City expands bus service to LAX

The city has expanded weekday morning bus service between Union Station and Los Angeles International Airport to meet growing demand.

LAX FlyAway buses will make an additional 13 weekday morning pickups from Union Station’s Patsaouras Transit Plaza Bus Stop 9, according to Los Angeles World Airports, the agency that runs LAX.

Buses depart Union Station on weekdays every half-hour from 10 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next day and every hour from 1 to 5 a.m.

Added pickups as of Monday are at 5, 5:30, 5:50, 6:30, 6:45, 7:10, 7:30, 7:50, 8:10, 8:30, 8:50, 9:10 and 9:30 a.m.

Weekend departures will remain on the hour and half-hour from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. the next day, and every hour on the hour from 1 to 5 a.m.

Buses will continue to depart from LAX every hour and half-hour from 5 a.m. to 1 a.m. and every hour from 1 to 5 a.m. daily.

From January through June, the buses had carried 191,509 passengers from Union Station to LAX, about 30% more than the same period last year, an agency statement said.

Bus schedules and parking information are posted at www.lawa.org/flyaway.

-- Molly Hennessy-Fiske