Metro E Line Cab View: Santa Monica - Atlantic

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  • @seabassz_197
    @seabassz_197 Před 11 měsíci +41

    I like how the E line now goes underground then surfaces for one station then back under. Great cab view :)

  • @TenMinuteTrips
    @TenMinuteTrips Před 9 měsíci +13

    The last time I was in Santa Monica, there was no Metro. The corner where the Santa Monica station is located was the Sears Automotive Center. Things sure changed!

    • @MazdaMiata_
      @MazdaMiata_ Před 7 měsíci +2

      I live in santa monica for 14 years. The santa monica station opened in 2016. Times are changing 😂

  • @mrxman581
    @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +18

    I took the same ride on opening day at around 5:30pm on a Friday. It took me one hour and five minutes to travel from Santa Monica to the Indiana station. Had I driven that same distance it would have taken me 1.5 stressful hours during rush hour on a Friday.

  • @tomcooper4332
    @tomcooper4332 Před 11 měsíci +60

    Great the regional connector is finally open. Not so great is, how incredibly slow those trains are - even on the newly built tunnel tracks. Not to speak of those hundreds of traffic lights that are not optimized for or controlled by the arriving trains. In a modern city those traffic lights would give the light rail the righti of way as soon as a train comes closer to the intersection.

    • @marcio78
      @marcio78 Před 11 měsíci +15

      They definetely must priorize traffic lights to light rail over cars to improve speed. Unfortunately they didn't eliminate all the level crossings along the entire route.

    • @choco1490
      @choco1490 Před 11 měsíci +6

      theres been many ppl trying to off themselves, jumping into the tracks bc they see something shiny or pushing ppl onto the tracks of the subway system, so instead of installing platform screen doors, they make the trains slow down. before the panny, the subway used to zoom into the station

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +5

      ​@@choco1490the two subway lines are different. This is a light rail line and they have always operated in this way.

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +9

      The light rail lines on LA Metro are partially grade separated as you can see from this video. Many of the grade separations happen in areas with the busiest intersections or where the geography doesn't allow for surface travel.
      The trains are not as slow as you imply. However, signal prioritization is being studied and I'm sure will eventually be implemented. From what I've read, many of the traffic lights would need to be replaced in order to implement the technology.

    • @choco1490
      @choco1490 Před 11 měsíci

      @@mrxman581 I've taken both, ofc heavy rail is faster but both slow down considerably when they near stations

  • @roberthuron9160
    @roberthuron9160 Před 11 měsíci +22

    It would be interesting to see,just how much the Pacific Electric/ Los Angeles Railway,track maps,would coincide with the current LAMTA maps! Definitely,the current LA system is the old PE on steroids! Thanks for the trip,and nice photography 📸!! Thanks 😊 🙏!

    • @jamesparson
      @jamesparson Před 11 měsíci +4

      Back in the day, the PE Venice line would pick up lots and lots of passengers in the heart of downtown. I remember reading that at least one stop would have hundreds and hundreds of people boarding. All the cars, all the LA Railway streetcars, everyone just came to a halt. I would have loved to have seen that in action.
      Today, I think 30:55 , the junction at Flower and Washington is similar. There are a lot of 3 car trains crossing a very busy intersection. This neighborhood is only growing. I am at a loss to name another intersection that blocks so much traffic.
      Maybe someone can think of one.

    • @Mike1064ab
      @Mike1064ab Před 8 měsíci +1

      Yah thanks to GM for ruining that. Lucky they have their strike now.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Před 9 měsíci +3

    Super interesting! Really nice to experience this with you. Thanks!

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer Před 11 měsíci +5

    0:39 - the red dump truck, it was pretty close. I am sure accidents will happen. American drivers need gates to stop them from running red light.

  • @juliafuentes3300
    @juliafuentes3300 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Im glad you made a cab wiew

  • @MetroSheepProductionsMSP
    @MetroSheepProductionsMSP Před 11 měsíci +9

    I am glad you were able to make another cab view!

