Getting around Los Angeles by Rail

Welcome

Welcome!

The Los Angeles metropolitan area features several key passenger rail systems, including:

• Metro Rail – Operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA)
• Metrolink – A commuter rail service across Southern California
• Amtrak Pacific Surfliner – Serving San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Luis Obispo

This Wikibook is designed to help you navigate these systems and travel around the city by rail.

Table of Contents

1. Metro Rail

• Overview

• A Line
• B Line
• C Line
• D Line
• E Line
• K Line
• Stations
• Metro Rail Transfer Stations
  • 7th Street/Metro Center
  • Willowbrook/Rosa Parks

2. Metrolink

• Metrolink

• Antelope Valley Line
• Inland Empire-Orange County Line
• Orange County Line
• Riverside Line
• San Bernardino Line
• Ventura County Line
• 91/Perris Valley Line
• Arrow Line
• Metrolink Stations

3. Amtrak

• Pacific Surfliner
• Other Lines

4. San Diego NCTD

• San Diego Coaster
• San Diego Sprinter

5. Stops and Facilities

• Los Angeles Union Station
• Metro Rail Transfer Stations
• Metrolink Stations

6. Major LA Tourist Attractions

• LA Metro Tourist Attractions
• Metrolink and Amtrak Tourist Attractions
• San Diego Sprinter & Coaster Tourist Attractions

7. The Savvy Traveler

• Rail-2-Rail Program
• Fares and Passes

8. Unofficial or Defunct Lines

• Burbank-Bob Hope Airport Line

9. Project Timeline

• Contributing Timeline

Contributing Timeline

This project is coming along very well. In this section, major achievements are listed by month. This timeline was last updated June 2025.

July 2011

• Book created
• Metro Rail developed to 50% (current stage)
• Metro Red Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Blue Line, Metro Gold Line developed to 25%
• Stations developed to 25%

August 2011

• Metro Rail Transfer Stations, Imperial/Wilmington, 7th Street/Metro Center developed to 25% (current stage)
• Metro Green Line, Metro Blue Line, Metro Gold Line developed to 50% (current stage)
• Stations developed to 75% (current stage)

September 2011

• Metro Red Line and Metro Purple Line developed to 50% (current stage)
• Book navbox template created
• Title logo created
• Metro Rail Transfer Stations, Imperial/Wilmington, 7th Street/Metro Center improved to 50% (current stage)

February 2012 - March 2023

• Updating.

June 2025

• Entire book updated to reflect changes over the past decade.

Future Contributing

• It will be really helpful to update the existing subsections first before adding new ones as there it a lot of outdated info in many of the existing subsections.

Thanks for all your help!