Editing Los Angeles (section)

====Rail====
{{Main|Los Angeles Metro Rail|Metrolink (California)}}
[[File:Los Angeles Metro System Map.png|thumb|Map of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system (as of June 16, 2023).]]
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority also operate a [[Rapid transit|subway]] and [[light rail]] system across Los Angeles and its county. The system is called [[Los Angeles Metro Rail]] and consists of the [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|B]] and [[D Line (Los Angeles Metro)|D]] subway lines, as well as the [[A Line (Los Angeles Metro)|A]], [[C Line (Los Angeles Metro)|C]], [[E Line (Los Angeles Metro)|E]], and [[K Line (Los Angeles Metro)|K]] light rail lines.<ref name="Schedules - LA Metro"/> TAP cards are required for all Metro Rail trips.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Pay - LA Metro |url=https://www.metro.net/riding/fares/how-to-pay/ |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=www.metro.net |archive-date=September 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930153808/https://www.metro.net/riding/fares/how-to-pay/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As of the third quarter of 2023, the [[Los Angeles Metro Rail|city's subway system]] is the [[List of United States rapid transit systems by ridership|ninth busiest in the United States]], and its light rail system is the country's second [[List of United States light rail systems by ridership|busiest]].{{American transit ridership|dailycitation}} In 2022, the system had a ridership of 57,299,800, or about 189,200 per weekday, in the third quarter of 2023.{{American transit ridership|dailycitation}}

Since the opening of the first line, the A Line, in 1990, the system has been extended significantly, with more extensions currently in progress. Today, the system serves numerous areas across the county on {{convert|107.4|mi|km|abbr=on}} of rail, including [[Long Beach, California|Long Beach]], [[Pasadena]], [[Santa Monica, California|Santa Monica]], [[Norwalk, California|Norwalk]], [[El Segundo, California|El Segundo]], [[North Hollywood, Los Angeles|North Hollywood]], [[Inglewood, California|Inglewood]], and [[downtown Los Angeles]]. As of 2023, there are 101 stations in the Metro Rail system.<ref>{{Cite web |title=24-0782_map_GM_Master_Dec2023_DCR_Final.pdf |url=https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gcdlut6wo0e82otgfbyli/24-0782_map_GM_Master_Dec2023_DCR_Final.pdf?dl=0&rlkey=piw2jp7s8ftcmtasgpsxjh8if |access-date=January 1, 2024 |website=Dropbox |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Metrolink System Map.png|left|thumb|219x219px|[[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] passenger rail map, which stretches from [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]] to [[Oceanside, California|Oceanside]], with [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] as the central hub.]]
Los Angeles is also center of its county's [[commuter rail]] system, [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]], which links Los Angeles to Ventura, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties. The system consists of eight lines and 69 stations operating on {{convert|545.6|mi|km|abbr=off}} of track.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Welcome to Metrolink |url=https://metrolinktrains.com/ |access-date=July 25, 2022 |website=metrolinktrains.com |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417230626/https://metrolinktrains.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Metrolink averages 42,600 trips per weekday, the busiest line being the [[San Bernardino Line]].<ref name="APTA2">{{cite web |title=Transit Ridership Report |url=https://www.apta.com/ |work=[[American Public Transportation Association]] |access-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-date=October 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029130539/https://www.apta.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Apart from Metrolink, Los Angeles is also connected to other cities by intercity passenger trains from [[Amtrak]] on five different lines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amtrak Routes & Stations |url=https://www.amtrak.com/train-routes |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=www.amtrak.com |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105193226/https://www.amtrak.com/train-routes |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the lines is the [[Pacific Surfliner]] route which operates multiple daily round trips between [[San Diego]] and [[San Luis Obispo, California]] through Union Station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Explore the SoCal Coast by Train {{!}} Pacific Surfliner |url=https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/ |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=www.pacificsurfliner.com |language=en |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105053740/https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is Amtrak's busiest line outside the [[Northeast Corridor]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2023 |title=Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023 Ridership |url=https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Amtrak-Fiscal-Year-2023-Ridership.pdf |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=[[Amtrak]] |archive-date=December 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212154106/https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Amtrak-Fiscal-Year-2023-Ridership.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Los Angeles Union Station 22.jpg|thumb|right|[[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] is served by [[Amtrak California]], [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]], and [[Los Angeles Metro Rail|Metro Rail]].]]The main rail station in the city is [[Union Station (Los Angeles)|Union Station]] which opened in 1939, and it is the largest passenger rail terminal in the [[Western United States]].<ref name="sbcs">{{Cite news |last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=May 4, 1939 |title=Ontario's Mule, Gravity Car in Parade at L. A. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-san-bernardino-county-sun-ontarios/162312884/ |access-date=November 16, 2018 |work=San Bernardino Daily Sun |location=San Bernardino County, California |page=14}}</ref> The station is a major regional [[train station]] for [[Amtrak]], [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] and [[Los Angeles Metro Rail|Metro Rail]]. The station is Amtrak's fifth busiest station, having 1.4 million Amtrak boardings and de-boardings in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top 25 Busiest Amtrak Stations: 2019 |url=https://www.bts.dot.gov/geography/geospatial-portal/top-25-busiest-amtrak-stations-2019 |publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]] |access-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-date=January 5, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240105193225/https://www.bts.dot.gov/geography/geospatial-portal/top-25-busiest-amtrak-stations-2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Union Station also offers access to Metro Bus, [[Greyhound Lines|Greyhound]], LAX FlyAway, and other buses from different agencies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Station Los Angeles |url=https://www.unionstationla.com/transport-hub |access-date=January 5, 2024 |website=Union Station Los Angeles |language=en |archive-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807173352/https://www.unionstationla.com/transport-hub |url-status=dead }}</ref>