Thursday, June 7, 2012

Metro Service Adjustments Coming on June 17th

Here are the bus changes affecting the West Hollywood / Hollywood / Beverly Hills area beginning Sunday, June 17th:

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Metro Line 30 
West Hollywood-Pico/Rimpau-Downtown LA-Indiana Station via San Vicente, Pico Bl & East 1st St

New route extension to West Hollywood. Select trips operate on San Vicente Bl between Pico/Rimpau Transit Center and West Hollywood. Service east of Downtown LA will serve 1st St in both directions. All trips will operate through the Pico/Rimpau Transit Center.

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Metro Line 330
West Hollywood-Pico/Rimpau-Downtown LA-Little Tokyo Station via San Vicente & Pico Bl

New peak hour limited stop service replaces Line 730. This new service makes all stops on Broadway in Downtown LA with new stops at Pico/Arlington and Pico/Crenshaw. Select trips operate on San Vicente Bl between Pico/Rimpau Transit Center and West Hollywood.

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Metro Line 217 
Hollywood/Vine Station-Fairfax -Culver City Transit Center via Hollywood Bl, Fairfax Av & La Cienega Bl

All trips extended to the Metro Expo Line La Cienega/Jefferson Station and select trips extended further south along route of former Line 439 to provide new all weekday service to Culver City Transit Center.

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Metro Line 220 
Beverly Center-Culver City via Robertson Bl

Route modified to serve Metro Expo Line Culver City Station.

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Metro Line 305
Westwood-Leimert Park-South LA-Willowbrook

Route discontinued. Service on San Vicente Bl has been replaced with Lines 30 and 330.

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Metro Line 439
Downtown LA-Culver City Transit Center via I-10 Fwy

Line discontinued. See Line 217 description for replacement service.

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Metro Line 534
Malibu Express-Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub via Pacific Coast Hwy

All trips exit/enter I-10 Freeway from Robertson Bl to serve the Metro Expo Line Culver City Station at Venice/Robertson for an improved connection to Downtown LA. Service continues to Washington/Fairfax Transit Hub.

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Metro Line 550
Exposition Park-Artesia Transit Center -San Pedro via Harbor Transitway

Route modification terminates all weekday rush hour trips at USC/Expo Park. Non-rush hour and all weekend trips will terminate at Artesia Transit Center. Service to West Hollywood has been replaced with Lines 30 and 330.

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Metro Line 705
West Hollywood-Vernon via La Cienega Bl & Vernon Av

New stop added at Metro Expo Line La Cienega/Jefferson Station.

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Metro Line 730
Downtown LA-Pico/Rimpau via Pico Bl

Service replaced by Line 330.

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Metro Line 761
Pacoima-Westwood via Van Nuys Bl & Sepulveda Bl

New stop added at Van Nuys and Plummer.

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Many of the bus service changes have to do with the opening of the first-half of the Expo Line between downtown Los Angeles and Culver City, and the subsequent need to optimize services accordingly.

For a complete list of all of Metro's coming service changes, check Metro's website or it's blog The Source.

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