Los Angeles Metro Gold Line - Time Lapse Tour

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  • Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
  • The complete Los Angeles Metro Gold Line in a little over three minutes of time lapse footage from the cab of a train. Shot in Spring, 2011. Music is L'Arlisienne - Suite No. 2, IV: Farandole by Georges Bizet

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  • @alexanderbanos8125
    @alexanderbanos8125 Год назад +10

    R.I.P. Metro L Line (Gold) 2003-2023. As of today, the Metro L Line (Gold) no longer exists all due to the Regional Connector now existing. From Atlantic station in East LA to Little Tokyo (1:12), that segment of the L Line is now part of the new E Line (Expo/Gold). From Little Tokyo (1:16) to APU/Citrus College station in Azusa (Gold Line's northern terminus was at Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena back then in video), that segment of the L Line is now part of the A Line (Blue), now also known as the original "Pasadena Blue Line". 1:11-1:14 The original 2009 built Little Tokyo/Arts District station no longer exists since 2020. It is now an underground station of the same old name served by the new A and E lines as one of the three new RC stations.

  • @Robloxvideos4837
    @Robloxvideos4837 Год назад +8

    Please note at 0:54 that Pico/Aliso station is the last stop of East los angeles. As of 2023, The gold line now uses one car on East Los angeles to Pico/Aliso. The cars that are curretly used on East Los angeles is The KInkishary P3010. Union station is currently the Last stop From azuza. The cars that are curreltly used are the P3010 and the P2550.

    • @danill4381
      @danill4381 Год назад +1

      what happened to the p2000s

    • @lacountytransitrailfan
      @lacountytransitrailfan 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@danill4381they’re still in Alstom for refurbishment. They’ll operate on the blue line but they’re also possibly going to be on Expo line

  • @jsoe81657
    @jsoe81657 6 лет назад +17

    For those who aren't aware, the gold line back then only went from Sierra Madre (Pasadena station next to Best Buy and the 210) to Chinatown. They didn't add the extension until a few years ago. If you wanted to go to Little Tokyo, you'd have to walk from Union Station to 1st Street

  • @ethansalazar8283
    @ethansalazar8283 5 лет назад +24

    The music goes so well with this. From 2:07 and forward it's literally in sync with the crossings bridge curves etc.

    • @swbaker8
      @swbaker8 3 года назад +3

      Literally the best music choice ever

    • @losangelesrailway3505
      @losangelesrailway3505 2 года назад +3

      It also goes well with the power lines passing by

    • @AlexisKasperavicius
      @AlexisKasperavicius  Год назад +1

      Took a bit of time to find a piece that worked, but the first time I synced it up it just fit so perfectly. Not sure what happened there, but a happy coincidence!

  • @tyrese3745
    @tyrese3745 Год назад +4

    Tomorrow marks the last full service day of the fractured L (Gold) Line. By fractured, I mean the sections that run from Azusa to Union Station and from Pico/Aliso to Atlantic in East L.A.
    The Metro 1990s vision of the “Pasadena Blue Line” becomes a reality this Friday at 12 Noon PST when the A Line officially takes over the Foothill Extension, linking it to the existing line between 7th Street and Downtown Long Beach.
    Likewise, the E (Expo) Line will utilize the Pico/Aliso-Atlantic branch (the latter becoming the new eastern terminus).

  • @Xomanowar99
    @Xomanowar99 12 лет назад +18

    More trains, more buses, more riders, more density, more sense of community.

    • @nativegerry335
      @nativegerry335 Год назад +1

      How much is the cost of construction for the entire system compared to one exclusively on an elevated right of way

  • @dcplayz6302
    @dcplayz6302 3 года назад +18

    Please note at 1:14, Little Tokyo/Arts District station is permanently closed in October 2020 due to the construction of the regional connector and the Gold Line (L line) will merge with the Blue (A line) and Expo (E line) once the regional connector is complete. The new and current station will not be on the street, it will be underground. Please make a timelapse of this line once the regional Connector is complete!
    Stay Gold, L line.

