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San Bernardino Line
The Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino
Overview
StatusOperating
LocaleGreater Los Angeles Area and Inland Empire
Termini
Stations14
Service
TypeCommuter rail
SystemMetrolink
Operator(s)Metrolink
Daily ridership12,633 (2012)
Technical
Line length56.5 miles (90.9 km)
CharacterElevated and surface-level
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Operating speed35 mph (56 km/h)[1]
Route map
San Bernardino Line
L.A. Union Station
L.A. General Medical Center
(proposed)
Cal State L.A.
El Monte
Baldwin Park
Covina
Fairplex
(fair days)
Pomona–North
( 2025)
Claremont
Montclair
Upland
Rancho Cucamonga
Ontario International Airport via Omnitrans (Brightline West 2028)
Auto Club Speedway
(race days)
Fontana
Rialto
San Bernardino–Depot
Arrow Maintenance Facility
San Bernardino–Downtown
sbX
 Arrow stations not served
Redlands–Downtown
(express)
 Arrow
Other service sharing track
Multiple services sharing track
Stations with Amtrak service

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

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 / 34.0507; -117.9971 onto a Southern Pacific branch. At 34°05′38″N 117°43′49″W / 34.0939°N 117.7303°W / 34.0939; -117.7303 (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

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]

References

  1. ^ "Metrolink Fact Sheet for June 2012" (PDF). Metrolink. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). June 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  3. ^ "Metrolink to make special stop at the L.A. County Fair" (Press release). Metrolink. August 26, 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  4. ^ "Special Metrolink service to Auto Club 400 available" (Press release). Metrolink. March 12, 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Redlands Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "Redlands First Mile and Passenger Rail Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  8. ^ Macduff, Cassie (February 26, 2014). "SAN BERNARDINO: Agencies pool money for transit center, Metrolink extension". The Press Enterprise.
  9. ^ "Destination: San Bernardino" (PDF). SANBAG. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-08. Retrieved 2016-03-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ Hagen, Ryan (2015-09-08). "San Bernardino Transit Center opening makes commuting easier". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  11. ^ "3rd Street Closure at Railroad Tracks" (PDF). SANBAG. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  12. ^ Valenzuela, Beatriz (2017-03-01). "Construction to interrupt Metrolink service in Inland Empire". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  13. ^ "Metrolink train service resumes at San Bernardino, Rialto stations". The San Bernardino Sun. 2017-04-17. Retrieved 2017-05-05.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ MacDuff, Cassie (16 May 2011). "Imperfect Rail Solution". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on 6 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Emerson, Sandra (September 15, 2015). "SanBAG gives updates on cost, timeline of Redlands rail project". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  17. ^ 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.
  18. ^ Emerson, Sandra (2016-08-19). "Where Redlands rail project is heading". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ Emerson, Sandra (2015-11-07). "SanBAG begins design of Redlands Passenger Rail Project". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  21. ^ "Redlands Passenger Rail Project Fact Sheet" (PDF). SANBAG. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2016-03-15. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Emerson, Sandra (2017-11-07). "Passenger rail project remains priority for Rail to Redlands Working Group". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
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