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After winning approval last month, Metro has announced it will begin operating extended Red Line hours on November 21 as part of a Holiday program aimed at making travel more convenient for shoppers, residents and tourists who want to take advantage of Downtown’s growing nightlife options.

Under the plan, subway trains will run until 3:00am on Friday and Saturday nights through the end of the year — a move that should prove very popular to weekend partiers and businesses that cater to them.

The program adds two additional hours of service beyond the current time of 1:00am, scheduling two-car trains every twenty minutes for passengers traveling between North Hollywood and Union Station.

According to Metro estimates, a mere $4,500 per day is needed to fund the extended schedule and several business and organizations in Hollywood and Downtown have stepped up to sponsor the program, no doubt hoping this might become a permanent move.

This is just one more step in turning Downtown into the 24-hour destination we all know it can be. Would you consider taking a Red Line train in the wee hours of the morning? Let us know you think about this move by Metro!

-catch last call and take the red line home, maybe
-Red Line Nights Set to Launch November 21 (blogdowntown)