Talk:Los Angeles County Metro Rail

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For the ease of editors templates have been created.

Typing in the usual template format LACMTA- along with the name of the rail line will spur the name of the line with the specific color.

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[edit] Metro Rail, rather

Just wanted to alert everyone that the true name of this service is Metro Rail, not MetroRail or Metrorail. This is made abundantly clear on the Metro home page.

Quite right. I've corrected it this time. Next time you see an error, be bold and fix it yourself! Thanks for pointing this one out. Cheers, -Willmcw 03:10, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)
Alas, insufficient privileges. But one day!

[edit] More Templates!

Typing {{LACMTA Station}} adds this nifty guide.

Template:LACMTA Station

Just fill in where applicable. Happy editing! Pacific Coast Highway 15:45, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC) (11:45AM Brooklyn, NY time)

Cool. I wish I could display all that better on my PalmPilot - It'd be a great guide. Thanks! Cheers, -Willmcw 19:55, Jun 23, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] On second thought..

I'm having problems wiht it. In the meantime, just use edit, copy the technical jargon that makes the chart, and replace where applicable.

{| border=1 align="center" |- align="center" |width="35%"|Next station (Insert Direction):<br>'''[[Insert Station Name (LACMTA Station)|Insert Station Name]]''' |width="20%"|[[Los Angeles County MetroRail|Los Angeles Metro Rail]]:<br>{{LACMTA-Insert Line Name}} line station |width="35%"|Next station (Insert Opposite Direction):<br>'''[[Insert Station Name (LACMTA Station)|Insert Station Name]]''' |}

[edit] I fixed the template

  • I fixed the template! See Template talk:LACMTA Station for details. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 1 July 2005 14:59 (UTC)
    • Looks like I have to create a second template called Template:LACMTA Transfer Station to deal with 7th St/Metro Center and other transfer stations. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 1 July 2005 14:59 (UTC)
      • At the risk of getting flamed, I ask a humble question. Are articles describing individual stations really that necessary? They could probably be folded into the articles on each line.Fried Brice 02:58, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Naming conventions?

I have a question about some of the station pages.

  • The full name of Pico is Pico-Chick Hearn, but that seems rather obscure; even the signs on the station itself only say "Pico" (this could be because it was probably named Chick Hearn after his passing, and that was only three years ago).
  • Likewise, 7th St/Metro Center full title is 7th St/Metro Center/Julian Dixon, but again, I just refer to it as 7th St/Metro Center
  • On Imperial/Wilmington, the Metro Blue Line site says that the name is Imperial/Wilmington/Rosa Parks, but i"ve seen it written with a dash (Imperial/Wilmington-Rosa Parks

There a couple of questions I'm trying to get at. The first is whether the person name should be included in all articles - Chick Hearn, Rosa Parks, Julian Dixon, Kenneth Hahan, etc. The second is if they should be included as a dash or as a slash. It seems kind of stupid, but I want to know before I go on a naming rampage. - Hbdragon88 04:24, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Purple, Aqua, Expo

Is the future "Purple Line" mentioned on this page (under Expansion/Official/Red:) the same as the LACMTA_Expo_Line? -70.145.102.253 04:19, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

It refers to the Wilshire portion of the existing Red line. Possible extension to Santa Monica, but under study (zero funding). --Pelladon 19:03, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I made a very nice system map, http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6264/finalmap122506vz0.jpg, based on the new system map available on the MTA website (www.metro.net) and the expo and gold lines' project maps. I created the map superimposed over a street map, so it is geographically accurate. Can it be incorporated into this article? Fried Brice 08:57, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wouldn't it be nice?

If they would make a elevated monorails that goes straight down the middle of 405, 10, 110, etc.? I think it would be well worth sacrificing one lane... if that.

[edit] missing stations on map

the system map is missing a couple stations on the red line - hollywood/vine and hollywood/highland. --SameerKhan 21:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Silver & Yellow Line sites gone.

In the "Citizens' advocacy" subsection of the "Expansion proposals" section, it appears the off-site links to the Yellow Line and Silver Line no longer point to active websites. Can the links be deleted immediately, or is there some sort of process that needs to be done first? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Alikaalex (talk • contribs) 07:00, 30 January 2007 (UTC).

No process, though see if you can find these organizations at some other URL and put that URL there instead. otherwise, just get rid of them. —lensovet–talk – 19:53, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Metro Rail expansions

The user User:Metro Webmaster removed the maps of the Metro Rail system, and I reverted these edits. However, I agree that the future rail extensions map should not be on this site. We're misleading people into thinking there is an officially-adopted proposal to extend the Purple Line westward, when this is not true. A new map should be made, with the officially-recognized routes of the Metro Expo Line (Phase I) and Gold Line (Eastside Extension) included, but with the hypothetical Purple Line extension removed. If someone can't do this soon, we should just take down the image we have now. --SameerKhan 08:21, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

No one responded to this comment or made a new (accurate) map of Metro Rail's officially announced plans for extension. As of yet, there is no officially-adopted Purple Line alignment planned west of Western Avenue, and we should not just be filling in this gap with stations we would like to see. Until the official report (currently underway I believe) collecting and studying different alternatives for a westward expansion of the Purple Line is released, we should not make any claims as to which way (and via what medium) such an extension would go. Trust me; I'd love to see a subway down Wilshire, but this is not a fantasy site. --SameerKhan 10:14, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] google integrates public transit into gmaps. can we add something about this to the wiki page here?

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2007/10/google-transit-graduates-from-labs.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.47.174.66 (talk) 18:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ward-level politics

I've heard the LA subway is notorious for not going to the right places because it was built with ward-level politics in mind. Anybody hear this/have sources?--Loodog (talk) 21:07, 22 May 2008 (UTC)