TMN | TRANSIT - Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 (Eastbound) FULL RIDE

TMN: s2e85 | TRANSIT - Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 Downtown LA to La Mirada/Whittier (Eastbound) FULL RIDE

Los Angeles CA | July 5, 2019 | 1426

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In this episode our crews recorded the entire trip of Montebello Bus Lines: Line 50 from the first stop at 5th/Beaudy in Downtown Los Angeles to La Mirada Theater Center.

Line 50 is MBL's longest route, it covers 26.2 miles (42.1 km) one way (Rome2Rio, 2019). From the 1980s thru mid 1990s this route was originally known as Line 104 and began at Fullerton Park & Ride Station and traveled through the Orange County cities of Fullerton and Buena Park via Gilbert Street, Malvern Ave and La Mirada Blvd on its way to Boyle Heights, and was operated by the Southern California Rapid Transit District (SCRTD, 1985).

When the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) came into existence in 1993, the MTA continued what the RTD had been doing since the 1970s by shedding operations outside of Los Angeles County (MTA, 2013). The MTA cancelled service from Fullerton Park & Ride Station to La Mirada, and established the new eastern terminal on Aldefa Drive/Rosecrans Ave (MTA, 1994). On April 3, 2000 the MTA handed Line 104 over to Montebello Bus Lines (SO.CA.TA, 1999). MBL renumbered it as Line 50 and its been in service since (MBL, 2019).

Departing from Downtown Los Angeles, Line 50 travels through the cities of Boyle Heights, Vernon, Commerce, Montebello, Pico Rivera, and Whittier on its way to La Mirada Theater Center in La Mirada.

There will be continuous video coverage from Downtown Los Angeles to La Mirada. We hope you will enjoy this ride-a-long on MBL's longest route. The featured vehicles in this episode are two New Flyer XN40's (CPTDB, 2019). These are scenes of that afternoon.

Fare One Way
$1.10 - Regular Fare
$0.75 - Students (K-12)
$0.50 - Seniors (62 & older), and persons with disabilities and Medicare cardholders

For schedule information on MBL Line 50 please visit Montebello Bus Lines: http://www.ridembl.com/Portals/0/sche...

Featured Transit Vehicles

First Part to Montebello:
Manufacture: New Flyer Industries
Class: XN40 (2016)
Fleet Number: 1604
Division: Taylor Ave
VIN Number: 5FYC8FB07GC049890

Second Part to La Mirada:
Manufacture: New Flyer Industries
Class: XN40 (2012)
Fleet Number: 1104
Division: Taylor Ave
VIN Number: 5FYC5FB14BC039991

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References

Canadian Public Transit Discussion Board (2019). Montebello Bus Lines. Retrieved on October 2019 from https://cptdb.ca/wiki/index.php/Monte...

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (1994). Metro Press Release, p2. Retrieved on October 2019 from http://libraryarchives.metro.net/Pres...

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (2013). Southern California Rapid Transit District (1964-1993). Retrieved on October 2019 from https://www.youtube.com/redirect?v=su...

Montebello Bus Lines (2019). MBL Line 50 Schedule, p5. Retrieved on October 2019 from http://www.ridembl.com/Maps-Schedules

Rome2Rio (2019). Transport. Retrieved on October 2019 from https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Beaudry-...

Southern California Rapid Transit District (1985). RTD System Map. Retrieved on October 2019 from
http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPGT...

The Transit Advocate (1999, December). MTA Reductions, p2. Retrieved on October 2019 from http://www.socata.net/advocate/advoca...