Train Derailed Near Union Station; Experiences Delays of Up to One Hour

Source - A Metrolink train derailed near Vignes and Bauchet streets in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday, prompting major delays at Union Station.

Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to the scene shortly before 5 p.m.

Train 906 was en route to Union Station from Burbank. It derailed as it went from one track to another at a relatively slow speed, Metrolink spokesman Scott Johnson said.

The train remained upright and about 100 passengers were quickly offloaded. The passengers then walked about 150 feet into the station. No injuries were reported.


You may be wondering why a derailed train and the length of it's delays are relevant at all.  No one was hurt and nothing really happened, everyone was already fifty yards away from the station so no biggie, who gives a fuck?

I do, I give a fuck.  Why?  Because this means that an entire derailed train experiences shorter delays than the average person in Los Angeles in day-to-day traffic.  Seriously, unless you live here you can't even begin to understand the colossal fuck-up that is Los Angeles and it's urban infrastructure.  Why the fuck is everything so far apart?  Who in god's name designed the public transportation system?  No joke, it is the biggest clusterfuck you have ever seen in your entire life.  If I'm only getting delayed 30-60 minutes I'm taking that derailing train every single time.









PS - I've always been a firm believer that driving is a poor man's game.  Obviously I do it because I'm trash, but any time I see an opportunity to get someone to drive me somewhere I'm on it like white on rice.