Inland Empire–Orange County Line

Inland Empire-Orange County Line

Metrolink train in Riverside
Overview
Type Commuter rail line
System Metrolink
Status Operating
Locale Inland Empire and Orange County
Termini San Bernardino Union Station
Oceanside
Stations 15
Daily ridership 4,262 (2012)
Operation
Owner BNSF Railway (San Bernardino–Anaheim Canyon)
SCRRA (Anaheim Canyon–San Clemente Pier)
NCTD (San Clemente Pier–Oceanside)
Operator(s) Metrolink
Character Elevated and surface-level
Technical
Line length 100.1 miles (161.1 km)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Operating speed 39 mph (63 km/h)[1]
Route map

The Inland Empire–Orange County (IEOC) Line is a commuter rail line run by Metrolink in Southern California. It runs from San Bernardino through Orange County to Oceanside in northern San Diego County.

The IEOC Line, Metrolink's sixth line to be introduced, opened in October 1995.[2] With the exception of the Anaheim Canyon station, the line shares all of its stations with the 91 Line, the Orange County Line, the Riverside Line, and the San Bernardino Line.

As of July 2016, eight trains in each direction serve the stations from Riverside to Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo on weekdays.[3] The remainder of the trains servicing the IEOC Line cover more to all of the stations, except San Clemente Pier, which is only serviced on the weekends.[3] The San Clemente Pier station is two miles south of the San Clemente station, making San Clemente Pier still easily accessibly on weekdays through the use of Uber or Lyft. It should also be noted that this line is the only Metrolink line which doesn't terminate at Union Station.

In July 2006, the Orange County Transportation Authority created weekend service on the IEOC and Orange County Lines. As of August 2016, the IEOC Line schedule has two trains on Saturday and two on Sunday, each servicing every station, including San Clemente Pier.[3]

Metrolink's Downtown San Bernardino extension will add the San Bernardino Transit Center as the new northeastern terminus of the line. The extension is under construction as of April 2017.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Metrolink Fact Sheet for June 2012" (PDF). Metrolink. Retrieved 26 October 2012.
  2. ↑ TRAINS Magazine - Railroad News, Web Cam, Railroading Video - Metrolink
  3. 1 2 3 "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). June 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  4. ↑ Valenzuela, Beatriz (2017-03-01). "Construction to interrupt Metrolink service in Inland Empire". San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

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