  • @Lucrativecris
    @Lucrativecris Před 11 měsíci +14

    They gotta extend the line from Atlantic station

    • @BG2007
      @BG2007 Před 11 měsíci +12

      In the future, The E Line will extend to Whittier
      Eastside Phase 2 Project

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +10

      LA Metro has already green lit phase two that will extend the line to the city of Whittier. They will also rework the existing Atlantic station and move it underground similar to what they did for the new Little Tokyo-Arts District station.
      They will continue the route underground along Atlantic and build another underground station at Atlantic and Whittier Blvd. From there it will travel to the Citadel Outlet Mall where they will build another underground station towards the rear of the Citadel. After that it will come out to the surface along Washington Blvd and a few more stations will be built. Some at grade and possibly a aerial station or two. They have approved to build the route through the first four stations. It seems this phase 2 will be divided up into two parts because of the funding timelines.

    • @Lucrativecris
      @Lucrativecris Před 11 měsíci

      @@mrxman581 Metro is extra waste of money imo

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +7

      @@Lucrativecris good thing a majority of LA city and county voters have the opposite opinion. Good day sir!

    • @TheVideoEditorGuy6579
      @TheVideoEditorGuy6579 Před 10 měsíci

      ⁠@@mrxman581The E Line extension to Whittier would definitely a waste of money with a low estimated ridership. Nearly 6 billion dollars (the most expensive light rail project in the system) for no more than the proposed 20k daily riders. A BRT is a better option; even though it is slightly slower, it will much cheaper and reliable than rail. I would either parallel the BRT via the E Line extension or divert via Whittier Bl as the corridor is much busier and have more frequent bus service than Washington Bl in which it only runs 30-60 minutes weekdays and Saturdays with a low service-span.
      I’m aware Sepulveda Pass rail is more expensive; however, it is more overdue and needed for the city. Plus, the ridership would be over 100k, so it is really needed.

  • @LARailProductions
    @LARailProductions Před 11 měsíci +3

    Sometime in the near future we will be able to connect to the K Line at Crenshaw and ride all the way down to the SODA BARRRRR!!!!!!

  • @MultiAnimelover45
    @MultiAnimelover45 Před 11 měsíci +5

    They should add that DLC for Train Sim world 3 in realistic, now that would dope Af.

  • @alhex123
    @alhex123 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I like all waves 🙋‍♂️

  • @gregorylparks5739
    @gregorylparks5739 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Great Video! It would be nice if there were gate crossing to speed up service. However, it's a great video!

  • @census3370
    @census3370 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Wish the P865/2020 were still around to run these routes for one last time.

  • @Ploryandyoopfan
    @Ploryandyoopfan Před 11 měsíci +3

    I like the full ride you flimed

  • @Ploryandyoopfan
    @Ploryandyoopfan Před 10 měsíci +3

    Cool video

  • @alexanderbanos8125
    @alexanderbanos8125 Před 11 měsíci +10

    Do the cab rides of the new A Line (Blue) (a.k.a. "Pasadena and Foothills Blue Line") from Long Beach to Azusa and the new E Line (Expo/Gold) from East LA to Santa Monica.

    • @alexanderbanos8125
      @alexanderbanos8125 Před 11 měsíci +2

      I mean it would be great if it gets done going the opposite direction for both lines. That's fine if it's not necessary.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci +2

      I am going to do opposite ones in the future

  • @arc8216
    @arc8216 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I'm honestly shocked they'd make the tunnels more well lit than the stations.

  • @jamesvanscoyoc5790
    @jamesvanscoyoc5790 Před 7 měsíci +1

    When they designed the Regional Connector, couldn't they have banked the tracks on the curves or something, so the trains wouldn't have to slow down so much?

  • @agems56
    @agems56 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Time for Calgary to step up to the plate with modern train systems and a working time coordinated transit system with seemless transfer stations!
    Won't be in my time unfortunately!

  • @metrorailinlosangelesprodu4407
    @metrorailinlosangelesprodu4407 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Good Video .

  • @Yevgeshik
    @Yevgeshik Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thanks for this video! Can You make this line in opposite direction, please?

  • @zanethexdevelevators232
    @zanethexdevelevators232 Před 7 měsíci +2

    These trains are manually operated right?

