Link: Gold Line to East Los Angeles to open this weekend - Pasadena Star-News
Gold Line to East Los Angeles to open this weekend
Posted: 11/10/2009 02:05:24 PM PST
LOS ANGELES - The Gold Line Eastside Extension, which will connect the end of the Gold Line at Union Station to within one miles of the city border of Monterey Park, will be opening this Sunday.
Riders will be able to use the line for free on Sunday, though it will begin charging normal Metro fares on Monday.
It will take about 53 minutes to ride the line from the Sierra Madre Villa Station in Pasadena to the end of the line at the intersection of Atlantic and Pomona boulevards, just south of the Pomona (60) Freeway, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials.
That time will vary will traffic, said Jose Ubaldo, spokesman for the MTA. The new line will go through city streets and will tend to run slower with traffic, he said.
Ubaldo has been riding the line during its test phase from end to end every day, and said he has made the trip in under 20 minutes during low-traffic times, but has clocked it at up to 23 minutes during peak traffic times. MTA has not yet released an official time estimate for traveling on the line.
Local and federal officials will be celebrating the opening of the line with a ceremony on Saturday.
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