Orange Line (Los Angeles Metro)
The Orange Line is one of two lines on the Metro Transitway network in Los Angeles County, California. It operates between Chatsworth (select trips only), Warner Center in the Woodland Hills and the North Hollywood Metro Station in the San Fernando Valley where it connects with the Metro Red Line on the Metro Rail system for Downtown Los Angeles. The other line in the Metro transitway network is the Metro Silver Line. In comparison to the Metro Silver Line, the Metro Orange Line line runs on dedicated bus lanes. The 14 mi (22.5 km) line uses a dedicated right-of-way with stations at approximately one mile intervals; tickets are purchased from ticket machines on the platforms before boarding to improve performance. The Metro Orange Line bicycle path runs alongside part of the route.
The line, which is operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority opened on October 29, 2005 with a construction cost of $324 million. It is well used with 31,787 average weekday boardings in September 2012 with vehicles at times full to capacity.
The route follows part of the former Southern Pacific Railroad Burbank Branch Line which had provided a passenger rail service from 1904 to 1920 and was subsequently used by Pacific Electric streetcars (the 'Red Cars') from 1938 to 1952.
Read more about Orange Line (Los Angeles Metro): Service Description, Chatsworth Extension, Incidents, Fleet, Environmental Impact Reports and Cost Benefits of Alternatives
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