    • @alexanderbanos8125
      @alexanderbanos8125 Год назад +4

      The L Line (Gold) will no longer exist once the Regional Connector is complete. The L Line will be broken into two segments as extensions of the existing A (Blue) and E (Expo) lines. The Union Station to APU/Citrus College (Azusa) segment will be part of the A Line while the Pico/Aliso to Atlantic (East Los Angeles) segment will be part of the E Line. Therefore it would have to be A Line from Long Beach to Azusa and E Line (with gold color) from East Los Angeles to Santa Monica both time lapse.

  • @redcomusic
    @redcomusic 3 года назад +7

    Perhaps the only light rail line in the system (maybe even the country! Or world!) where you can experience multiple track types: at-grade crossable, at-grade median, subway, existing right-of-way, elevated and highway median.

    • @alexanderbanos8125
      @alexanderbanos8125 Год назад

      Now the A Line (Blue) (to and from Long Beach and Azusa) is now known as the only light rail line in LA Metro's rail system to experience multiple track types:
      1. At-grade running with signalized railroad crossings (some wholly owned by LA Metro, others jointly owned with Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway).
      2. At-grade running within street medians.
      3. Underground running.
      4. Elevated running.
      5. Freeway median running.
      6. Running on former rights-of-way of Pacific Electric Railway's Long Beach Line and ATSF Railway's Pasadena Subdivision.
      And now the A Line is also now known as the longest light rail line in the USA and the world, running up to 48 miles.

  • @007Environment
    @007Environment 11 лет назад +6

    Good one! I've rode the Gold Line before. The music in the background is called Farandole. I remembered having that song as one of the pieces in orchestra when I took that class and I did not quite favor the teacher. When I rode the Gold Line, I found it so scenic looking all over.

  • @AlexisKasperavicius
    @AlexisKasperavicius  12 лет назад +3

    Not any more. The old bridge has been removed and a new one is being constructed. The line is being extended in 2 more phases. Also, it will eventually split - this service will continue from East LA, but at LIttle Tokyo will travel through downtown and continue to Santa Monica. The Pasadena portion will go south to Long Beach.

  • @luismanuelrevilla9773
    @luismanuelrevilla9773 6 месяцев назад +3

    0:00 Intro
    0:03 Atlantic
    0:09 East LA Civic Center
    0:16 Maravilla
    0:31 Indiana
    0:44 Soto
    0:50 Mariachi Plaza
    0:54 Pico/Aliso
    1:10 Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
    1:23 Union Station
    1:32 Chinatown
    1:41 Lyncoln Cypress
    1:47 Heritage Square
    1:53 Southwest Museum
    2:06 Highland Park
    2:21 Mission
    2:32 Fillmore
    2:38 Del Mar
    2:44 Memorial Park
    2:51 Lake Station
    2:57 Allen
    3:09 Sierra Madre
    3:11 Outro

  • @RollerSCoaster17
    @RollerSCoaster17 2 года назад +4

    The music sounds so cool!! And the train itself I would ride. So cool!

  • @YourNewBuddy
    @YourNewBuddy 9 лет назад +20

    Oh man, this movie is SO RAD! Great choice of music for an amazing journey. Thank you so much for making my favorite documentary!

  • @Zigazgman1
    @Zigazgman1 12 лет назад +4

    Always fun riding the Gold Line!

  • @tyrese3745
    @tyrese3745 Год назад +2

    1:10 This is where the newly updated E train will enter the second underground portal to the brand-new Little Tokyo Station (as part of the Metro’s newest Regional Connector project which includes Historic Broadway and Grand Avenue Arts/Bunker Hill stations) on its way westward towards Santa Monica.

  • @CharlieND
    @CharlieND Год назад +3

    It's crazy how much has changed since this video was released. Now the gold line doesn't even exist.

  • @themoviedealers
    @themoviedealers 6 лет назад +7

    You might want to wait for a redo until the Regional Connector opens; the lines will be completely re-routed. This is a good archival presentation of the line during this period of time.