  • @Ploryandyoopfan
    @Ploryandyoopfan Před 11 měsíci +2

    Wow to Atlantic station ave

  • @Spaceshotx7
    @Spaceshotx7 Před 17 hodinami

    How come Metro Trains have 2 different horns? What are they for?

  • @davidguopasadenacitycolleg3035

    1213039?
    The French trailer for the film ends with for four 2, and they eventually spell "le 2 févier 2000 Toy Story 2", which translates to "February 2nd 2000 Toy Story 2" the release date for the movie in France.
    This is another way of getting Woody into the yard sale box. It shows some of the characters getting in position for Godzilla Rex (Who is played by Rex) to come. When Godzilla Rex appears the Green Army Men "shoot" with their guns but it doesn't work. Everyone runs away from him except Buzz Lightyear who has a plunge and shoots it at Godzilla Rex's face causing Godzilla Rex to go on a Hot Wheel car and knock over some things until he holds on to a chair making it fall on the Toddle Tots Fire Truck which Woody is on and makes Woody fly off the fire truck and goes outside the window from Andy's room and slides down from the roof into the box. They deleted this scene because they thought it was too coincidental. It's likely that this scene was animated during the film's direct-to-video production since in the original storyline, Woody falls into the yard sale in a much similar way.
    Originally, when the toys were crossing the road, they were in a different area. It has looked more like a suburb than the city.
    The original animation had Al not only steal Woody but also restore and repair him on his own. However, as the story went on, it became clear that this could not be possible and the decision was taken to add another character, hence the use of Geri from Geri's Game.
    In the film's climax when Woody and Jessie escape from the plane via the wheel hatch, the first animation shot had Jessie slip and Woody catching her from falling. Joan Cusack, who provided the voice for Jessie, came up with the idea of having it being switched around and that Jessie saved Woody from falling off.
    One Pixar tradition is to create trailers for their films that do not contain footage from the released film. In one trailer for Toy Story 2 (released theatrically with A Bug's Life, Doug's 1st Movie, and Tarzan), the aliens watch the metal claw they worship coming down. The claw first brings down the words Toy Story, and the aliens react with their trademark "Oooooh." The claw next brings down the number '2'; in reaction, the aliens turn to face the camera and parody themselves with a "Twoooo." Then Woody appears, saying "Hey howdy hey, folks! It's good to be back." He is swiftly disappointed when Buzz shows up as well and expresses his annoyance that the Space Ranger is also in the sequel. Buzz retorts, "Excuse me, Pullstring Boy, what would Toy Story 2 be without Buzz Lightyear?" "A good movie," counters Woody.
    Another trailer (released theatrically with Muppets from Space and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland) shows shots from the film that are featured. Also, the second music in the second trailer is the main theme from Men in Black.
    The film's initial theatrical and video releases include Luxo Jr., Pixar's first short film released in 1986, starring Pixar's titular mascot. Before Luxo Jr., a message states: "In 1986 Pixar Animation Studios produced their first film. This is why we have a hopping lamp in our logo".
    Main article: Toy Story 3
    Toy Story 3 was released in theaters and 3D June 18, 2010, eleven years after Toy Story 2. Most of the cast members of the first two movies returned, however, because of Jim Varney's death, Slinky Dog was voiced by Blake Clark. Toy Story 3 centers on Andy growing up and his remaining toys - Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Slinky, Hamm, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Bullseye, and The Aliens - getting donated to a daycare center where they run into an evil strawberry scented teddy bear.
    Toy Story 4 was released on June 21, 2019.
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    Toy Story 2 at the Big Cartoon DataBase
    AWD?!

  • @reynoldhunter8600
    @reynoldhunter8600 Před 7 měsíci +2

    The metro E line from Santa Monica to Atlantic Station

  • @laurenceskinnerton73
    @laurenceskinnerton73 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Good.

  • @TaylorMMontgomery
    @TaylorMMontgomery Před 11 měsíci +3

    11:50 why is it going so slow though that tunnel? It should be flying through this area... It's all fully concrete

  • @kikeruiz539
    @kikeruiz539 Před 11 měsíci +1

    00:37 that red truck took the red light

  • @lambdamoses6837
    @lambdamoses6837 Před 19 dny

    Are you going to do C and K lines?

