Metrolink’s new Arrow service is turning heads. The nine-mile expansion to the regional rail network features state-of-the-art Diesel Multiple Units (DMU) carriages. The project was funded and constructed by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority and was launched by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (which operates Metrolink). But the Arrow is different than the …
One hundred years ago, Southern California had the largest electric streetcar system in the world. Red and yellow streetcars connected Southern California, including Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles counties. Over the years, however, competition from automobiles and freeways led to their decline. By the 1950s, nearly all the streetcars were gone. Now, the …
Redding was founded as a railroad hub. Only these days, you wouldn’t know it. It’s still the kind of place where people from nearby rural towns come to shop or see the doctor. But it’s no longer the draw it once was for catching the train to points elsewhere. That’s not because people don’t want …
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The Bay Area has its Clipper Card, and the Sacramento region has its Connect Card – all-in-one payment cards that allow people to board buses and trains without the hassle of buying individual tickets. Now San Joaquin County has something that might be even better: contactless tickets available over a mobile app that also offers …
The San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) has a problem. How can they link the busy Ontario International Airport to the regional rail network? The closest Metrolink station in Rancho Cucamonga is nearly three miles away. Initially, the SBCTA sought to develop a railway extension that connected airport passengers directly to Metrolink’s network of stations. …
