Metro To Accommodate Hollywood Parade Spectators

HOLLYWOOD (CBS) — Metro will add capacity on its Red Line trains Sunday to accommodate people attending the Hollywood Christmas Parade.

Before the parade, which starts at 6 p.m., trains will operate every 12 minutes between downtown and Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley. Following the parade, trains will depart Hollywood every 12 minutes and after 8 p.m., every 20 minutes, according to Metro's Jose Ubaldo.

The last train to the San Fernando Valley will leave from Metro's Hollywood/Vine Station at 12:36 a.m. and the Hollywood/Highland Station at 12:38 a.m. -- allowing passengers to connect with the last Metro Orange Line bus, which will leave North Hollywood at 12:56 a.m.

The last train to downtown connecting to the Metro Blue Line will leave the Hollywood/Highland Station at 12:22 a.m. and the Hollywood/Vine Station at 12:24 a.m. The last train to downtown without the connection to the Metro Blue Line will leave the Hollywood/Highland Station at 1:02 a.m. and the Hollywood/Vine Station at 1:04 a.m.

Metro bus riders will be detoured due to street closures along the 2.3 miles of the parade route.

The Metro bus lines that will be affected after 1 p.m. Sunday are lines 2, 156, 180, 181, 207, 210, 212, 217, 222, 757 and 780. Service will return to normal after 11 p.m.

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