo are similar to those used in the Metro Blue Line. By the end of 2001, the Nippon Sharyo railroad was transferred to the Blue Line and Green Line receiving a new train made by Siemens.
The west line of the Green Line was originally planned and partly built to connect with LAX, but the airport is planning major renovations during the construction of the track. Los Angeles World Airport wants a connection to LAX to be integrated with this construction, but there are concerns from the Federal Aviation Administration that the air duct above the rail line will disrupt the aircraft landing lane. In addition, local residents to LAX oppose airport expansion. Taxis and limousine drivers and parking lot owners around LAX worry that trains that operate into LAX will create competition, as there is plenty of free parking at many points along the Green Line. As a compromise, a free shuttle from Aviation/LAX Station loads the rider to the LAX terminal. Today, passengers on the Green Line can see the terms for the LAX extension - two slopes of concrete ramp west of the Flight/LAX station. This stub is now used as part of the Crenshaw Line.
The eastern end of the Eastern terminal also suffers from the fact that it stops two miles (3 km) just short of the widely used Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink station, where several Metrolink lines operate. Local bus services are provided between the Metrolink station and the Green Line terminal, but schedules are not coordinated with the arrival of the Green Line. Therefore, and the reconstituted line of the Green Line back away from LAX, critics have called the Green Line as a train that goes "out of nowhere." The Green Line is currently the only Metro railway that does not serve Downtown Los Angeles. Transfers to the Blue Line can be made at Willowbrook Station by riders in the city center. However, many of these problems are or will be resolved with current and future construction projects. The Crenshaw Line, currently under construction, will connect to the LAX terminal area through future Aviation/96th stations and automatic person movers. When the Crenshaw Line is completed, the Green Line will jointly serve part or all of this path. An extension to the Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs Metrolink station is also planned for construction under Measure M.
In 2007, the Green Line began installing advertising banners on the side of the train, similar to those on the Golden Path. Banner ads briefly stopped before returning in April 2009.
During September 2012, automated voice announcements on trains are updated to reflect the station station changes of Vermont/Athens and Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station. In addition, the announcement now includes connections to the Silver Line at Toll Road Station. Prior to this, motorists were not informed verbally that the Green Line is connected with the Silver Line at Toll Road Station.
The temporary shutdown of the Green Line station takes place to allow renovations between early 2015 and early 2016. The entire Hawthorne/Lennox west line was closed for more than two months in early 2018 to build crossing with the Crenshaw/LAX Line.
Future extensions
Various studies suggest extending the Green Line north to LAX, Westchester, Loyola Marymount University, and even Santa Monica. The possibility of a southern extension could take the southern end of the Green Line in the southeast, to the South Bay Galleria or further afield. And at the eastern end of the line, the line might one day be extended from its current terminal at Norwalk station to Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs station.
Integration with Crenshaw/LAX Line
In June 2018, Metro staff recommended a new service pattern to be started when the Crenshaw/LAX Line opens by the end of 2019. There will be two new services, both of which will run on the existing Green Line section and new parts of the infrastructure opened:
- One service will connect Expo/Crenshaw and Norwalk, walk along the newly built lane, then turn on wye, pass Aviation/LAX and continue along the existing Green Track.
- Another, shorter service will connect Redondo Beach and the newly built Aviation/Century station, runs mostly along the southwest of the existing Green Line, then passes wye after Mariposa makes a brief journey along the newly built lane. This service will be extended to Flight/96th Street when the station is open.
During peak hours, both services will see a 6-minute headway. The current Bus G Shuttle connecting Metro Rail to the LAX terminal will shift from Flight/LAX to the new Aviation/Century station closer, providing connections for air travelers to the opening of LAX Train and Aviation/96th in 2023.
Previous proposals have suggested that the new line will operate between the Expo/Crenshaw station in the north and Redondo Beach in the south, with the Green Line trains alternately serving the southwestern stretch of wye and the short section between Wye and Flight/96th Street.
South Extension to South Bay
Metro is currently working on an initial environmental study on the extension of the Green Line corridor, from its Redondo tip to the southeast. "South Bay Metro Green Line Extension" will roughly follow the ROW Subdivision Port to South Bay, to the Torrance Regional Transit Center (RTC). Metro and the public are considering two alternatives in DEIR: elevated light rail extensions, and extensions at levels above existing trajectories, with vehicle types still to be determined.
The South Bay Renewal Study will lead to the publication of the Environmental Impact Report (DEIR). The research is expected to be completed in 2011. The project is prioritized in the Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) and has funding in Measure R.
List of stations
The Green Line consists of the following 14 stations (from west to east):
Operation
Maintenance facility
Green Line operated from Division 22 Yard (Flight Yard). This page stores the fleet used on the Green line. This is also where light maintenance is done on the fleet (heavier maintenance is done on the Blue Line yard in Long Beach). The Yard is located between Redondo Beach and Douglas Station. The train enters the yard through the intersection between two stations. Douglas bound trains (Northbound) can enter but there is no exit to continue north. Redondo Beach bound trains (Southbound) can enter and exit the Yard to continue south.
Rolling stock
When the Green Line is opened, the line used by rolling stock made by Nippon Sharyo is similar to that used on Metro Blue Line. In late 2001, the Nippon Sharyo P2020 was transferred to the Blue Line, and the Green Line received a new Siemens P2000 hammer that has operated on the Green Line since then. The Kinki Sharyo P3010 train is also used, but slowly enters the service on the phone.
Incident
On February 22, 2015, a train near Hawthorne station struck and killed pedestrians, making this the first death on the Green Line.
Photo gallery
References
External links
- MTA Home Page
- Green Line Home Page
- Overview of the Green Line connection
- Schedule of the Green Lane
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