extended on the
Ventura County Line to
Oxnard. The Orange
County Line opened
in March. Today it
is the longest in the
Metrolink system,
stretching 87 miles
from Union Station to
Oceanside with 14
stations.
Metrolink launched the
Inland Empire-Orange
County route, the
first suburb-to-suburb
commuter rail line in the nation. A
year later Metrolink opened its first
beach service. Sun lovers relished
taking trains directly to San Clemente
and Oceanside.
Transportation Commission approved
more service to Moorpark. Four years
later the 91 Line opened, becoming
Metrolink's seventh route and
Downtown,
Fullerton and
downtown Los
Angeles. Finally,
in 2016 Metrolink
debuted the Perris
Valley Line, a 24-
mile extension of
the 91 Line that
is Metrolink's first
major expansion
since the early
1990s.
with three lines
serving two
miles, 11 stations and 2,300 daily
boardings. Today Metrolink operates
seven routes through a six-county,
538- route-mile network with 60
stations.
Ventura to Los Angeles, Anaheim,
Irvine, Riverside, San Bernardino,
Perris and Oceanside are seamlessly
along at up to 90 miles-per-hour
in some corridors, making them
competitive with the automobile sans
the stress of driving.
belies the resilient nature of Metrolink
and how it responds to demand and
circumstances, good and bad.
fatal crashes
in Glendale
in 2005 and
Chatsworth
in 2008, the
authority's
board of
directors
instituted a
safety-top-
priority culture
that takes
precedent
over every
aspect of
Metrolink
operations.
WAS THE FIRST
COMMUTER
RAIL SYSTEM IN
THE NATION TO
INTRODUCE POSITIVE
TRAIN CONTROL
(PTC)
TRAIN-TO-TRAIN
COLLISIONS AND
DERAILMENTS
CAUSED BY
SPEEDING AND
UNAUTHORIZED
TRAIN MOVEMENT.
parallel freeway traffic as you glide to
work in comfort, relaxing or getting a
head start on the workday.