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           LOS ANGELES METRO HEAVY RAIL 
              
              North Hollywood Station Entrance  | 
         
       
      
     
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      Because of the lack of outdoor viewing 
      opportunities for one riding on the system, the subway itself may be a less than spectacular experience 
		for the transit lover; but the
      routes gets credit from many observers for its artistic effects at station
      entrances and within the various stations.   
		 
		The photo above shows, from some hundred yards 
      or so away, the
      entrance to the last stop on the Red Line in North Hollywood.  You may 
      like its design, or hate it -- but it is surely different. 
		 
		The Metro Orange Line bus route has its eastern terminal nearby.  
		It 
		runs on dedicated right of way, much of which was formerly a Southern 
		Pacific branch line, with limited stops west along a swath across most of the San Fernando 
		Valley.  The route, which is currently being extended north, shows up on Metro Rail maps.  | 
		 
        
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