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Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday, March 21.

Updated: Sunday, 21 Mar 2010, 1:58 AM PDT
Published : Sunday, 21 Mar 2010, 1:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Scott Coppersmith / myFOXla.com

Los Angeles - Here are service changes for Metro bus lines because of today's Los Angeles Marathon.

Line 2 -- There will be normal service west of Beverly Drive. There will be a detour via Santa Monica Boulevard between La Cienega Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Eastbound trips terminate at the Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station.

Line 4 -- There will be a detour via Olympic Boulevard between the city of Santa Monica and La Cienega Boulevard. Eastbound trips terminate at Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station.

Line 10 -- There will be a detour via the Hollywood (101) Freeway between Alvarado Street and Downtown Los Angeles. Passengers can board at regular stops west of Alvarado Street or south of Sixth Street.

Line 14 -- Passengers can board at regular stops east of La Cienega Boulevard or south of Olympic Boulevard.

Line 16 -- There will be a detour via Olympic Boulevard between Century City and La Cienega Boulevard.

Line 20 -- There will be a detour via Olympic Boulevard between the city of Santa Monica and La Cienega Boulevard. Shuttle buses serve stops on Wilshire Boulevard between 11th Street in Santa Monica and Beverly Glen Boulevard.

Line 26 -- Northbound trips terminate at the Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station.

Lines 33 and 333 -- Passengers can board westbound buses at regular stops south of Third Street.

Line 45 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street and North Spring Street between Fourth Street and Ave 19

Line 48 -- Passengers can board at regular stops south of Sixth Street.

Line 60 -- Northbound trips terminate at Sixth Street. Passengers can board southbound buses south of Fourth Street.

Line 68 -- Passengers can board buses at regular stops east of Alameda Street.

Lines 70 and 71 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street between Fourh Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.

Line 76 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street between Fourth Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.

Lines 78, 79 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street between Fourth Street and Cesar E. Chavez Avenue.

Line 81 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street and North Spring Street between Fourth Street and Avenue 19.

Line 83 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street and North Spring Street between Fourth St and Avenue 19.

Line 84 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street and North Spring Street between Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Avenue 19.

Line 96 -- Passengers can board buses at regular stops south of Fourth Street or on Riverside Drive.

Line 105 -- Northbound trips terminate at Third Street. Passengers can board southbound buses south of Melrose Avenue.

Lines 180 and 181 -- Westbound trips terminate at Vermont Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. Passengers can board eastbound buses on Vermont Avenue north of Hollywood Boulevard.

Line 200 -- Northbound trips terminate at Santa Ynez Street. Passengers can board southbound buses south of Santa Ynez Street.

Line 204 -- Northbound trips terminate at the Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station. Passengers can board southbound buses at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.

Line 206 -- Northbound trips terminate at the Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station. Passengers can board southbound buses at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.

Line 210 -- Passengers can board southbound buses at regular stops south of Sunset Boulevard.

Line 212 -- Northbound trips terminate at Santa Monica Boulevard. Passengers can board southbound buses south of Fountain Avenue.

Line 217 -- There will be a detour via Santa Monica Boulevard between Fairfax Avenue and Vermont Avenue.

Line 305 -- The line will operate via regular route on Sunset Boulevard west of Canon Drive and on San Vicente Boulevard, south of Wilshire Boulevard.

Line 439 -- Passengers can board southbound buses at regular stops south of Fifth Street.

Line 445 -- Passengers can board southbound buses at regular stops south of Fifth St.

Lines 485, 487 -- Passengers can board eastbound buses at regular stops south of Fourth Street or at El Monte Busway entrance.

Line 534 -- There will be a route modification in Santa Monica. Eastbound buses stop at Fourth Street and Olympic Boulevard. Westbound buses stop on Lincoln Boulevard at Olympic Boulevard.

Line 550 -- Northbound trips terminate at Third Street. Passengers can board southbound buses south of Beverly Boulevard.

Line 603 -- Passengers can board buses at regular stops south of Temple Street or east of Glendale Boulevard. There will be a detour via Silverlake Boulevard between Bellevue Avenue and Glendale Boulevard.

Line 704 -- There will be a detour via Olympic Boulevard between the city of Santa Monica and La Cienega Boulevard. Eastbound trips terminate at Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station.

Line 720 -- There will be a detour via Olympic Boulevard between the city of Santa Monica and La Cienega Boulevard.

Line 745 -- There will be a detour via Alameda Street between Cesar E. Chavez Avenue and Fourth Street.

Line 754 -- Northbound

trips terminate at Vermont/Santa Monica Red Line Station. Passengers can board southbound buses at Vermont Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard.

Line 780 -- Westbound trips terminate at Vermont Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard. Passengers can board eastbound buses on Vermont Avenue north of Hollywood Boulevard.

Metro Silver Line -- Passengers can board eastbound buses at regular stops south of Fourth Street or the El Monte Busway entrance.

All Metro Rail lines will run as scheduled. Spectators are urged to take Metro Rail to reach viewing areas.

