AnsaldoBreda P2550 742
Location: Del Mar Station, Pasadena, CA
Operator of Vehicle: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Date of Photo: July 14, 2014
A few days ago, the Los Angeles Dodgers won the World Series for the first time in a full season since 1988. (They won most recently in the COVID shortened 2020 season.) A lot has changed in the Los Angeles transit scene since that championship. The Los Angeles Light Rail did not open until July 14, 1990, when Line A (formerly the Blue Line) began service between Downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach. The first Metro Rail line, the B Line (formerly the Red Line), opened on January 30, 1993 from Union Station to Westlake/MacArthur Park. However, considering the sprawling extent of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, many places are not served by transit and Dodger Stadium is one of them. In a somewhat viral social media post (also shown below), the LACMTA claimed one could walk from Dodger Stadium to the Chinatown Station on the A Line, and since the walk is only 25 minutes and all downhill, that this is a convenient way to get around stadium traffic after the games. The LACMTA does run special express bus service between Union Station and Dodger Stadium for all home games, but the thought was that crowds exiting MLB’s largest venue after a playoff game might be such that it was worth mentioning this walking “alternative.” It is not known how many people actually tried doing this after World Series games, but the suggestion was widely panned on social media and elsewhere.