  • @TheVideoEditorGuy6579
    @TheVideoEditorGuy6579 5 лет назад +4

    Recreate this footage when Regional Connector opens. Although the L Line between Little Tokyo and East LA will become the part of E Line’s extension. While A Line will take over the L from Little Tokyo and Azusa (Soon to be Montclair).

  • @tyrese3745
    @tyrese3745 Год назад +3

    Guys, would you believe that when the Regional Connector opens this coming summer, the A Line, which will take over the Foothill section of the soon-to-be decommissioned L Line proper, will have become the longest light rail line in the world? This will surpass the 42 mile-long (68 kg), 138 year old Coast Tram in Belgium. I hope this makes it into the Guinness World Records.

  • @rodin9075
    @rodin9075 3 года назад +3

    I hope there will be another Metro Foothill Line Extension from Ontario Airport to San Bernardino after Glendora to Montclair

  • @Xomanowar99
    @Xomanowar99 12 лет назад +3

    Once the regional connector gets built, the gold, expo, and blue lines will be heavily used. Trains will run more often and trains will be more crowded causing a greater demand for rail and bus service. At grade street running if or the trains should be avoided at all costs.

  • @danitovalle
    @danitovalle 9 лет назад +8

    This fascinates me.. wish we had something like this in San Diego

    • @hectora7479
      @hectora7479 7 лет назад +8

      Lowk_ don't you guys have the San Diego trolley.

    • @code3_cali563
      @code3_cali563 4 года назад +2

      @@hectora7479 Yes

  • @tntmaster1104
    @tntmaster1104 3 года назад +2

    I know that most of these comments are older than other comments but, Just to let Y'all know that by 2022 (a year from now) the Metro L line (Gold line) will cease to exist for a short period of time and be replaced by the Metro A line (Blue line) from Downtown Long Beach to Azusa (also known as the Blue line Extension) and the E line (Expo line) will replace the South part of the L line (Gold line) from Downtown Santa Monica to in Downtown East LA (Just like the Blue line this will be known as the Expo line Extension) Also this will probably get a remake

  • @emvvehicles_8
    @emvvehicles_8 6 месяцев назад +2

    Crazy the East LA section is now the Expo Line and the Pasadena and Azusa section is now the Blue Line

  • @karoslif
    @karoslif 12 лет назад +2

    i vote for crossing gates at ALL intersections for goldline and expoline.

  • @ChrisLoos1
    @ChrisLoos1 12 лет назад +2

    MOAR! Now do Expo!

  • @FPVsean
    @FPVsean 12 лет назад +2

    Ahhh so this is what's in GTA V. There's a tram line in the trailer with the overhead wires and columns like here. Good stuff!

  • @luisalbertoolverarivera8354
    @luisalbertoolverarivera8354 8 лет назад +3

    the last part from lake station to sierra madre station was used for the scenes from the film "speed"

    • @CharlieND
      @CharlieND 8 лет назад +2

      Wow... you learn something new every day.

  • @360Sebastian360
    @360Sebastian360 11 лет назад +4

    It looks cool the timelapse on the tunnel, it seems as if ypu are going backwards at some parts.. You can see how badly the eastside line meeds signal preemption, with all those stops that are as long as waiting at a station.

  • @Wingnutcaseman
    @Wingnutcaseman 13 лет назад +2

    Great preview, as I will be riding the entire Gold Line when I visit LA later this week. :)

  • @noahshelly2311
    @noahshelly2311 2 года назад +2

    Cool metro line

  • @Robloxvideos4837
    @Robloxvideos4837 Год назад +1

    Please note at 3:09 Sierra madre is No longer the last stop of the gold and the final stop is now azuza.

  • @DarPower1
    @DarPower1 13 лет назад +2

    Our Muni Metro Train in San Francisco looks kinda like that. Except more grey, less letters on the train, some red, and in all honesty it looks a whole lot better. Its like the best looking train in the country. However its not the most reliable at times.

  • @laurahodges2486
    @laurahodges2486 11 лет назад +8

    And they say we don't have good public transportation in L.A. It's a great system!

