Gold Line ridership up

Ridership on the Gold Line reached a new high of more than 34,500 average daily weekday boardings in March – 3,000 more than last March (and more than 10,000 more than March 2009), according to Metro’s statistics. The vast majority of boardings continue to occur at Phase 1 stations of the line between Pasadena and Union Station where Metro has already begun expanding service by adding a third car to some trains and anticipating reduced headways in the future.

The results of recent ridership projection recalculations (as part of the EIS/EIR process for Azusa to Montclair) conclude that the Foothill Extension segments together will more than double the current ridership numbers and that Azusa to Montclair stations are attracting more than 60% of the additional boardings.

— by Scott Hettrick