🏃 Getting to LA Marathon by Metro
Mid-March (a Sunday)
The LA Marathon closes a long ribbon of streets across the city on race morning. With so many roads shut, Metro rail is how most runners reach the start and how spectators hop between cheer zones without sitting in detours.
By Metro
- Rail near the route
The exact course shifts year to year, but lines paralleling it (the B/D Line through Hollywood, the E Line toward the Westside) let you leapfrog the closures. - Spectating
Ride to a station near a cheer zone, watch, then hop back on to catch your runner further along.
Tips
- Confirm the current year’s course and station advisories at metro.net before race day.
- Trains fill with runners early — give yourself extra time to the start line.
Play Unclog LA — a free browser game where you rebuild LA's rail network and turn a car city into a transit city by 2050.
Schedules and event details change — always confirm current service at metro.net. This is a fan-made game, not affiliated with LA Metro.