  • @lametrorailfan
    @lametrorailfan Před 11 měsíci +1

    Was this the P2550 train cab view or the P3010 cab view?

  • @HarborSubHughley
    @HarborSubHughley Před 11 měsíci +1

    Very nice video Nick

  • @jamesvanscoyoc6064
    @jamesvanscoyoc6064 Před 11 měsíci +3

    How do the trains get their traction power in the tubular tunnels? While it wouldn't be a problem in the square tunnels, I don't see how the overhead pantograph pickups eould work in a round tunnel. Forgive me if this seems an inane question, but doe to the windshield visor I can't really see what's overhead.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci +1

      In the new tunnel sections there is a metal rail on the ceiling. There is enough clearance on the side

    • @roberthuron9160
      @roberthuron9160 Před 8 měsíci

      That type of application,third rail on the overhead was/is used in Grand Central Terminal in New York! Many locomotives of the NYC,and New Haven had mini- Pantagraphs,so they could navigate the puzzle switches,in the Terminal! See Mr. Dougherty's track maps of GCT,will give you an idea,of the complexity of the layout! Thank you for the forum! Thank you 😇 😊!

  • @Pithecanthropus2483
    @Pithecanthropus2483 Před měsícem

    Are the stations always this empty?

  • @Lucrativecris
    @Lucrativecris Před 11 měsíci +8

    35:08 glitch?

  • @antonio9766
    @antonio9766 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Do you call these train, I was always know to light rail as Tram or Streetcar.

  • @TinLeadHammer
    @TinLeadHammer Před 11 měsíci +3

    They did not have $500 for a distinctive chime and took a Windows "something went wrong" chime? Hilarious and shameful.

  • @walkingcityadventures
    @walkingcityadventures Před 11 měsíci +1

    Close to the water

  • @Geotpf
    @Geotpf Před 11 měsíci +2

    Ridership seems pretty weak. When was this filmed?

  • @UnnDunn
    @UnnDunn Před 11 měsíci +2

    What’s up with the frame rate in the mirror on the right? Looks like GPU shader compilation causing crazy stutter. You sure this isn’t a leaked version of GTA 6? 😂
    Edit: now I see it isn’t a mirror, it’s a screen showing a camera feed from the external platform camera. That explains the stutter.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci

      I’m surprised they didn’t put a better version in. That’s actually a camera on the side of the train, not a station camera. It’s a mirror substitute

  • @GreatMossWater
    @GreatMossWater Před 6 dny

    5:45 that is a tiny platform rofl

  • @TastyBishop
    @TastyBishop Před 11 měsíci +2

    can you show your wig wag?

  • @TCORV
    @TCORV Před 11 měsíci +1

    Will the driver yell at me if I record the front window

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci

      The first attempt of this Video the operator told me not to film

  • @picklerick_404
    @picklerick_404 Před 10 měsíci +2

    39:25 A grade crossing, really? That’s gonna seriously hold back trains in the future.

    • @losangelesrailway3505
      @losangelesrailway3505 Před 7 měsíci

      Explain?

    • @picklerick_404
      @picklerick_404 Před 7 měsíci

      @@losangelesrailway3505let’s say this is an A train, turning left. There is an E train in the opposite direction, both at this crossing. If the crossing was grade separated, both trains could pass at the same time. But since the crossing is grade level, one would have to wait for the other to clear

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 2 měsíci

      ​​@@picklerick_404If you're referring to the wye at Flower and Washington, there are plans to grade separate it. Once it's grade separated, they can run the trains on both the E and A light rail lines more often.

    • @picklerick_404
      @picklerick_404 Před 2 měsíci

      @@mrxman581 it should’ve been grade separated from the beginning
      Edit: I’m talking about the intersection at Alameda/1st, the one depicted within the timestamp, I’m not sure if they have room to grade separate Flower/Wahsington

  • @joelbenny1683
    @joelbenny1683 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Why dont Americans build w dedicated track for their metros.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci +3

      Budget

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Due to prohibitive costs. Remember, the LA Metro is mostly funded through increased sales taxes approved by voters from both LA city and county. In the USA, if extremely difficult to get substantial funding from either the state or federal governments.
      There are many more transit projects that will also need funding in the near future. It's more important to build out the Metro system first than to fully grade separate the lines that you do build. If all lines were grade separated today, our Metro system would be half the size it is today. That scenario would be much worse.

