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LA Blue Line Delays Blamed on Maintenance Issues
Reporter: Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Commuters are increasingly left waiting for Blue Line trains, a problem transit officials blame on a backlog of maintenance issues on Los Angeles County's oldest and most-used light-rail system.
The Los Angeles Times says in January and February, breakdowns caused Blue Line trips to be late or canceled 858 times - roughly 14 times a day - compared with 428 times during the first two months of 2011.
The newspaper says the 22-year-old Blue Line has seen at least $239 million in maintenance put off over the last decade - mostly on critical elements such as tracks, signals and passenger cars.
Some officials tell the Times that that in its rush to build new rail lines, Metro has not assigned sufficient resources to maintenance of the old ones.
The Blue Line carries 26 million riders per year.
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