THE METROLINK STORY
commute on Southern California
highways again," says Metrolink rider
Kristi Hall, who switched to Metrolink
two years ago after fighting traffic on
the 405, 55, 22 and 73 freeways.
enjoy the view," say Metrolink
riders Andrew and Elizabeth Leal,
seconding that sentiment. "We don't
have to worry about anything and
can save time avoiding traffic."
passengers can relate, but statistics
don't tell the Metrolink story.
People do.
Metrolink's assistant director of
equipment maintenance, and his
crew readying trains before dawn.
It's conductor Blythe Reynolds
greeting familiar passengers and
newcomers on the Ventura County
Line, scanning their tickets and
handing them a smile, that puts
California Regional Rail Authority,
commonly known as Metrolink.
job," says Maurice Stokes, who has
the past nine years and is currently
working the early morning Antelope
Valley Line as well as midday service
on the Ventura County Line.
locomotives or the hundreds of miles of track that knit together
dozens of far-flung communities in the sprawling Southern
California region.
traffic and made commuting a more humane experience.