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Originally Posted by JerellO
Since people still need to board 2 trains to reach the people mover from Union Station, Metro should create express trains on the Expo and Crenshaw line that skip all the stops except for Union station, the transfer station between expo and Crenshaw, and the people mover connecting station. That way travelers don’t have to dread going through all the stops on both lines.
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Stuff like this is - or even a direct train line between LAX and Union Station via the Harbor Subdivision - is frequently suggested, but existing travel patterns don't suggest there's great demand for it.
Total ridership for all the LAX FlyAway buses last year was 1.3 million (down from 1.5 million 10 years earlier) - amounting to around 3,500 total people per day. The LAX-Union Station route probably accounts for more than half that total, but that's not a number the screams for equivalent rail service.