Metro Liner (Los Angeles County)

Los Angeles County Metro Liner
Info
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 map

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

Metro Liner is designed to mimic the Metro Rail light rail services both in 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 at all stations, as is the case on the Orange Line.

Slauson Silver Line Station southbound platform.

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

Metro currently operates two Metro Liner services:

    The 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 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 Artesia Transit Center via Downtown Los Angeles.^[1] Metro Silver Line is operated with 45-foot buses.^[2] 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

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ [2]