Tough Times for the Blue Line

Posted Friday, March 25, 2005, at 10:17AM by Eric Richardson

The Blue Line's had a bad run over the past few days. First catenary troubles suspend operation Wednesday and then about twenty-four hours later service is again interrupted when a Sherriff's deputy and a robbery suspect are both wounded in a shooting. Interesting about the second story is the fact that deputies were even on the train.

I think I'm going to have to join others who are beginning to complain that these deputies are rarely around. Wednesday night around midnight I walked over to the Pershing Square Red Line station and then took the Gold Line up to Pasadena. The only time I saw deputies was when I saw a group of four of them relaxing on a southbound train. Many days I never see them.

Update (6pm): As Don points out in the comments, I made a typo. It's corrected now, but I hate when people change things and don't acknowledge it.