Baseball fans can save time and money with $7 round-trip tickets

LOS ANGELES - The popular Angels Express train service taking fans to and from Angels' games will return this season, beginning with the home opener, Monday, March 31.

Service to Anaheim will be available from Los Angeles Union Station and Metrolink Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo Station for weeknight home games starting at 7:05 p.m. Service from Riverside is also available on Metrolink's Inland Empire-Orange County Line for Friday home games via a transfer at the Orange Metrolink Station. The first Friday night home game is April 11.

Heading to the game, a southbound train from Los Angeles and a northbound train from the Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station will depart at 5:50 p.m. and make all regular stops on Metrolink's Orange County line. Both trains are scheduled to arrive approximately 30 minutes prior to the beginning of the game and will depart 30 minutes after the last out from the Anaheim Metrolink station, located in the parking lot of Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

Round-trip tickets for the special train service cost $7 for the general public, $6 for seniors and $4 for youth ages 6 to 18. All valid Metrolink fare media also will be accepted. Children ages 5 and under ride free with paying adult, with a limit of three per fare.

Last year, nearly 35,000 fans used the service to get to the game, which is made possible by a $208,520 grant from the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Committee.

To kick off the baseball season, the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is hosting a pre-game event at 5 p.m. on Friday, April 11 at the Irvine Metrolink station. Those who attend will enjoy free entertainment, food, and a prize wheel giveaway offer for fans. In order to spin the prize wheel, an attendee must bring a non-perishable food donation for the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County. Fans will board Train 643 from the Irvine Station to Anaheim for the Angels game against the New York Mets.

For more information regarding the April 11 OCTA event contact Eric Carpenter at (714) 560-5697 or [email protected].

For additional details on the service and train schedules, please visit www.metrolinktrains.com.

ABOUT METROLINK (www.metrolinktrains.com)

Metrolink is Southern California's regional commuter rail service in its 21^st 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 eighth largest based on annual ridership.

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