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The 91/Perris Valley Line is owned by BNSF between Los Angeles and Riverside; the Via Princessa station along the Antelope Valley Line. With the opening of
and the Riverside Line is owned by UP. SCRRA and the CTCs have cooperative the Arrow Hybrid Rail service from downtown San Bernardino to the University
agreements with the freight railroads in these corridors, and these agreements of Redlands in 2022, Metrolink will extend at least one round trip to downtown
limit service, perhaps most notably on the Riverside Line which is limited to just Redlands on the San Bernardino Line.
six round trips per day. The San Bernardino Line is Metrolink’s busiest carrying
about 9,200 passenger per day (1 Qtr. FY18), has 38 daily trips and weekend
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service with lesser volumes. (It has an extra late night round trip on Friday.) METROLINK’S HISTORY
The California State Legislature enacted SB 1402 in June 1990, requiring the
SCRRA is funded by the five CTCs based on route mileage and service levels. CTCs of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino to develop a plan
These are the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), the Los Angeles for regional transit services. In August 1991, SCRRA was created to plan, design,
County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), the Riverside County construct, and administer the operation of a regional passenger rail system
Transportation Commission (RCTC), the San Bernardino County Transportation serving the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and
Authority (SBCTA), and the Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC).
Ventura. The SCRRA branded the regional commuter rail system “Metrolink.”
Metrolink operates 171 daily trains on its seven lines carrying roughly 38,000 The SCRRA is a JPA consisting of five member agencies—Metro, OCTA, RCTC,
passengers on weekdays (1 Qtr. FY18). Metrolink carried 12.0 million SBCTA, and VCTC—and three ex-officio member agencies—SCAG, the San Diego
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passengers in FY2017-18. Ridership has generally increased year over year Association of Governments (SANDAG), and Caltrans District 7.
but was negatively impacted by the Great Recession. Metrolink has not raised Metrolink’s first three lines: the San Bernardino Line, the Santa Clarita Line (now
its fares in several years. After a successful pilot project decreased fares 25 the Antelope Valley Line), and the Ventura County Line, inaugurated service to
percent which increased boardings on the Antelope Valley Line in 2015/2016, a downtown Los Angeles in October 1992. The Riverside Line was added in June
25 percent fare reduction was implemented on the San Bernardino Line in 2018 1993, the Orange County Line in April 1994, the IEOC in October 1995, and the
due to a loss of ridership from the Gold Line extension to Azusa. Again, this has 91 Line between Los Angeles and Riverside via Fullerton in May 2002. The Perris
resulted in increased boardings.
Valley Line was added in the summer of 2016.
Metrolink’s FY2018-19 farebox recovery was 40.2 percent. Its farebox recovery
has traditionally been within 40 percent to 45 percent. In addition to being the
first commuter railroad to implement PTC, Metrolink is taking delivery of 40 METROLINK AND SUSTAINABILITY
fuel-efficient, ultra-low emission Tier IV locomotives--also the first commuter Metrolink - Metrolink also plays a significant role in the region’s sustainability.
railroad in the nation to do so. SCRRA contracts with Amtrak to operate its The following statistics were taken from Metrolink’s website:
service, Bombardier for rail equipment maintenance, and the Los Angeles
z Metrolink removes approximately 8,500,000 weekday automobile trips
County Sheriff’s Department for security.
from our region’s roadways every year.
Metrolink has added two new stations to its system in the last couple of years: z 82 percent of Metrolink riders have a car for their trip, thereby
the Hollywood Burbank Airport North station, serving the Antelope Valley providing more capacity on our region’s freeways.
Line, and the downtown San Bernardino station, serving the IEOC and San
Bernardino Lines. In the future, the downtown Placentia station will serve the z 22,000 bikes are carried on Metrolink trains each month.
91/Perris Valley Line, and the Vista Canyon station in Santa Clarita will replace z Metrolink trains provide the same capacity as adding two new freeway

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