    • @Absolute_Zero7
      @Absolute_Zero7 3 года назад +2

      For a city of its size, LRT is quite underwhelming, especially compared to the systems of smaller cities like Vancouver.

  • @Sebastián8844
    @Sebastián8844 12 лет назад +3

    Very cool tram ride!

  • @The_Poro_King
    @The_Poro_King Год назад +2

    Remember there was a slow down pace version of this video and it got removed due to copyright

  • @theghostofmrcow1985
    @theghostofmrcow1985 Год назад +3

    R.i.p gold line.2003-2023😥😥😥🟡🟡🟡

  • @tanner293
    @tanner293 11 лет назад +1

    very nice video

  • @expresswayjess
    @expresswayjess 12 лет назад +2

    It sure looks like people were beating down the doors to jump on.

  • @1979RoadFan
    @1979RoadFan 13 лет назад +4

    I have always enjoyed using LA public transit. Going through South Central on the Blue Line has not been my favorite though...

  • @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624
    @osagiee.guobadia-secondytc4624 2 года назад +3

    To me, the METRO rail train in LA look almost like the MTA LIRR, outside of NY. 😀

  • @victorsilva5150
    @victorsilva5150 5 лет назад +1

    At the, mission / meridian xing, to the upper left is were they filmed the scene as Laurie and her friend meet the friends father the Sheriff after smoking weed from the movie Halloween.

  • @denny906
    @denny906 13 лет назад +3

    From East Los Angeles to Pasadena

  • @kclite
    @kclite 12 лет назад +2

    from the end of the video there is an old bridge that crosses the 210 freeway but its not there but the old railroad tracks are still there that goes more longer right ????

  • @PDXLibertarian
    @PDXLibertarian Год назад +1

    The East LA Segment was supposed to be an underground continuation of the Red Line.

  • @wsgut123
    @wsgut123 12 лет назад +22

    it would be cool if the metro is this fast

    • @ericviet06
      @ericviet06 4 года назад +2

      Yeah.... If the metro traveled at an average of 590 mph...

    • @dinostudios6579
      @dinostudios6579 3 года назад

      Zoom

    • @trainrover
      @trainrover Год назад

      and weren't held up by stop lights either...even our automated sightseeing overground the Expo Express had been protected better:
      • ruclips.net/video/RFmAyzt4XFc/видео.html
      • ruclips.net/video/60BHKecm_aQ/видео.html
      • ruclips.net/video/60BHKecm_aQ/видео.html 🍸💋

  • @Robloxvideos4837
    @Robloxvideos4837 Год назад +2

    As of 2012 1:54 The siemines P2000 has been removed from the gold line and curretly operates on the Blue, Green and expo lines.

    • @theghostofmrcow1985
      @theghostofmrcow1985 Год назад +1

      They will be back in the gold line tracks once the regional connector is finished.

    • @Ploryandyoopfan
      @Ploryandyoopfan Месяц назад

      They removed the Siemens p2000 from the e line side

  • @manfredi3692
    @manfredi3692 12 лет назад +1

    Beautiful video!

  • @fixitAlchemist
    @fixitAlchemist 11 лет назад +3

    Thank you for the video. i love the gold line!

  • @wollin20
    @wollin20 13 лет назад +8

    Wonderful video, which offered me a nice free virtual ride through LA! Anyway, this also shows that driving is far faster than using this metro line: At full speed, a suburban metro should always be faster than cars to compensate 1) The fact that urban transportation is not door to door and 2) the necessary stops. Not to mention the rail network is so limited that it is mostly limited to the very poor, who can't afford a car, and the extreme ecological aware people who love to cycle and walk.

  • @andrewfyip
    @andrewfyip 11 лет назад +1

    great video!

  • @TNCMAD
    @TNCMAD 11 лет назад +2

    It looks like more to a tramway ( i think you call that a trolley tram in english ) then a metro

  • @brianxyz
    @brianxyz 12 лет назад +4

    I'm really surprised the train doesn't have the ability to automatically trigger a green light for itself at the at grade intersections. Also, are there no crossing arms to warn drivers and pedestrians that a train is coming?

