Post by bluelineshawn on May 1, 2010 13:03:57 GMT -8
The blue line was operating at regular service levels when I left Willow at about 0850 (after just missing the 0835). I was worried that the train would be packed and in fact Willow had more riders than normal, but it wasn't that crowded. This even though our train had a mechanical problem and was taken out of service at Artesia. Metro had another train waiting for us. Cool!
When we went by the blue line yard it was fairly full and seemed about normal. I was trying to gauge if extra trains were running, but it didn't look like it. The red line was at normal headways but they were running all 6-car trains instead of 4 and 2.
I went to watch the steam engine leave LAUS and then went to watch the protest march at Broadway and 5th. I left back for home at about 11:00 and noticed that the red line trains were running off schedule compared to the monitors. They must have decided to increase service for the protest although with 6 car trains it didn't appear to be necessary.
On the way home I noticed that the blue line was also running at an increased (although irregular frequency). All of the trains heading to downtown were full (but not overly so) and they had about the right amount of service. There were still about 5 or 6 trains in the yard so they were running somewhere in between normal weekend service (5 TPH) and normal rush hour service (10-11 TPH). My guess is about 8 TPH, but with irregular intervals. I waited 15 minutes for my train south, but there we passed a train at Pico, one at San Pedro, one at Vernon, and another 2 minutes behind the one at Vernon. Irregular...
It's too bad that Metro didn't really promote taking the train to May Day like they sometimes have in the past. Maybe they don't want to be too "political"?
When we went by the blue line yard it was fairly full and seemed about normal. I was trying to gauge if extra trains were running, but it didn't look like it. The red line was at normal headways but they were running all 6-car trains instead of 4 and 2.
I went to watch the steam engine leave LAUS and then went to watch the protest march at Broadway and 5th. I left back for home at about 11:00 and noticed that the red line trains were running off schedule compared to the monitors. They must have decided to increase service for the protest although with 6 car trains it didn't appear to be necessary.
On the way home I noticed that the blue line was also running at an increased (although irregular frequency). All of the trains heading to downtown were full (but not overly so) and they had about the right amount of service. There were still about 5 or 6 trains in the yard so they were running somewhere in between normal weekend service (5 TPH) and normal rush hour service (10-11 TPH). My guess is about 8 TPH, but with irregular intervals. I waited 15 minutes for my train south, but there we passed a train at Pico, one at San Pedro, one at Vernon, and another 2 minutes behind the one at Vernon. Irregular...
It's too bad that Metro didn't really promote taking the train to May Day like they sometimes have in the past. Maybe they don't want to be too "political"?