  • @AlexisKasperavicius
    @AlexisKasperavicius Před měsícem

    Wow these trains are really slow! Slowing and stopping at every little curve, even straight sections just painful! I would be curious to compare the average speeds with some similar crosstown trains like the S-Bahn in Berlin. Sure, during street crossings slow is understandable, but for grade separated right of way these things should be much faster. It's a shame.

  • @Cal3000
    @Cal3000 Před 8 měsíci +1

    They need to update the ugly jingles. Sounds so outdated.

  • @javierbarrucz7755
    @javierbarrucz7755 Před 11 měsíci +1

    🚊🚊🚊🚊📹📹📹 40:43

  • @jonathanchester5916
    @jonathanchester5916 Před 11 měsíci +1

    I had to check carefully, but I think I saw a passenger on one of those stations. Amazing.

  • @surebrah
    @surebrah Před 5 měsíci +1

    The station cops almost outnumber the passengers.

  • @leehaber
    @leehaber Před 6 měsíci +1

    It's pretty slow. On a lot of straight dedicated sections it is only going 25 mph.

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 2 měsíci

      The top speed is 55 mph. And it reaches that speed in some sections.

  • @marcio78
    @marcio78 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Is sad they miss the opportunity to eliminate all the level crossings. From Santa Monica to Downtown should be Faster and safe.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci +10

      Not really possible, way to expensive. I would at least like to see priority on the crossings though.

    • @ronnyrueda5926
      @ronnyrueda5926 Před 11 měsíci +3

      In terms of priority I would
      Remove the speed limit at farmdale
      grade separate pico to south of the Washington flower junction.
      Elevate the Crenshaw station
      Extend the underground portion to Indiana station.

    • @flattrain5834
      @flattrain5834  Před 11 měsíci +3

      The grade separation is not realistic, adding gates instead of traffic lights are helpful.

    • @ronnyrueda5926
      @ronnyrueda5926 Před 11 měsíci +1

      @@flattrain5834 correct they probably would not grade separate right now. But I could see them sometime in the (distant) future add them after new projects come online.

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 11 měsíci +2

      ​@@ronnyrueda5926The reason these lines are not fully grade separated is due to cost. There is only so much money available for a hell of a lot more projects that will need to get funded. Metro has designed these light rail lines very very well. There are only two places in the system that would make a ton of sense to grade separate. The one you mention last, the Indiana station. That should have been underground. The second is on what is now the A line as you're coming into Pasadena from LA. There is about a half mile section where it goes through a residential street and it slows down significantly. So much so I thought it was going to stop but it doesn't. It might be the slowest section in all of LA Metro.

  • @elliotjackson1
    @elliotjackson1 Před 5 měsíci

    If your train is driving on the road in the middle of traffic you’ve fucked up.

    • @mrxman581
      @mrxman581 Před 2 měsíci

      All the light rail lines run on dedicated ROWs. They don't share the same part of the street with vehicles. Vehicles only cross tracks at intersections. Vehicles can't drive on top of the tracks like they do with streetcars and trams.

  • @cybotnic89
    @cybotnic89 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Way too many announcements and such a slow system for a big sprawled out city like LA

    • @roboftherock
      @roboftherock Před 11 měsíci +5

      You ought know that the announcements are for joining passengers, hence the repetitious nature of them.

  • @omar90s91
    @omar90s91 Před 11 měsíci +2

    It's a great line you pass and see cool places but gotta say the smell is just to horrible, this is because of the many mentality challenging homeless people that ride or sleep in the train, smells like urine which can ruin the experience plus some of the stations like in downtown or the starting one in santa monica is just too filthy.
    A solution to this imo is having more security or police in the stations making sure no one does some crazy shit and making sure everyone behaves normally this reducing the bad odor and the feeling of being scare for your live while using this train as with others in the city.

  • @djroach3237
    @djroach3237 Před 29 dny

    What's the top pay for these operators?!

  • @BusTVChan
    @BusTVChan Před 11 měsíci +1

    Cool video