  • @kclite
    @kclite 12 лет назад +1

    kool thanks

  • @Mat7920H
    @Mat7920H 12 дней назад +1

    I would like to see an updated version of this video, with both A and E lines

  • @peabody1976
    @peabody1976 8 лет назад +3

    Really neat video! I hope you will do another after March 5 when the extension to Azusa/Citrus is finally opened!

  • @sebastiankunz7758
    @sebastiankunz7758 12 лет назад +2

    very fantastic video.
    Thanks!

  • @ScottInFlorida
    @ScottInFlorida 11 лет назад +1

    That was really fun. Great video.

  • @littlewishy6432
    @littlewishy6432 4 года назад +1

    Great choice of music

  • @fridaynighthikes
    @fridaynighthikes 6 лет назад +1

    Forget the Hyperloop, this one leaps to Hyperspace.

  • @Armando.Sepulveda
    @Armando.Sepulveda 6 лет назад +2

    Would the gold line had been more expensive if it was built as above ground heavy rail?

  • @Staszu13
    @Staszu13 5 лет назад +1

    Received message via Bizet record. Number 2's instability confirmed.

  • @DoctorTechyt
    @DoctorTechyt 6 лет назад +3

    I love this video!!! And i love metro Los Angeles

  • @denny906
    @denny906 13 лет назад +2

    Can they do this for the other metro lines like the Green and Blue l;ines?

  • @TheManny717
    @TheManny717 13 лет назад +4

    pretty soon, u're gonna hav to do that again. that's b/c the Gold Line Foothill extension is under construction rite now. can't wait for that :D

  • @Robloxvideos4837
    @Robloxvideos4837 Год назад +3

    0:31 the part i like

  • @TheIceman567
    @TheIceman567 11 лет назад +5

    Nah dude in the states we just call it a "Tram".

  • @davidnissim9203
    @davidnissim9203 5 лет назад +2

    Do another time lapse of this line when the Regional Connector tunnel opens. This line will run from the Eastside to the Santa Monica Pier.

  • @kathydavid3842
    @kathydavid3842 Год назад +3

    Who misses the old Little Tokyo😢

  • @ariananava436
    @ariananava436 7 месяцев назад +2

    The lol was just about the time he said he would get the chance for a second round exit and he said no but I think it’s gonna be good 1:22

  • @JollyRodders
    @JollyRodders 13 лет назад +3

    Nice - Does this line follow any of the old Pacific Electric routes?

    • @fluffysaffron5719
      @fluffysaffron5719 5 лет назад +2

      I know this comment is old, but: The section that goes from Lincoln/Cypress to Memorial Park does. East of that, I think the Arcadia and APU/Citrus College stations are near old Pacific Electric stations, but the train doesn't follow PE routes. Although once the extension to Montclair opens, parts of it may run along PE routes again, or very close to them, since it's going to parallel Metrolink and Metrolink is very close to/overlaps with the old PE route in places.

    • @tntmaster1104
      @tntmaster1104 3 года назад +1

      Oh Just to let You know that by 2022 (a year from now) the Metro L line (Gold line) will cease to exist for a short period of time and be replaced by the Metro A line (Blue line) from Downtown Long Beach to Azusa (also known as the Blue line Extension) and the E line (Expo line) will replace the South part of the L line (Gold line) from Downtown Santa Monica to in Downtown East LA (Just like the Blue line this will be known as the Expo line Extension)

  • @AlexisKasperavicius
    @AlexisKasperavicius  13 лет назад +1

    @JollyRodders Here and there. PE and Yellow Car routes as well as a long stretch of what was just a freight line.

  • @Dimension640
    @Dimension640 12 лет назад +1

    Thanks

  • @Ferryman-uj1vi
    @Ferryman-uj1vi 7 лет назад +35

    Could you do a remake of this with the Azusa extension? It is ok if you don't. No pressure.

    • @AlexisKasperavicius
      @AlexisKasperavicius  7 лет назад +11

      The original video was shot by an operator, so I will have to find one to do it again. Will post here if it happens.

