Usually when a line opens Metro has an open house with free service on that line. When the Gold Line opened from Union Station to Pasadena in 2004, I went and it was a complete madhouse! There were so many people, maybe because the ride was free, but you're packed like sardines on the trains. Despite this, I went to the APU/Citrus station early on March 5th. I was able to find parking in that very small parking structure, get two of these TAP cards and was gone within 5 minutes! I wasn't going to stay for that madhouse that was soon going to start!
