Subway service delays Sunday

[tags]los angeles, mta, red line, purple[/tags]

Metro has announced service delays for the Red and Purple lines on Sunday mornings, September 9, 16, 23 and 30. Crews will perform maintenance, and one track will be out of service. Purple Line trains will shuttle passengers between the Wilshire/Vermont and Wilshire/Western stations only.

Purple Line trains in both directions serve the upper platform. Westbound trains depart Vermont at 5:08 a.m. and operate every 20 minutes until 8:48 a.m. Two full-route Purple Line trains depart Union Station at 9 a.m. and 9:20 a.m., then normal schedules resume.

Red Line trains will operate on their usual platforms (downtown, upper and North Hollywood, lower), but service will operate every 20 minutes from the start of service until after 9 a.m., when regular schedules resume. The first eastbound trip departs at 4:38 a.m., and then every 20 minutes until 8:55 a.m. Schedules resume to normal service after then.

The first westbound Red Line trip leaves at 4:33 a.m., and then operates every 20 minutes until 8:53 a.m. Schedules resume normal service after the 9:05 a.m. trip.

This message is reposted weekly through the duration of this delay.