LA Metrolink facts July 7th, 2007
from the Metrolink Fact Sheet, received May 2007
- Metrolink operates 7 routes, serves 54 stations, and covers 388 route-miles (counting only once, track served by multiple routes).
- Metrolink operates 145 trains on weekdays, 40 on Saturdays, and 22 on Sundays. Trains average 40 miles per hour.
- In December 2006, 40,852 passengers rode Metrolink trains on an average weekday. (So much for the idea that Los Angelenos love their automobiles too much to ride transit!)
- 88 percent of Metrolink riders formerly made the trip, drove alone or carpooled.
- Metrolink carries 2.9% of the capacity of parallel highways.
