Metro Rail Red Line
Los Angeles, CA
The Metro Rail Red Line was the city's first subway and services 14 stations in the 16.4 miles from Union Station to North Hollywood. Construction began in 1985 and the line opened in three phases between 1993 and 2000.
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Passenger concourse
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The shitty software that runs the world
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Union Station Platform
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Train leaving the station
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Union Station Red Line Escalator down
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LA: City of Angels (Cynthia Carlson, 1992)
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Mezzanine
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Boarding the train
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Riding the Red Line
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Pershing Square station escalator
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Checking TAP cards
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Light ridership
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Red Line morning rush
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Red Line morning rush
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Saturday night crowd waiting for the Red Line
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Red Line arriving
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Red Line arriving
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Wilshire Vermont platform
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Wilshire Vermont platform
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Wilshire Vermont escalator
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John A. Dyer plaque
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Escalator to surface
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Los Angeles Seen (Peter Shire, 1996)
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Stairway down to track
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Wilshire Vermont station map
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Wilshire Vermont transit-oriented development
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Metro Rail Red Line
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Metro Rail Red Line
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Bladder control issues
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Riding the Red Line (video) (video)
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On the Red line
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Amazing that this shitty software runs the world
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Turnstile with error on display
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Waiting on a train
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Red Line station
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Red Line station entrance
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Escalator
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Riding the red line
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Luggage and bicycle alcove on each train
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Walking back to Union Station
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North Hollywood platforms
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North Hollywood passenger concourse
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Entrance to North Hollywood station
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Canopy over entrance to North Hollywood station
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North Hollywood station
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North Hollywood station
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North Hollywood Station parking
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Emergency exit