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Southern California: Metrolink will add midday trains for nontraditional workers, tourists
Metrolink will be adding 32 weekday trains for a 23% increase in service in an effort to capture the non-traditional worker, as well as day trippers, students, tourists and so-called leisure passengers, the agency announced on Monday, Sept. 16.
The six-county passenger-rail agency which runs heavy duty trains on renewable diesel fuel that's less polluting than ordinary diesel, is adding trains to midday in order to fill the gap in service between mornings and evenings, Metrolink officials reported on Wednesday, Sept. 18.
The new service schedule goes into effect on Oct. 21.
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The new service affects San Bernardino County, Los Angeles County and especially the San Gabriel Valley, downtown Los Angeles, Orange County, Ventura County and a portion of Riverside County. ................(more)
https://www.masstransitmag.com/rail/news/55141294/ca-metrolink-will-add-midday-trains-for-nontraditional-workers-tourists