Los Angeles - Metrolink has launched a new, customer-friendly website with a host of new features, as well as a fresh look.

The site's homepage welcomes visitors with a new design that is focused on the needs of Metrolink riders and allows for easy access to improved planning tools. The website offers six main areas for Metrolink riders: Routes, Stations, Schedules, Tickets & Prices, How to Ride and New to Metrolink.

Some of the new features include: "Plan a Trip," "Find a Station," "Stations", featuring detailed information about each Metrolink station, "Alerts/Services Advisories/Planned Advisories", giving updates on service issues that affect travel, "Rider Apps," "Price Finder" and more.

The new "Schedules" page will offer schedule information by line, station, station to station and in downloadable PDF timetables. A rotating banner on the homepage will provide quick access to featured content, complete with footers on every page providing links to popular content like "The Agency" and "Metrolink News."

The new site will also let riders create personal accounts with "My Metrolink" to customize their experiences. Users of "My Metrolink" can subscribe to the exclusive e-newsletter, set station preferences, track lost items and more.

Fifteen Metrolink customers, solicited to assist through the Metrolink Matters newsletter and Twitter page, provided valuable input on the website prior to the launch.

To check out all the new website has to offer, please visit www.metrolinktrains.com.

ABOUT METROLINK

Metrolink is Southern California's regional commuter rail service in its 19th year of operation. 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, governs the service. Metrolink operates over seven routes through a six-county, 512 route-mile network. Metrolink is the third largest commuter rail agency in the United States based on directional route miles and the seventh largest based on annual ridership.