Metro Liner

Los Angeles County Metro Liner
Background
Locale	Los Angeles County, California
Transit type	Bus rapid transit
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	24
Operation
Began operation	2005
Operator(s)	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA)
Technical
System length	40 mi (64.4 km)
System map

Metro Liner refers to bus rapid transit services operated by Los Angeles County Metro that operate on dedicated or shared-use busways.

Metro Liner is designed to mimic the Metro Rail light rail services, in both the vehicle's design and their operation. Vehicles on both systems are painted in Metro Rail's silver livery, stop at all stations, passengers can board at any door, and vehicles receive priority at intersections. Like Metro Rail, when fully implemented, Metro Liner buses will not have fareboxes, and ticket vending machines will be available at all stations, as it is the case on the Orange Line.

The Metro Liner concept has not yet been fully incorporated into the Silver Line. The Silver Line will not install ticket vending machines until the agency receives funding for that option.

Lines Statistics

There are 2 Metro liner lines as of 2012. Each line is associated with a color. The stations of the metro liner lines are denoted by a square and the color of the line. Metro light rail lines use circles instead of squares.

Line name	Stations	Termini	Ridership (March 2012)[1]
Orange Line	14 (4 new stations open June 2012)	North Hollywood (East) Warner Center Transit Hub (West)	24,975
Silver Line	9	El Monte Station (North/East) Harbor Gateway Transit Center(West/South)	11,241

Lines

Metro currently operates two Metro Liner services:

    The Metro Orange Line (opened on October 29, 2005) is a 14-mile (23 km) line traversing the southern San Fernando Valley from the Warner Center Transit Hub in Woodland Hills to the North Hollywood station where the line connects to the Red Line. Metro Orange Line uses 60 feet (18 m) long, articulated buses. The Orange Line Chatsworth Extension will open in the summer of 2012. Thus, there would be two Metro Orange Line routes.

    The Metro Silver Line (opened on December 13, 2009) is a 26-mile (42 km) line operating between the San Gabriel Valley from the El Monte Bus Station in El Monte to the Harbor Gateway Transit Center via Downtown Los Angeles.^[2] Metro Silver Line is operated with 45-foot buses.^[3] Fares will be collected onboard until TVM's can be installed. The Metro Silver Line is the only line in the Metro Rail & Liner system that did not have a opening ceremony day, unlike the other lines.

Busways/transitways

These services operate on three corridors (in addition to city streets, where necessary):

• Orange Line Busway
• El Monte Busway
• Harbor Transitway

Pictures

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  The Silver Line's first ad poster at Pershing Square Red/Purple Lines Station. This poster is nearly 2.5 years old and is outdated.

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  Metro Orange Line route map inside a NABI 60 Orange Line bus.

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  Metro Silver Line arriving at LAC/USC Medical Center station, eastbound platform.

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  Interior of Metro Orange Line.

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  Northbound Metro Silver Line bus to Downtown LA & El Monte arrives at Harbor Freeway Green & Silver Lines Station.

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  Metro Orange Line at North Hollywood Red & Orange Lines station.

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  Slauson Silver Line Station southbound platform.

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  North Hollywood Orange Line Station platform.

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  Metro Silver Line departing Slauson/1-110 Station.

References

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List of Los Angeles County Metro Liner BRT Stations