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The Gold-Themed Post

Contributed by aaron on March 14th, 2007 at 9:02 pm

So this post is for general discussion, and contains a couple gold-related themes.

1) The Gold Line. So I experience for the first time the “express” service to Pasadena. First, and though this is partially my fault for not noticing immediately, it’s pretty confusing that it only stops at Memorial Park going one way. Guess who had to walk to Colorado Bl. from Del Mar. *raises hand*.

Why are they doing this? This isn’t New York, they’re not clearing up tracks by running express trains. It cuts an astonishing 5 minutes off the trip to Sierra Madre Villa, and has to leave some pretty torqued off people who are going to the other station who suddenly find their rush hour service cut back. Why is this a useful service? I’m having trouble seeing it. They’d do the gold line more of a service telling the people on Marmion Way to get a grip than they are with this one.

2) Where’s the gold? I spent 2 weeks here in August, and got stopped by a Sheriff checking passes probably every 2-3 days. I’ve been here 3 weeks, and haven’t been on a train that’s been checked. Do I just have fantastically bizarre luck, or is LASD on permanent vacation? I ask because, in all of the noise about that Pershing Square fiasco a few months back, I’d hate to see that MTA really was losing money because LASD had abandoned checking tickets, and people had noticed and relied on this abandonment.

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There are 5 Responses to “The Gold-Themed Post”:

  1. I’ve been riding the Red Line almost every day (at least one way) for the past 4-5 months and I haven’t been asked for a ticket since early December (my only time). I see sheriffs in the stations sometimes, just nobody asking for tickets ever.

    Comment by badMike on March 15th, 2007 at 12:36 pm »Reply« resta suma

  2. I’ve noticed many more sheriff deputies on the blue line than normal for the last month or so. The number of fare inspectors has remained about the same. I’ve only had LASD deputies ask to see my ticket three times total that I can recall. Once each on the blue, green, and red lines. Normally it’s the fare inspectors that check.

    Comment by Shawn on March 15th, 2007 at 10:02 pm »Reply« resta suma

  3. thanks for timing that express service. I guess it’s more for peace-of-mind than anything. maybe they’re just throwing people a bone since it’s such a slow train.

    Comment by JustMyNipples on March 16th, 2007 at 2:18 am »Reply« resta suma

  4. The train has sped up recently. The new schedules have an end-to-end time of 29 minutes (the old express time), while expresses are 24.

    The Gold Line is much more uncomfortable. The ride is very rutty through South Pasadena.

    Comment by Wad on March 16th, 2007 at 4:10 pm »Reply« resta suma

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    Comment by raphaelmazor on June 25th, 2007 at 12:42 pm »Reply« resta suma