Try to overlook the technical errors (4 light rail lines, not 6; operators, no conductors, etc.)...
Blue Line earns deadly reputation for suicides - http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-blue-line-suicides-20130924,0,1792452.story
"Patricia Mayes was navigating a Red Line train into the Hollywood/Highland station when a young man climbed down from the subway platform and lay across the tracks.
"In the split second before impact, they made eye contact. Then Mayes did as she had been trained.
"'You pull the emergency brake, then turn your head away,' she said. 'The train won't stop in time.'
"For more than a year, Mayes couldn't bring herself to drive again. When she finally did, her face grew pale and her hands sweated and shook as she passed the station where the crash had occurred.
"Such deaths on Los Angeles' six light-rail lines, which average about 5 million monthly boardings, are relatively rare. But the Blue Line is the exception. The 22-mile line connecting downtown Los Angeles with Long Beach has long been considered the deadliest in Southern California. Since 1990, nearly 120 people have died along the line — 31 by suicide — more than all other lines combined."
Blue Line earns deadly reputation for suicides - http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-blue-line-suicides-20130924,0,1792452.story
"Patricia Mayes was navigating a Red Line train into the Hollywood/Highland station when a young man climbed down from the subway platform and lay across the tracks.
"In the split second before impact, they made eye contact. Then Mayes did as she had been trained.
"'You pull the emergency brake, then turn your head away,' she said. 'The train won't stop in time.'
"For more than a year, Mayes couldn't bring herself to drive again. When she finally did, her face grew pale and her hands sweated and shook as she passed the station where the crash had occurred.
"Such deaths on Los Angeles' six light-rail lines, which average about 5 million monthly boardings, are relatively rare. But the Blue Line is the exception. The 22-mile line connecting downtown Los Angeles with Long Beach has long been considered the deadliest in Southern California. Since 1990, nearly 120 people have died along the line — 31 by suicide — more than all other lines combined."
Blue Line inbound at Pacific Coast Highway, 10-12-08, during AU Second Annual Gathering. (WhoozPhoto)