View source for Metro Bus 261

{{Routeinfo
|provider=Los Angeles Metro
|num=261
|fullname=Los Angeles Metro Route 261
|to=Pasadena - Artesia Station via Fair Oaks & Atlantic 
}}
{{Schedulelink
|link=https://www.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/260-261_TT_12-15-24.pdf
|WPeak=24
|WDay=30
|WNight=60
|SDay=40
|SNight=60
|UDay=40
|UNight=60
}}

{{Route brief
|Route 261 offers north-south local bus service between Pasadena and Artesia Station in Compton, traveling along {{Route road|Atlantic Boulevard/Avenue (Los Angeles County)|between Huntington Drive in Alhambra and Artesia Blvd}}. Between Pasadena and Imperial Highway in Lynwood, [[Metro Bus 260]] provides additional parallel service. Long Beach Transit operates service south of Artesia Blvd.}}

==Points of interest==
* [[Place::Old Town Pasadena]]
* [[Place::Huntington Memorial Hospital]]
* [[Place::Shriners Children's Southern California]]
* [[Place::Art Center College of Design South Campus]]
* [[Place::Blair High School]]
* [[Place::Downtown South Pasadena]]
* [[Place::South Pasadena High School]]
* [[Place::Huntington Drive & Garfield/Atlantic]]
* [[Place::Huntington Drive & Fair Oaks]]
* [[Place::Downtown Alhambra]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Valley & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Ramona Convent Secondary School]]
* [[Place::Atlantic Times Square]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Garvey & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Monterey Park Mall]]
* [[Place::Monterey Park Hospital]]
* [[Place::East Los Angeles Community College]]
* [[Place::Atlantic Square Shopping Center]]
* [[Place::Garfield High School]]
* [[Place::Whittier Blvd. (East LA)]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Washington & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Slauson & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Maywood Center for Enriched Studies]]
* [[Place::Maywood Academy High School]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Gage & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Bell High School]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Florence & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Cudahy Plaza]]
* [[Place::Azalea Shopping Center]]
* [[Place::South Gate Park]]
* [[Place::Legacy High School Complex]]
* [[Place::Atlantic Crossing Shopping Center]]
* [[Place::Marco Antonio Firebaugh High School]]
* [[Place::Burke-Ham Park]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Rosecrans & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Dominguez Plaza Shopping Center]]
* [[Place::East Rancho Dominguez Park]]
* [[Place::{{ns2|Alondra & Atlantic}}]]
* [[Place::Atlantic & Artesia]]
* [[Place::Jordan High School (Long Beach)]]
* [[Place::Compton College]]

==Connections==
Metro Rail:
* [[Place::Memorial Park Station]]
* [[Place::Del Mar Station]]
* [[Place::Atlantic Station]]
* [[Place::Artesia Station]]

{{LA Metro}}
[[Category:LA Metro local routes]]