The newly extended Expo Line has been causing quite a sensation since it began running all the way to Downtown Santa Monica this May. Riders have waited in insane lines to board, Metro has been racing to add more trains to the route, and the New York Times even took condescending notice of the train’s popularity.
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The unit is first of 10 expanded vehicles for the system, NJ Transit officials said in a press release. The remodeled vehicles feature more seating capacity and standing room than earlier models. NJ Transit has been using a prototype of the expanded light-rail car on the Hudson-Bergen line for nearly three years “with great success,” agency officials added.
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Friday’s the big day! The Expo Line extension officially opens at noon, and free rides start then and continue to the end of service tomorrow. (According to the schedule, the last Saturday night train is actually an early Sunday morning train.) But before all that, it had a grand opening this morning and, thanks to modern technology, we can live vicariously through the folks who were lucky enough to be invited to take that ride.
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In April 2016, New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) celebrates its 16th anniversary of operation. HBLR was the first successful DBOM (Design/Build/Operate/Maintain) deployment of a transit system in the modern era (post-World War II) and represents a throwback to when public-private partnerships were commonly utilized to build and operate railways.
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Los Angeles County dignitaries opened the first new stretch of Metro rail in nearly four years Saturday before a joyful, excited crowd of rail fans and residents of the San Gabriel Valley. The $1-billion, 11.5-mile extension of the Gold Line will connect six stations in five cities to Southern California’s fast-growing Metro rail network. The Gold Line is now 31 miles long,the longest in the system.
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