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Metro Facts at a Glance
Metro Bus
- Bus stops serviced: 11,840 (as of June 2025)
- Service area: 1,440 square miles
- Number of bus routes (directly operated and contracted): 117
- Total Metro bus fleet: 2,086 (as of June 2025 and includes spares and buses used in contracted service)
- Peak number of buses deployed by Metro directly weekdays (June 2025 service change): 1,567 buses
- Peak number of buses deployed by Metro and contractors on weekdays: 1,657 buses
- Number of Bus Priority Lane miles: 71.7 lane miles
- Annual revenue service hours directly operated in FY25: 6,382,915
- Annual revenue service hours contracted in FY25: 455,462
- Annual revenue service hours for G Line in FY25: 105,951
- Total revenue service hours in FY25: 6,944,328
- Annual revenue service miles directly operated in FY25: 64,290,668
- Annual revenue service miles contracted in FY25: 4,597,875
- Annual revenue service miles G Line in FY25: 1,597,465
- Total revenue service miles in FY25: 70,486,008
Metro Rail
- Stations: 112
- Number of heavy rail cars: 100
- Number of light rail cars: 337
- Miles of service: 121.1 miles
- Number of lines: 6 (2 heavy rail, 4 light rail)
- Station elevators: 180
- Station escalators: 171
- Heavy Rail FY25: 5,040,375 actual vehicle revenue miles
- Heavy Rail FY25: 275,430 actual vehicle revenue hours
- Light Rail FY25: 20,083,932 actual vehicle revenue miles
- Light Rail FY25: 993,783 actual vehicle revenue hours
Metro A Line 
Opened: 1990, Long Beach to Downtown Los Angeles. Added Regional Connector and absorbed L Line from Little Tokyo to Azusa (APU/Citrus) in 2023. Extended to North Pomona in 2025.
Note: former L Line (Union Station to Sierra Madre Villa) opened in 2003, with Azusa L Line Extension opening in 2016.
- Miles: 57.7
- Type: Light rail
- Stations: 48 (5 shared with E Line)
Metro B Line
Opened: 1993, Union Station to MacArthur Park. Extended to Wilshire/Western 1996. Added Wilshire/Vermont to Hollywood/Vine in 1999, and Hollywood/Vine to North Hollywood in 2000.
Miles: 14.7
Type: Heavy rail
Stations: 14 (6 shared with D Line)
Metro C Line
- Opened: 1995, modified 2024 to terminate at LAX/Metro Transit Center (portion transferred to K Line)
- Miles: 17.8
- Type: Light rail
- Stations: 12 (2 shared)
Metro D Line
Opened: 1993, Union Station to MacArthur Park. Extended to Wilshire/Western 1996. Became branch when extension Wilshire/Vermont to Hollywood/Vine opened in 1999.
Miles: 17.8
Type: Light rail
Stations: 12 (2 shared)
Metro E Line
Opened: 2012 to Culver City. Santa Monica Extension open 2016. Added Regional Connector and absorbed L Line from Little Tokyo to Eastside in 2023.
Note: The Eastside Extension of the former L Line opened in 2009.
Miles: 21.9
Type: Light Rail
Stations 29 (5 shared with A Line)
Metro K Line
Opened: 2022 to Expo/Crenshaw – Westchester/Veterans. Extended in 2024 to Aviation/Century and reconfigured to include C Line between Aviation/LAX and Redondo Beach, which was formerly part of the C Line.
Note: The Eastside Extension of the former L Line opened in 2009.
Miles: 21.9
Type: Light Rail
Stations 29 (5 shared with A Line)
Metro Busways
Metro G Line
Opened: 2005 to Canoga Park. Chatsworth Extension 2012
- Miles: 17.7
- Type: Busway
- Stations: 17 (16 are operational; Van Nuys Boulevard Station currently closed through 2027)
Metro J Line
Opened: 2009
- Miles: n/a
- Type: Busway
- Stations: 12
Metro Bike Facilities
Bike Lanes
Metro provides grants to cities in order for them to build bicycle lanes on city streets.
- Class I (Off Street Bike Path): 321 miles
- Class II (Unprotected Bike Lanes): 984 miles
- Class III (On-Street Bicycle Route): 553 miles
- Class IV (Separated Bicycle Lanes/Cycle Track): 77 miles
- Total: 1,935 miles
Metro Bike Share
Launched in 2016 in Downtown Los Angeles. The program now operates in Central Los Angeles, the Westside, and North Hollywood.
Metro Bike Share stations: 225
Bikes in the Metro Bike Share program: 1,800
Bike rides taken through the Metro Bike Share Program in 2024: 519,000
Bike Hub
Metro partnered with BikeHub—an independent contractor—to create five secure bike parking and service stations.
