The transportation system of Greater Los Angeles includes 7 commuter rail lines, amtrak service, a subway system within the city of Los Angeles, and numerous highways. Los Angeles is integrated into the Interstate Highway System by Interstate 5, Interstate 10, and Interstate 15, along with numerous auxiliary highways and state routes. Bus service is also included locally within the area by numerous local government agencies. Subways and light commuter rail lines are present within Los Angeles proper, allowing mass transportation within the city. Commuter railroads are run by Metrolink. AMTRAK has numerous railroad lines that connect Los Angeles to the rest of the country.
Please consider that even though the boundaries itself is ambiguous, this article follows the boundaries as set forth by the wiki article Greater Los Angeles area which excludes the San Diego and Imperial Countries.
As Greater Los Angeles' main commuter rail service, Metrolink runs seven lines through Southern California.
91 Line (61.6 mile route between Union Station and Riverside-Downtown)Antelope Valley Line (76.6 mile route between Union Station and Lancaster)Inland Empire-Orange County (IEOC) Line (100.1 mile route between San Bernardino and Oceanside)Orange County Line (87.2 mile route between Union Station and Oceanside)Riverside Line (59.1 mile route between Union Station and Riverside-Downtown)San Bernardino Line (61.5 mile route between Union Station and San Bernardino/Riverside-Downtown)Ventura County Line (70.9 mile route between Union Station and Montalvo, Ventura)The Los Angeles County Metro Rail is a light rail and subway system that serves primarily Los Angeles and its surrounding cities. There are several routes associated to this system, which follows:
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) runs five rail lines throughout Los Angeles County.
The Metro Blue Line (opened in 1990) is a light rail line running between 7th Street/Metro Center station in Downtown Los Angeles and Transit Mall station in Downtown Long Beach. It is the first of the MTA's modern rail lines since the 1961 demise of the Pacific Electric Railway's Red Car system.The Metro Red Line is a subway line running between Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and North Hollywood station in North Hollywood. The first leg opened to Westlake / MacArthur Park in 1993, to Hollywood in 1999, and to North Hollywood in 2000.The Metro Green Line (opened in 1995) is a light rail line running between Marine/Redondo station in the South Bay region of Los Angeles and the Norwalk station in Norwalk. The line operates mostly in the median of the Century Freeway (Interstate 105). It offers indirect access to Los Angeles International Airport via a shuttle bus from the Aviation/I-105 station. It is the region's only above-ground light rail line that is completely grade separated.The Metro Gold Line (opened in 2003) is a light rail line that runs between Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena and runs through Highland Park and South Pasadena. Portions run elevated, below ground, in city streets, and in the median of a freeway.The Metro Purple Line (named 2006; first leg to Westlake/MacArthur Park opened in 1993; to Koreatown in 1996) is a subway line running between Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles and Wilshire/Western station in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles Mid-Wilshire district. It was considered a branch of the Red Line prior to 2006.The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
The Coast Starlight is a 1,389-mile (2,235 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States. It runs from Seattle, Washington's King Street Station to Los Angeles, California's Union Station.
The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited) is a passenger train operated by Amtrak along a 2256-mile (3631-km) route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States. It runs from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
The Sunset Limited is a passenger train that for most of its history has run between New Orleans and Los Angeles, California, and that from early 1993 through late August 2005 also ran east of New Orleans to Florida, making it during that time the only true transcontinental passenger train in American history (ignoring, of course, the comparatively small gaps between its endpoint stations and the respective seacoasts).
The Texas Eagle is a 1306-mile (2102 km) passenger train route operated by Amtrak in the central and western United States. Trains run daily between Chicago, Illinois, and San Antonio, Texas, and continue to Los Angeles, California, 2728 miles (4390 km) total, three days a week (incorporated as part of the Sunset Limited).
Buses in the Greater Los Angeles is serviced by several governmental entities, mostly notable Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (also known as Metro, MTA or LACMTA), Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), Riverside Transit Agency, OmniTrans (San Bernardino County), Santa Barbara MTD and South Coast Area Transit (Ventura County).
The Greater Los Angeles area operates on a very extensive network of public roadways that allows vehicle drivers convenient direct access to all practical destinations in the area.
