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Thanks to a U2 concert at the Rose Bowl this Sunday evening, train service will be extended into the wee hours of Monday morning. 100,000 people are expected to descend upon the stadium and officials with the Rose Bowl and Live Nation--both which paid for the extended service--are encouraging fans to take public transit.
Whether you just want to have a wild Sunday night in Pasadena or are going to the concert, here's how it works: At 100 W. Walnut, two blocks from the Gold Line's Memorial Park Station, there will be shuttle service to and from the Rose Bowl for $5 roundtrip. Service begins at noon on Sunday and will stop after all fans have left the stadium.
Trains will run every 20 minutes (maybe faster) once the regular schedule concludes. The last north and south Gold Line trains will leave at 1:15 and 1:27 a.m., respectively. From Union Station, the last Red Line train to North Hollywood will leave at 1:57 a.m. The last Blue Line train to Long Beach will leave Metro/7th at 2:02 a.m. and the Green Line trains to Norwalk and Redondo Beach will leave at 2:37 and 2:41 a.m., respectively.
What about late-night subway service during the holiday season like they did last year? In February, the city's Transportation Committee recommended the program continue this year, but no follow-up action has since happened.
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It is f'ing amazing that a big city like LA cannot have a late night metro service every night, or at least the "going out nights" like thurs-sat.
They all preach don't drink and drive but what are our options? Mine is to just not go or not drink, neither makes for a fun night.
Has the city ever considered a late night program? With the push to bring people back to Downtown LA you'd think they'd keep the lines open till 2. Imagine how many more people would be willing to go out if they could take the train home.
They had one on weekends last holiday season.
Everybody I know would LOVE IT if the trains ran later than they do. I'm in Long Beach and my friends always want me to come party/go to bars in LA. I always turn it down because that means there WILL be drunken driving. Everything in LA is too spread out. Would be too far to walk/ride bikes, too expensive to take a cab, too late to take the train. Completely ridiculous they're trying to turn downtown into this hip nightlife spot especially since the majority of people don't live in that area. The city's just asking for trouble.
See, now this proves LA is a more civilized city than Paris. When I saw U2 in a horse racing track on the outskirts of Paris in 1992, they finished moments after the metro closed. Parisians generally don't drive, so we all hitchhiked back into town to where the night busses ran, lucky that at least some people had cars!