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2018
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Metrolink Offers Special Weekend Trains to Take Visitors to the LA County Fair

Summary
All the fun of the LA County Fair will be more convenient as Metrolink today announced a schedule of special trains to take visitors to the Fairplex Station, so they can avoid traffic and parking costs.

LOS ANGELES – All the fun of the LA County Fair will be more convenient as Metrolink today announced a schedule of special trains to take visitors to the Fairplex Station, so they can avoid traffic and parking costs.

Metrolink San Bernardino Line trains will service the LA County Fair on the weekends of September 1-3, September 8-9, September 15-16 and September 22-23. The Fair is scheduled for August 31 – September 23 at Fairplex in Pomona.

Metrolink offers a stress-free commute to the fair for a cost of $10 per round trip and a free shuttle from the train platform to the front gate. The special weekend fare includes Labor Day, Monday, September 3. Metrolink customers also receive discounted single-day admission tickets of $12 for adults and $6 for children to the Fair when they purchase online at www.lacf.com.

Since 1993, Metrolink has been making special weekend stops on the San Bernardino Line at the Fairplex Station. The new additional Metrolink service is made possible through funding from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro).

For more information about Metrolink, please visit www.metrolinktrains.com or for more information on the Fair click here.

ABOUT METROLINK (www.metrolinktrains.com

Metrolink is Southern California's regional commuter rail service in its 25th year of operation. Metrolink is governed by The Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), a joint powers authority made up of an 11-member board representing the transportation commissions of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Metrolink operates seven routes through a six-county, 538 route-mile network. Metrolink’s passengers travel approximately 441 million miles each year, making Metrolink the second busiest public transportation provider in Southern California. Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail agency in the United States based on directional route miles and the eighth largest based on annual ridership.

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