San Bernardino Line
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Status | Operating | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Greater Los Angeles Area and Inland Empire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stations | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | Commuter rail | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
System | Metrolink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operator(s) | Metrolink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Daily ridership | 12,633 (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Line length | 56.5 miles (90.9 km) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Character | Elevated and surface-level | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating speed | 35 mph (56 km/h)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The San Bernardino Line is a Metrolink line running between Downtown Los Angeles east through the San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire to San Bernardino. It is one of the three initial lines (along with the Santa Clarita and Ventura Lines) on the original Metrolink system. When the line opened in 1992 service extended only as far as Pomona, but in 1993 the line was extended to San Bernardino. Saturday service was added in 1997 and Sunday service in 1998.
As of August 2016, 20 trains run Los Angeles to San Bernardino on weekdays.[2] It is the first of the seven Metrolink lines to run on both Saturday and Sunday, with 10 trains to San Bernardino on Saturdays and 7 on Sundays. Two Saturday and two Sunday trains would continue to the downtown Riverside station until July 5, 2014, when weekend service on the 91 Line began.
Stations
Station | Location |
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Los Angeles County | |
Union Station | Downtown Los Angeles |
Cal State L.A. | University Hills, Eastside Los Angeles |
El Monte | El Monte |
Baldwin Park | Baldwin Park |
Covina | Covina |
Pomona—North | Pomona |
Claremont | Claremont |
San Bernardino County | |
Montclair | Montclair |
Upland | Upland |
Rancho Cucamonga | Rancho Cucamonga |
Fontana | Fontana |
Rialto | Rialto |
San Bernardino | San Bernardino |
San Bernardino–Downtown | Downtown San Bernardino |
There are also platforms at the Fairplex in Pomona and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, but these are used only for special events.[3][4]
Route
After leaving Union Station and crossing the Los Angeles River, the line follows the San Bernardino Freeway and El Monte Busway until just after the Cal State L.A. station; it then runs in the median of the San Bernardino Freeway to the El Monte Station along the former route of the Pacific Electric Railway's San Bernardino Line. Starting at El Monte, the line parallels the Union Pacific's Sunset Route (ex-Southern Pacific) for a few miles before turning northeast at Bassett 34°03′03″N 117°59′50″W / 34.0507°N 117.9971°W onto a Southern Pacific branch. At 34°05′38″N 117°43′49″W / 34.0939°N 117.7303°W (a former Southern Pacific/Pacific Electric-Santa Fe crossing), it switches to the Santa Fe; from Claremont to just west of San Bernardino it follows what was the Santa Fe's Pasadena Subdivision (and before that the Second District of the LA Division, the Santa Fe passenger main line). The San Bernardino Line is mostly single track with 6 passing sidings and short sections of double track near Covina, between Pomona and Montclair, and west of Fontana.
Expansions
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San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) conducted[when?] an environmental impact report (EIR) to extend Metrolink service southeast from the current eastern terminus in San Bernardino to Redlands.[5] The extension will follow the 9-mile (14 km) Redlands Subdivision and comprises two phases:[6][verification needed]
- The Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project extended Metrolink southeast one mile via double trackage[citation needed] to a new terminus at the San Bernardino Transit Center.[7] The project's groundbreaking was in February 2014;[8] at that time, the extension was expected to be completed by mid-2016.[9] As of September 2015[update], the completion date had been extended to 2017.[10] Construction work on the extension continued through March and April 2017.[11][12][13] Test trains began running on the tracks in April 2017.[14] This phase of the project opened to the public on December 16, 2017.
- The Redlands Passenger Rail Project is a planned extension to Redlands. As of 2011[update], service was to begin in the mid to late 2010s,[15] with stations at Waterman Avenue next to the Inland Regional Center, the ESRI campus, Downtown Redlands, and the University of Redlands.[16] As of December 2015[update], SANBAG decided that this second phase of the project, from the San Bernardino Transit Center to Redlands, would no longer be a Metrolink extension, but rather an independent system. SANBAG now plans to use diesel multiple units (DMUs) and have Omnitrans operate the system. However, San Bernardino Line express limited-stop trains would run on part of the extension, to a separate station near the Downtown Redlands station,[17][18] and DMU service may be used on the rest of the San Bernardino Line.[19] Construction is planned to begin in 2017[needs update] with the extension opening in 2021.[20][21][22]
References
- ^ "Metrolink Fact Sheet for June 2012" (PDF). Metrolink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
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- ^ "Metrolink to make special stop at the L.A. County Fair" (Press release). Metrolink. August 26, 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Special Metrolink service to Auto Club 400 available" (Press release). Metrolink. March 12, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ^ "Redlands Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ Macduff, Cassie (February 26, 2014). "SAN BERNARDINO: Agencies pool money for transit center, Metrolink extension". The Press Enterprise.
- ^ "Destination: San Bernardino" (PDF). SANBAG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
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suggested) (help) - ^ Hagen, Ryan (2015-09-08). "San Bernardino Transit Center opening makes commuting easier". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "3rd Street Closure at Railroad Tracks" (PDF). SANBAG. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ Valenzuela, Beatriz (2017-03-01). "Construction to interrupt Metrolink service in Inland Empire". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ "Metrolink train service resumes at San Bernardino, Rialto stations". The San Bernardino Sun. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ "Train Testing to Begin as Part of Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SBCTA Newsroom. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. 2017-04-12. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ MacDuff, Cassie (16 May 2011). "Imperfect Rail Solution". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
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- ^ Emerson, Sandra (2017-11-15). "What new ownership at Redlands Santa Fe Depot could mean to future rail service". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
- ^ Emerson, Sandra (2016-08-19). "Where Redlands rail project is heading". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
- ^ "Hybrid Rail Being Studied for Future Use along the Metrolink Corridor". goSBCTA e-Newsletter. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. March 2017. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
- ^ Emerson, Sandra (2015-11-07). "SanBAG begins design of Redlands Passenger Rail Project". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Redlands Passenger Rail Project Fact Sheet" (PDF). SANBAG. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
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External links
- San Bernardino Line schedule
- San Bernardino extension page on the San Bernardino Associated Governments website
- Metrolink (California) lines
- Public transportation in Los Angeles County, California
- Public transportation in San Bernardino County, California
- Transportation in San Bernardino, California
- Baldwin Park, California
- Claremont, California
- Covina, California
- Eastside Los Angeles
- Fontana, California
- Montclair, California
- Pomona, California
- Pomona Valley
- Rancho Cucamonga, California
- Rialto, California
- Upland, California
- Railway services introduced in 1992
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