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More frequent trains start Sunday on Red, Purple and Blue lines
The Los Angeles Metro Red Line.
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More frequent trains start Sunday on Red, Purple and Blue lines
If you’ve been thinking about using public transportation for a night out on the town, Sunday night is a good time to start. Los Angeles County Metro will nearly double the frequency of evening trains running on the Red and Purple subway lines and the Blue line to Long Beach.
Instead of every 20 minutes, the trains will run every 10 minutes from 6 p.m. until midnight, every night of the week. Metro will accomplish this by cutting the number of cars per train.
"Our hope is that more people will come downtown in the evening. We have a vibrant business during the day. The evenings are spotty," says Madelyn Alfano owner of Maria’s Italian Kitchens, with a location near the 7th street metro stop in downtown Los Angeles. It’s offering a 15 percent discount to people who take Metro.
"Of course, it cuts into your bottom line," Alfano says, "but my philosophy is when you give back to your community, it comes back to you in many ways. "
Dozens of other businesses near train stops are also offering Metro discounts. They include the Los Angeles Clippers and Kings, the Aquarium of the Pacific. And Cirque du Soleil.
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