More information is available by calling (800) Commute.

Here are service changes for Santa Monica's Big Blue Bus because of Sunday's Los Angeles Marathon.

Line 1 from UCLA's Ackerman Terminal will run on its regular route until Wilshire Boulevard, where the bus will turn right and detour along the southbound San Diego (405) Freeway until exiting at Santa Monica Boulevard. From there, the bus will resume its regular route until turning left at Broadway and Fourth Street, travel along Fourth Street to Pico Boulevard, turn right onto Pico Boulevard and then turn left onto Main St. to resume its regular route.

Line 1 from Venice will run on its regular route until Pico Boulevard, where the bus will turn right. From there, the bus will turn left onto Fourth Street, and then right onto Santa Monica Boulevard. The bus will then turn left onto Cotner Avenue and detour along the northbound San Diego Freeway until exiting on Wilshire Boulevard, headed east. At Westwood Boulevard, the bus will turn left and resume its regular route to UCLA's Ackerman Terminal.

Line 3 from Los Angeles International Airport will run on its regular route until Bundy Drive, where the bus will turn right. From there, the bus will turn right onto Dorothy Street, right again onto Gretna Green Way and finally left onto Montana Avenue where service will end.

Line 3 from Brentwood will travel its regular route.

Line 4 will operate in the following loop between downtown Santa Monica and Brentwood only. There will be no Line 4 service from Brentwood into West Los Angeles. Service will begin on Broadway at Fourth Street. From Broadway, the bus will travel north on Fourth Street until turning right onto Montana Avenue, where it will continue until 26th Street. At 26th Street, it will turn left onto Carlyle Avenue. From there it will turn right onto Ninth Street, left onto Georgina Avenue, left onto Seventh Street, right onto Montana Avenue, left onto Fourth St. and then left on Broadway where it will end service.

Line 7 from Santa Monica from Broadway the bus will turn left on Fourth Street, then left onto Pico Boulevard, where it will resume its regular route heading eastbound.

Line 7 from the Pico Rimpau Transit Center will operate on its regular route until Pico Boulevard at Fourth Street, where the bus will turn left until Santa Monica Boulevard, where it will then turn right to resume regular route.

Line 8 from Santa Monica service will begin on Broadway at Sixth Street. The bus will detour by turning left onto Fourth Street, right onto Pico Boulevard, and then left onto Main Street. The bus will resume its regular route until turning left from Westwood Boulevard onto Olympic Boulevard, then left again at Cotner Avenue onto the San Diego Freeway. The bus will exit at Wilshire Boulevard, heading east, then will turn left onto Westwood Boulevard and resume its regular route to UCLA's Ackerman Terminal.

Line 8 from UCLA's Ackerman Terminal will operate on its regular route until Wilshire Boulevard, where the bus will turn right and detour along the freeway until exiting at Pico Boulevard. Bus will then turn right onto Sawtelle Boulevard, right onto Olympic Boulevard and right again onto Westwood Boulevard. The bus will resume its regular route until Main Street at Pico Boulevard, where it will turn right until Fourth Street. From Fourth Street, the bus will turn right onto Santa Monica Boulevard and resume its regular route.

Line 10 from Santa Monica will begin service from Broadway at Fourth Street where it will turn right to Santa Monica Boulevard. The bus will travel its regular route to Figueroa Street at 6th Street, where it will turn right, then left again on Olive Street. Next, it will turn left on Third Street and left on Flower Street, where it will end service.

Line 10 from Downtown Los Angeles will begin service on Third Street at Flower Street. (There will be no service at stops between Vignes Street at East Cesar Chavez Avenue and Third Street at Flower Street.) From Third Street at Flower Street, the bus will travel its regular route to end of service at Sixth Street at Broadway.

Line 12 from Pico/La Cienega will follow regular route until Westwood at Olympic, where it will turn left. Bus will turn left again at Cotner and enter the northbound San Diego Freeway. The bus will exit the San Diego Freeway at Wilshire Boulevard, then turn left on Westwood Boulevard and follow its regular

route to UCLA's Ackerman Terminal.

Line 12 from UCLA's Ackerman Terminal will follow its regular route to Wilshire Boulevard, where it will turn right and enter the southbound San Diego Freeway. The bus will exit the freeway on Pico/Olympic and turn right onto Sawtelle Boulevard. The bus will turn right again onto Olympic Boulevard and then onto Westwood Boulevard, where it will resume its regular route until the end of the line.

Line 14 from Culver City will travel its regular route but only as far as Bundy Drive at Montana Avenue. There will be no service north of Bundy Drive at Montana Avenue.

Line 14 from Brentwood will start service on Bundy Drive at Montana Avenue. There will be no service north of Bundy Drive at Montana Avenue.

There will be no service on the Tide Ride.

Additional information will be available by calling the Big Blue Bus' customer service line at (310) 451-5444 or on its Web site, www.bigbluebus.com.

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