    • @jebus_bz
      @jebus_bz 6 лет назад +4

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    • @calpeninsularailfan
      @calpeninsularailfan 4 года назад +2

      @@jebus_bz HEY! WAKE UP! STOP SLEEPING ON YOUR KEYBOARD!

    • @danielvargas3827
      @danielvargas3827 4 года назад +1

      @@calpeninsularailfan lol

    • @IEJ7654321
      @IEJ7654321 4 года назад +3

      Then he has to do it again with the Claremont extension.

  • @TheIceman567
    @TheIceman567 11 лет назад +2

    Oh i know i mean even if you go to Canada which i know you have but if you go to Toronto the same they call it a "Tram" too.

  • @jshaw6600
    @jshaw6600 12 лет назад +1

    No way it only took 25 minutes to get from Atlantic station to the Sierra Madre station...

  • @hectora7479
    @hectora7479 7 лет назад +5

    I've never been to or have anything to do with L.A but this is a really cool video

  • @nativegerry335
    @nativegerry335 Год назад

    These systems are just proof the interurbans are still needed. This was built in the 70s way after Pacific electric went out of commission

  • @Lukelr
    @Lukelr 13 лет назад +3

    WOW. Welcome to the 21st Century LA! Light rail finally hits the big time.

  • @moxigeren50gabe23
    @moxigeren50gabe23 8 лет назад +2

    Nice clasical music

  • @ericcavalheiro
    @ericcavalheiro 8 лет назад +13

    GTA V is smaller then i thought

  • @Videogenius7
    @Videogenius7 11 лет назад +2

    Thats my ride home from school! ;)

  • @craigdavis4265
    @craigdavis4265 5 лет назад +2

    Dope!!!

  • @koaxi
    @koaxi 11 лет назад +2

    That was great. I love light rail. My only complaint is with the scenery. Not exactly the greatest views out the windows of that train. Mostly the back of industrial buildings and other boring views.

  • @gepaandrade
    @gepaandrade 4 года назад +1

    music excellent and special movie

  • @colder47
    @colder47 12 лет назад +2

    awesome keep up the good work

  • @TheBrownSheepOnYT
    @TheBrownSheepOnYT 6 лет назад +2

    Awesome

  • @erintyler7320
    @erintyler7320 3 года назад +1

    Yes

  • @AlexisKasperavicius
    @AlexisKasperavicius  13 лет назад +1

    @thecopsofid L'Arlisienne - Suite No. 2, IV: Farandole by Georges Bizet

  • @DJZMANENTERTAINMENT619
    @DJZMANENTERTAINMENT619 3 года назад +1

    LOVE THIS VIDEO, only thing wrong is the info should have put so we can get a chance to read it go by too fast have to keep stopping video to read. thanks for this video/

  • @michaelmiller9418
    @michaelmiller9418 6 лет назад +2

    From los angeles

  • @eduardrisling3670
    @eduardrisling3670 5 лет назад +1

    Nice

  • @RipCityBassWorks
    @RipCityBassWorks 4 года назад +1

    Woah, this line has everything:
    At grade without a dedicated right of way
    At grade with a dedicated right of way
    Elevated track
    Subway tunnels
    And is it just me, or does the route seem incredibly curve for a light rail line, lol...

  • @TheIceman567
    @TheIceman567 11 лет назад +2

    how am i weird we don't call them a " trolley" this isn't fucking england.

  • @prodigygamer1418
    @prodigygamer1418 2 года назад +2

    1:05 yes

  • @khalifmathiskm
    @khalifmathiskm 4 года назад +2

    Looks nothing like my city’s transit Los Santos Transit

  • @degenarate47
    @degenarate47 13 лет назад +2

    i wanna live in l.a. after college but all my family is on the east coast

  • @jshaw6600
    @jshaw6600 12 лет назад +1

    Wow, what was the total amount of time you spent on the train?

  • @R9naldo
    @R9naldo 4 года назад +2

    how do you know when to stop

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover Год назад +1

    appearing even greener than Calgary