FINALLY!!
After decades of waiting, their trains have arrived
"At 3:40 a.m. Sunday the first passengers were train enthusiasts, students and workers for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which built the six-mile Gold Line extension. A few hours later, the neighborhood showed up."
Workday commuters ride Gold Line extension for first time
"Construction began on the Gold Line Eastside extension in 2004. The six-mile route runs from Atlantic Boulevard in East L.A. to Union Station and connects with the original Gold Line, which runs from Union Station to Pasadena. The extension project cost $898 million."
Low ridership tarnishes Gold Line extension's luster
"Even when the new Eastside riders are added, MTA projections suggest that the Gold Line will remain at the bottom of the ridership rankings."
As the Patrick & Alice RailRiot 2009 ("Only the best in civil unrest!") concludes with the return to Los Angeles later this week, a last hurrah will take the form of rides aboard the new extension for enjoyment and assessment of the first rail service to the area since the L.A. Railway ceased streetcar operations in the early 1960s.
EDIT: IIRC on further consideration, I believe it was LARy's successor operating agency, the MTA, which last ran streetcars to L.A.'s Eastside and in L.A. overall. Also IIRC, Pacific Electric's line to Long Beach - its last, and essentially today's Blue Line right of way - ended service somewhat earlier.
After decades of waiting, their trains have arrived
"At 3:40 a.m. Sunday the first passengers were train enthusiasts, students and workers for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which built the six-mile Gold Line extension. A few hours later, the neighborhood showed up."
Workday commuters ride Gold Line extension for first time
"Construction began on the Gold Line Eastside extension in 2004. The six-mile route runs from Atlantic Boulevard in East L.A. to Union Station and connects with the original Gold Line, which runs from Union Station to Pasadena. The extension project cost $898 million."
Low ridership tarnishes Gold Line extension's luster
"Even when the new Eastside riders are added, MTA projections suggest that the Gold Line will remain at the bottom of the ridership rankings."
As the Patrick & Alice RailRiot 2009 ("Only the best in civil unrest!") concludes with the return to Los Angeles later this week, a last hurrah will take the form of rides aboard the new extension for enjoyment and assessment of the first rail service to the area since the L.A. Railway ceased streetcar operations in the early 1960s.
EDIT: IIRC on further consideration, I believe it was LARy's successor operating agency, the MTA, which last ran streetcars to L.A.'s Eastside and in L.A. overall. Also IIRC, Pacific Electric's line to Long Beach - its last, and essentially today's Blue Line right of way - ended service somewhat earlier.
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