Wednesday, June 17:
Metro Buses, Trains To Be Impacted By Downtown Lakers Parade/Rally June 17
Metro bus and train service will be impacted by Wednesday’s Los Angeles Lakers parade and rally celebration in downtown Los Angeles. The parade will begin at 11 a.m. at the Staples Center and will travel south on Figueroa Street to the Coliseum where the rally is expected to start at 12 p.m.
Several hundred thousand people are expected to attend either the parade or rally. Because a large volume of parade attendees will take advantage of the Metro Rail system, Metro will be implementing the following rail service adjustments:
- Metro Blue Line: Additional train service will run every 6 minutes between Willow Station and 7th St. /Metro Center from 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
- Metro Red/ Purple Lines: All trains will run with 6 car trains throughout the mid-day (normally four cars). Two additional trains will be available as needed.
- Metro Gold Line: Two additional trains will be available as needed.
- Metro Green Line: Two additional trains will be available as needed.
Metro staff and Los Angeles Sheriff’s officers will be deployed at 7th St. /Metro Center, Pico and Grand Stations to address crowd control at these rail stations.
Metro Bus services will be significantly impacted in the event area, especially bus lines that either run on or cross Figueroa, Flower or Grand streets, between Olympic and Martin Luther King boulevards.
Delays can be expected beginning about 10 a.m. and will continue until the end of the parade for all passengers riding in the Metro Bus lines: 28, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 40, 42, 55, 70, 71, 76, 78, 79, 81, 96, 102, 200, 204, 335, 355, 378, 439, 442, 444, 445, 446, 447, 450x, 460, 484, 485, 550, 714, 728, 730, 740, 754, 770.
For more information on Metro Rail and Bus services schedules and bus detours, visit Metro’s website at www.metro.net or call 1 (800) COMMUTE.