Going to the Women’s March? WeHo Will Provide Free Shuttle to Metro Red Line

West Hollywood will provide a free shuttle to the Metro Red Line for those who want to join the Women’s March Los Angeles on Saturday.

The Women’s March will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles. It will start in Pershing Square and end in Grand Park. The kickoff stage will be located at the corner of 5th Street and Hill Street.

CityLineX, the city’s free mini-bus service for commuters, will transport WeHo residents to the Metro Red Line station at Hollywood and Highland. Those going to the march can take the Red Line to stations at Pershing Square/5th Street and at Civic Center/Grand Park.

CityLineX shuttles will begin departing at 7 a.m. from CityLineX stops at Santa Monica Boulevard and Sweetzer Avenue, and at Santa Monica Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. Beginning at 7:15 a.m., shuttles will depart from the CityLineX stop at West Hollywood Library, located at 625 N. San Vicente Blvd. Shuttles will stop to pick up passengers in 15 to 20 minute intervals, with the last shuttle departing from the library at 9 a.m.

CityLineX will pick up passengers at all of its regular stops along Santa Monica Boulevard, which include Robertson, San Vicente, Westbourne, La Cienega, Sweetzer, Crescent Heights, Fairfax, Sierra Bonita and La Brea, en route to the Metro Red Line Station at Hollywood and Highland.

Women’s March Los Angeles participants are advised to use Metro Red Line service toward downtown Los Angeles and exit at Pershing Square/5th Street.

CityLineX returning shuttles will bring people back from Hollywood and Highland at approximately 30-minute intervals beginning at noon. Passengers may board from the CityLineX stop located on the west side of Highland Avenue, south of Hollywood Boulevard. CityLineX will drop off passengers at all of its regular stops along Santa Monica Boulevard, which include La Brea, Gardner, Fairfax, Crescent Heights, Sweetzer, La Cienega, Westbourne and San Vicente, en route to its final stop at West Hollywood Library. The last shuttle will depart from Highland at 4 p.m.

Saturday’s event is one of a number of Women’s Marches that will take place across the country and that are modeled after a very successful series of marches of last year. The goal of the march is to advocate for ending violence, protection of reproductive rights, LGBTQIA rights, workers’ rights, civil rights, disability rights, immigrant rights, Indigenous people’s rights and environmental justice.

The downtown Los Angeles event will feature music, art, community booths and various speakers. More information about the Women’s March Los Angeles, can be found online.

More information about CityLineX, including links to schedules and maps, also is available online or by calling the City of West Hollywood’s Social Services Division at (323) 848-6510. For people who are deaf or hearing impaired, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.