- Hollywood/Vine: (1630 North Vine St, Los Angeles CA 90028)
- Culver City (3702 S. Robertson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232)
- Los Angeles Union Station (800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles, CA 90012)
- Rosa Parks/Willowbrook (11720 S. Wilmington Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90059)
- El Monte (3501 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte CA 91731)
Metro Micro
Metro Micro is an on-demand rideshare service operating in many Los Angeles County neighborhoods.
Service areas: Watts/Compton, LAX/Inglewood, North Hollywood/Burbank, Highland Park/Eagle Rock/Glendale, Altadena/Pasadena/Sierra Madre, Northwest San Fernando Valley, UCLA/Westwood/VA Medical Center, El Monte
- Number of vehicles: 83
- Number of service zones: 8
- Revenue hours in FY25 (hours that vehicles were available for service): 211,596
- Revenue service miles in FY25: 2,669,060
- Passenger boarding in FY25: 671,842
- Number of trips taken to date (as of July 26, 2025): 2,696,170 boardings
Carpool and ExpressLanes
Metro funds the development of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes (carpool lanes) with Caltrans.
- Miles of HOV lanes: 509.6 lane miles
- Miles of Metro ExpressLanes: 75.4 lane-miles
- Number of transponders issued for Metro ExpressLanes: 1,989,566
- Number of trips taken on Metro ExpressLanes: 464,446,872 trips
- Number of soundwalls Metro has built since 2000: 20.7 miles
Freeway Service Patrol
The Metro Freeway Service Patrol (FSP) is a congestion mitigation program managed in partnership with Metro, CHP and Caltrans on all major freeways in LA County. It’s the largest of its kind in the nation. FSP service has been operational since 1991.
- Number of tow truck beats: 43
- Number of tow trucks on patrol: 138
- Number of freeway miles served: 475
- Number of motorists assisted monthly: 20,000
- Motorist hours saved annually from sitting in traffic: 9.8 million
- Gallons of fuel savings annually: 16.9 million
- Emissions reductions annually: 150 million kg CO2
- Annual budget: $38 million
Fare Discount Programs
LIFE
LIFE (Low Income Fares are Easy) began in 2018.
Cumulative number of enrollments (August ‘25): 504,797
GoPass
GoPass was launched as pilot program in 2021 and became a permanent program in 2024.
- Number of students benefited since launch (Sept ‘25): 580,646
- Number of free rides provided since launch: 69 million
- Number of school districts participating: 145
- Number of schools participating: 1,632
Metro Personnel
Metro has 12,853 employees, including represented (union) and non-represented (management) workers, temporary employees and interns.
The Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) Union represents 5,193 Metro employees, which include bus, rail and micro-transit operators.
The Amalgated Transit Union (ATU) represents 2,834 Metro employees, which include mechanics, maintenance staff and service attendants.
The Transportation Communications Union (TCU) represents 1,229 Metro employees, which include custodians, clerks, equipment records specialists.
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Union represents 882 Metro employees, which include transportation and maintenance supervisors.
The Teamsters Union represents 489 Metro security guards.
- Represented employees: 10,627
- Non-represented employees: 2,226
- Total full-time staff: 11,681
- Microtransit operators: 8
- Bus operators (full-time): 3,944
- Bus operators (part-time): 719
- Rail operators: 479
- Schedule analyst/checkers: 43
Metro Art
Number of integrated artworks on the system: 180+
Metro FY26 Adopted Budget
Revenues (in millions)
- Passenger Fares: $174.7
- ExpressLane tolls: $107.6
- Advertising: $41.5
- Other revenues (includes bike program, Park and Ride, film revenues, auto registration fees, transit court fees, CNG credits, etc): $56.5
- Transportation Development Act (TDA)/State Transit Assistance (STA)/ SB1: $795.2
- Proposition A: $1,070.0
- Proposition C: $1,070.0
- Measure R: $1,070.0
- Measure M: $1,070.0
- Federal and State Grants: $1,660.4
- Bond Proceeds, TIFIA and Prior Year Carryover: $1,502.9
Total Resources: $9,454.70
Expenditures (in millions)
- Transportation Infrastructure Development: $2,213.70
- Metro Transit – Operations & Maintenance $2,912.20
- Metro Transit Capital Improvement Program (CIP): $607.5
- Regional Allocation and Pass-Throughs: $1,813.50
- Highway Multimodal Development: $626.10
- Regional Rail: $291.1
- Congestion Management: $129.7
- General Planning & Programs: $277.8
- Debt Program: $481.2
- Oversight & Administration: $101.9
Total Expenses: $9,454.70
