Chug a little choo-choo

To most people who use it, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s recently opened Gold Line is just a convenient way to get to and from work. But for a cluster of self-described “urban fanatics,” it’s also a great way to meet people and explore the city.

Friday night, these mass transit fans will gather for their second Gold Line Pub Crawl, beginning at Union Station’s Traxx Bar downtown and continuing up to Lucky Baldwin’s in Pasadena. The first “unorganized coincidence,” as they call it, took place in the fall and attracted 150 revelers, many of whom had never ridden the train and had no idea where it went. Roughly the same number are expected this time.

Crawl organizers prefer to remain anonymous, so interested participants will just have to show up and trust that it’s going on. According to one of the urban fanatics, “There’s no identifying marks or anything, but they’ll know. It’s so massive, everyone talks.”

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Gold Line Pub Crawl Friday, 5:30 p.m. Last trains are 12:30 a.m. Schedule: 5:30 p.m., Traxx Bar, Union Station, 800 N. Alameda St., L.A.; 7 p.m., Mountain Bar, 475 Gin Ling Way, Chinatown; 8:30 p.m., Little Cave, 5922 N. Figueroa St., Highland Park; 10 p.m., Crown City Brewery, 300 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; 11:30 p.m., Lucky Baldwin’s, 17 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena.