E Line (Los Angeles Metro)

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The E Line (formerly the Expo Line from 2012 to 2019) is a 21.9-mile (35.2 km) light rail line in Los Angeles County, California. It is one of the six lines of the Los Angeles Metro Rail system, operated by Los Angeles Metro. The E Line runs east–west and serves 29 stations between East Los Angeles and Santa Monica, interlining and sharing five stations with the A Line in Downtown Los Angeles. The line operates for 19 hours per day with headways as short as 8 minutes during peak hours. It is the second-busiest light rail line in the system, carrying more than 12 million total passengers in 2023. The majority of the E Line's western section from Downtown Los Angeles to Santa Monica follows the original right of way of the Los Angeles and Independence Railroad steam railroad, built in 1875. Regular train service ended in 1988, and Metro acquired the right of way in the 1990s. Formal studies to convert the corridor into light rail began in 2000, and construction began in 2006. The E Line from...

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