San Bernardino Line

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San Bernardino Line
standard gauge
Operating speed79 mph (127 km/h)
Route map
Map San Bernardino Line highlighted in brown
Legend
enlarge… AV to Lancaster
enlarge… VC to Ventura–East
 L.A. Union Station
enlarge… 91/PV to Perris–South
enlarge… OC to Oceanside
 enlarge… RIV to Riverside–Downtown
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)
Fontana
Rialto
enlarge… IEOC to Oceanside
San Bernardino–Depot
Arrow Maintenance Facility
 San Bernardino–Downtown sbX
enlarge… Arrow stations not served
Redlands–Downtown
(limited weekday service)
 enlarge… Arrow to Redlands–University
Other line sharing track
Multiple lines sharing track
Stations with Amtrak service
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
This diagram:

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, with limited express service to Redlands. It is one of the three initial lines on the original Metrolink system, along with the Santa Clarita Line (now the Antelope Valley Line) and the Ventura County Line.

As of September 2023, 18 round trips run between Los Angeles and San Bernardino on weekdays with one trip continuing on to Redlands. It was the first of the seven Metrolink lines to run on both Saturday and Sunday, with 8 trains to San Bernardino on Saturdays and Sundays.[3] Two Saturday and two Sunday trains would continue to Riverside–Downtown station until July 5, 2014, when weekend service on the 91 Line (now the 91/Perris Valley Line) began.

Route

The line is owned by Metrolink.

double track near Covina, between Pomona and Montclair, west of Fontana, and throughout San Bernardino.[5]

History

Los Angeles County Transportation Commission acquired the Southern Pacific Railroad Burbank Branch in 1992.[6] When the line opened on October 26, 1992, service extended only as far as Pomona.[7] It was incrementally extended to Claremont that December, Montclair the following February, then finally to San Bernardino in May 1993.[8]
Saturday service was added in 1997 and Sunday service in 1998 making it the first Metrolink line to offer weekend service.

Redlands.[10] The extension follows the 9-mile (14 km) Redlands Subdivision and comprises two projects.[11]

The

double trackage[citation needed] to a new terminus at the San Bernardino Transit Center.[12] The project's groundbreaking was in February 2014;[13] at that time, the extension was expected to be completed by mid-2016.[14] As of September 2015, the completion date had been extended to 2017.[15] Construction work on the extension continued through March and April 2017.[16][17][18] Test trains began running on the tracks in April 2017.[19]
This phase of the project opened to the public on December 16, 2017.

Arrow is a rail extension to Redlands. By December 2015, 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.[citation needed] SANBAG planned 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 new station near the Downtown Redlands station.[20][21] Construction was planned to begin in 2017,[22][23][24] however groundbreaking took place in July 2019 with a 2022 opening.[25] The selected route runs between the Downtown San Bernardino station and the University of Redlands with stops at Tippecanoe Avenue, Esri, and Downtown Redlands, adjacent to the Redlands Santa Fe Depot. Omnitrans was removed as the system's operator in 2019 amid mounting deficits, and Metrolink took over construction and procurement.[26] Arrow opened on October 24, 2022.[27] Arrow's DMU sets have been studied for wider deployment on the rest of the San Bernardino Line.[28] The rolling stock is the new EMD F125, and others were MPI MPXpress, EMD F59PH, and some cab cars.

Future development

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LA Metro) has plans to add the current LA General Medical Center station on the El Monte Busway as an infill station to the line. This would involve building a second track and center platform. The cost of this project is estimated between $51 million and $110 million.[29] Currently, westbound Metrolink passengers must exit at the Cal State LA station and take any of the westbound buses one stop to the Medical Center.

Stations

The San Bernardino Line has 15 full-time stations. They are, from west to east:

Station Connections Location
City County
L.A. Union Station Metrolink (California) Metrolink: 91/Perris Valley Antelope Valley Orange County Riverside Ventura County
Amtrak Amtrak: Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle
Metro:  A Line  B Line  D Line  J Line
FlyAway (bus) FlyAway to LAX FlyAway (bus)
Silver Streak (bus) Foothill Transit: Silver Streak 		Los Angeles Los Angeles
Cal State L.A. Metro:  J Line
Silver Streak (bus) Foothill Transit: Silver Streak 		University Hills
El Monte El Monte
Baldwin Park Baldwin Park
Covina Covina
Fairplex
(fair days)[30] 		La Verne
Pomona–North Pomona
Claremont Claremont
Montclair Silver Streak (bus) Foothill Transit: Silver Streak Montclair San Bernardino
Upland Upland
Rancho Cucamonga Bus transport Omnitrans: ONT Connect to ONT Ontario International Airport Rancho Cucamonga
Fontana Fontana
Rialto Rialto
San Bernardino–Depot Metrolink (California) Metrolink: Inland Empire–Orange County
Amtrak Amtrak: Southwest Chief 		San Bernardino
San Bernardino–Downtown Metrolink (California) Metrolink: Arrow Inland Empire–Orange County
sbX Omnitrans: SbX
Redlands–Downtown
(limited weekday service) 		Metrolink (California) Metrolink: Arrow Redlands

Notes

  1. ^ 34°03′03″N 117°59′50″W / 34.0507°N 117.9971°W / 34.0507; -117.9971
  2. ^ 34°05′38″N 117°43′49″W / 34.0939°N 117.7303°W / 34.0939; -117.7303

References

  1. ^ "Quarterly Fact Sheet Q1 2024-2025" (PDF). Metrolink. September 30, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
  2. ^ "Fact Sheet" (PDF). Metrolink. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). June 6, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 23, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  4. ^ "Redlands Passenger Rail Project: Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision/Environmental Impact Report" (PDF). February 2015.
  5. ^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 19–20.
  6. ^ "Metrolink to include S.B. County". Daily Press. April 22, 1992. p. 7. Retrieved September 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  7. Daily News of Los Angeles
    .
  8. Daily News of Los Angeles
    . May 18, 1993.
  9. ^ Emerson, Sandra (March 4, 2015). "Redlands Passenger Rail Project environmental report gets SanBAG support". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  10. SANBAG. Archived from the original
    on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  11. ^ "Redlands First Mile and Passenger Rail Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2010.
  12. SANBAG. Archived from the original
    on March 6, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  13. ^ Macduff, Cassie (February 26, 2014). "SAN BERNARDINO: Agencies pool money for transit center, Metrolink extension". The Press Enterprise.
  14. SANBAG. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on February 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  15. ^ Hagen, Ryan (September 8, 2015). "San Bernardino Transit Center opening makes commuting easier". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  16. SANBAG. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on February 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  17. ^ Valenzuela, Beatriz (March 1, 2017). "Construction to interrupt Metrolink service in Inland Empire". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  18. ^ "Metrolink train service resumes at San Bernardino, Rialto stations". The San Bernardino Sun. April 17, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  19. ^ "Train Testing to Begin as Part of Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SBCTA Newsroom. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. April 12, 2017. Archived from the original on November 14, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  20. ^ Emerson, Sandra (November 15, 2017). "What new ownership at Redlands Santa Fe Depot could mean to future rail service". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  21. ^ Emerson, Sandra (August 19, 2016). "Where Redlands rail project is heading". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  22. ^ Emerson, Sandra (November 7, 2015). "SanBAG begins design of Redlands Passenger Rail Project". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  23. SANBAG. December 2015. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  24. ^ Emerson, Sandra (November 7, 2017). "Passenger rail project remains priority for Rail to Redlands Working Group". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  25. ^ "Construction begins for rail connecting Redlands to San Bernardino". Redlands Daily Facts. July 19, 2019.
  26. ^ Scauzillo, Steve (October 21, 2019). "$520 million deficit has Omnitrans eyeing layoffs and bus-line reductions, but is it enough?". The Sun. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
  27. ^ Asperin, Alexa Mae (October 24, 2022). "Metrolink's new 'Arrow' train service from Redlands to San Bernardino begins". KTTV. Fox Television Stations. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
  28. ^ "Hybrid Rail Being Studied for Future Use along the Metrolink Corridor". goSBCTA e-Newsletter. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. March 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  29. ^ @numble (June 20, 2023). "LA Metro study on infill Metrolink station at LA General Medical Center (LA County-USC Medical Center). Would build a second track and center platform. Cost $51m-$110m (depends on if pedestrian bridge is built). Existing bridge is hard to retrofit" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  30. ^ "Metrolink to make special stop at the L.A. County Fair" (Press release). Metrolink. August 26, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
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