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It has become a microcosm of the community it serves as well as of the challenges and successes of mass transit in a metropolis where the car is king.</p></div> <div class="trb_embed_related_credit_and_caption"><p>A Metro Blue Line train breaks through a banner in  celebration of the line's 25th anniversary. 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Long popular, it serves a working-class area that depends on mass transit to get around.</p></span></div> <div class="trb_featuredInArticles_heading"> This photo gallery is featured in these articles:</div> <div class="trb_featuredInArticles" data-role="imgsize_ratiosizecontainer" data-state="imgsize_reload"> <div class="trb_featart_item"> <span class="trb_featart_image"><figure data-role=" delayload delayload_done imgsize_item" class="trb_featart_image_figure"><img itemprop="image" data-baseurl="https://web.archive.org/web/20151016164408/http://www.trbimg.com/img-55a4826d/turbine/la-me-california-commute-20150714" alt="Blue Line turns 25; laid tracks for era of rail expansion in L.A." class="trb_featart_image_img" title="Blue Line turns 25; laid tracks for era of rail expansion in L.A." data-content-naturalwidth="2048" data-content-naturalheight="1378"/></figure></span><span class="trb_featart_tag"> <a href="/web/20151016164408/http://www.latimes.com/local/california">CALIFORNIA</a> 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