Major Freeways leading into and out of Greater Los Angeles Area
Interstate 5 southbound to Tijuana in Baja California, Mexico, northbound to the Central ValleyJohn J. Montgomery Freeway from U.S.-Mexico border crossing at San Ysidro, California to Downtown San DiegoSan Diego Freeway from Downtown San Diego to the El Toro YSanta Ana Freeway from the El Toro Y to the East L.A. InterchangeGolden State Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to Wheeler Ridge, CaliforniaInterstate 10 west terminus at Santa Monica, California, eastbound to the Arizona State LineSanta Monica Freeway from Santa Monica, California to the East L.A. InterchangeSan Bernardino Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to San Bernardino, CaliforniaInterstate 15 south terminus in Barrio Logan in San Diego, northbound to the Nevada State LineTemecula Valley Freeway from the San Diego County Line to Lake ElsinoreCorona Freeway from Lake Elsinore to CoronaOntario Freeway from Corona to DevoreMojave Freeway from Devore to the Nevada State LineInterstate 40 west terminus in Barstow, California, eastbound to the Arizona State LineNeedles FreewayU.S. Route 101 south terminus at the East L.A. Interchange, westbound to Santa Barbara, California then northbound to the Central Coast of CaliforniaSanta Ana Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to the Four Level InterchangeHollywood Freeway from the Four Level Interchange to the junction with the Ventura FreewayVentura Freeway from the junction with the Hollywood Freeway to Seacliff, CaliforniaState Route 14, south terminus at Tunnel Station, northbound to Bishop, CaliforniaAntelope Valley Freeway from Tunnel Station to Mojave, CaliforniaState Route 1freeway stub in Dana Point, leading north from Interstate 5freeway stub east of OxnardState Route 2Glendale Freeway from Silver Lake to junction with State Route 134 in Glendale, CaliforniaFrank D. Lanterman Freeway from junction with State Route 134 to La Cañada-FlintridgeInterstate 5San Diego Freeway from San Diego to the El Toro Y in IrvineSanta Ana Freeway from the El Toro Y in Irvine to the East L.A. InterchangeGolden State Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to Wheeler Ridge, California in Kern CountyInterstate 10Santa Monica Freeway from Santa Monica to the East L.A. InterchangeSan Bernardino Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to San Bernardino, CaliforniaState Route 14Antelope Valley Freeway from Sylmar to Mojave, California in Kern CountyInterstate 15Temecula Valley Freeway from San Diego County line to Lake ElsinoreCorona Freeway from Lake Elsinore to CoronaOntario Freeway from Corona to DevoreMojave Freeway from Devore to the Nevada State LineState Route 227th Street freeway stub from Long Beach, California to Los Alamitos, California at the Interstate 405 and Interstate 605 interchangeGarden Grove Freeway from Westminster, California to Orange, CaliforniaState Route 23Moorpark Freeway from Newberry Springs, California to Moorpark, CaliforniaState Route 33Ojai Freeway from Ventura, California to Foster Park, CaliforniaInterstate 40Needles Freeway from Barstow, California to the Arizona State LineState Route 47Vincent Thomas Bridge connecting San Pedro to Terminal IslandTerminal Island Freeway from Seaside Ave to Henry Ford Ave exit (splitting off from State Route 103State Route 55Costa Mesa Freeway, formerly Newport Freeway from Costa Mesa to AnaheimState Route 57Orange Freeway from the Orange Crush to San Dimas, CaliforniaState Route 58freeway stub east from Barstow, CaliforniaState Route 60Pomona Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to Riverside, CaliforniaMoreno Valley Freeway from Riverside, California to the junction with Interstate 10State Route 71Chino Valley Freeway from just north of State Route 91 to State Route 60freeway stub from the Kellogg Interchange leading to the Corona ExpresswayState Route 73Corona del Mar Freeway from Costa Mesa to IrvineSan Joaquin Hills Toll Road from Irvine to Laguna NiguelState Route 90Marina Freeway freeway stub east and west of the Interstate 405 near Marina del ReyRichard M. Nixon Parkway freeway stub west from just north of State Route 91 in Yorba LindaState Route 91Gardena Freeway from Interstate 110 in Gardena to ArtesiaArtesia Freeway from Artesia to Fullerton at Interstate 5Riverside Freeway from Fullerton at Interstate 5 to Riverside, CaliforniaU.S. Route 101Santa Ana Freeway from the East L.A. Interchange to the Four Level InterchangeHollywood Freeway from the Four Level Interchange to the junction with State Route 134 and State Route 170Ventura Freeway from the junction with State Route 134 and State Route 170 to Seacliff, California just west of VenturaState Route 103Terminal Island Freeway co-signed from Seaside Avenue with State Route 47 to Sepulveda Blvd/Willow Street in Long BeachInterstate 105Glenn Anderson Freeway, more commonly known as the Century Freeway from El Segundo to NorwalkInterstate 110Harbor Freeway from San Pedro, California to Downtown L.A. at the interchange with the Santa Monica FreewayState Route 110Harbor Freeway from the interchange with the Santa Monica Freeway to the Four Level InterchangePasadena Freeway from the Four Level Interchange to Pasadena, CaliforniaState Route 118Ronald Reagan Freeway, also known as the Simi Valley-San Fernando Valley Freeway, or more simply, the Simi Valley Freeway from Moorpark to San FernandoState Route 133Laguna Freeway from just south of Interstate 405 to Interstate 5Eastern Transportation Corridor from Interstate 5 to State Route 241State Route 134Ventura Freeway from the junction with the Hollywood Freeway in Universal City to PasadenaState Route 138freeway stub east from Interstate 5 near GormanState Route 170Hollywood Freeway from the interchange with the Ventura Freeway to the Golden State FreewayInterstate 210 and State Route 210Foothill Freeway from Sylmar to RedlandsInterstate 215Escondido Freeway from Murrieta to RiversideRiverside Freeway from Riverside to San BernardinoBarstow Freeway from San Bernardino to DevoreState Route 241Foothill Transportation Corridor from Oso Parkway to the Eastern Transportation CorridorEastern Transportation Corridor from the Foothill Transportation Corridor to the Riverside FreewayState Route 261Eastern Transportation Corridor from Jamboree Road near the Santa Ana Freeway to State Route 241Interstate 405San Diego Freeway from the El Toro Y in Irvine to San FernandoInterstate 605San Gabriel River Freeway from Los Alamitos to DuarteInterstate 710Long Beach Freeway from Long Beach to Valley Blvd. in Alhambrafreeway stub south from the Foothill Freeway (unsigned SR 710)The Greater Los Angeles Area is serviced by 4 major airports and several minor airports. Los Angeles International (LAX), while LA/Ontario International and John Wayne Airport serves as overflow to LAX. The region is also serviced by Long Beach Airport, Burbank/Bob Hope Airport, Palm Springs International Airport, San Bernardino International Airport, and Palmdale Airport.
Santa Catalina Island is served by several ferry lines with regular daily service to Newport Beach, San Pedro, Long Beach, Marina del Rey, and Dana Point.
