San Bernardino Line

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 (soon to be Redlands). It is one of the three initial lines (along with the Santa Clarita and Ventura Lines) on the original Metrolink system.

San Bernardino Line
The Santa Fe Depot in San Bernardino
Overview
StatusOperating
LocaleGreater Los Angeles Area and Inland Empire
TerminiLos Angeles Union Station
San Bernardino Transit Center (Downtown)
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 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed79 mph (127 km/h)
Route map
Antelope Valley
Ventura County
Los Angeles Union Station
91/Perris Valley
Orange County
 
Riverside
Cal State LA
El Monte
 Baldwin Park
 Covina
Fairplex
(fair days only)
 Pomona–North
( 2026)
 Claremont
( 2026)
 Montclair
( 2026)
 Upland
 Rancho Cucamonga
Auto Club Speedway
(race days only)
 Fontana
 Rialto
Inland Empire–Orange County
San Bernardino Depot
San Bernardino-Downtown
Redlands–Downtown
(planned–2022)
( 2022)
All stations are accessible

As of August 2016, 20 trains run Los Angeles to San Bernardino on weekdays.[1] 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.

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 34.0507°N 117.9971°W / 34.0507; -117.9971 onto a Southern Pacific branch. At 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.

Expansion

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.

San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG) completed an environmental impact report (EIR) in 2015[2] to extend Metrolink service southeast from the current eastern terminus in San Bernardino to Redlands.[3] The extension will follow the 9-mile (14 km) Redlands Subdivision and comprises two projects.[4]

The Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project extended Metrolink southeast one mile via double trackage to a new terminus at the San Bernardino Transit Center.[5] The project's groundbreaking was in February 2014;[6] at that time, the extension was expected to be completed by mid-2016.[7] As of September 2015, the completion date had been extended to 2017.[8] Construction work on the extension continued through March and April 2017.[9][10][11] Test trains began running on the tracks in April 2017.[12] This phase of the project opened to the public on December 16, 2017.

Arrow is a planned 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. 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.[13][14] Construction was planned to begin in 2017 with the extension opening in 2021,[15][16][17] however groundbreaking took place in July 2019 with a 2022 opening.[18] 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.[19] Arrow's DMU sets have been studied for wider deployment on the rest of the San Bernardino Line.[20]

Stations
Station Location Address Connections
San Bernardino Line
San Bernardino County
Redlands-Downtown (Under Construction) Redlands Stuart Avenue, Redlands 92373
San Bernardino–Downtown San Bernardino 599 W. Rialto Ave, San Bernardino 92401 Metrolink: Inland Empire–Orange County
San Bernardino Depot 1170 W. 3rd Street, San Bernardino 92410 Metrolink: Inland Empire–Orange County
Amtrak: Southwest Chief
RialtoRialto 261 S. Palm Ave, Rialto 92376
Fontana Fontana 16777 Orange Way, Fontana 92335
Auto Club Speedway (race days only) 9300 Cherry Ave, Fontana 92335
Rancho CucamongaRancho Cucamonga 11208 Azusa Ct, Rancho Cucamonga 91730
UplandUpland 300 E. A Street, Upland 91786
MontclairMontclair 5091 Richton St, Montclair 91763
Los Angeles County
ClaremontClaremont 200 W. 1st Street, Claremont 91711
Pomona—North Pomona 205 Santa Fe St, Pomona 91767
Fairplex (fair days only) 1101 W. McKinley Ave, Pomona 91768
CovinaCovina 600 N. Citrus Ave, Covina 91723
Baldwin ParkBaldwin Park 3825 Downing Ave, Baldwin Park 91706
El MonteEl Monte 10925 Railroad St, El Monte 91731
Cal State LAUniversity Hills 5150 State University Dr, Los Angeles 90032 Metro:  J Line
LA Union StationDowntown Los Angeles 800 N. Alameda St, Los Angeles 90012 Metrolink: 91/Perris Valley Antelope Valley Orange County Riverside Ventura County
Amtrak: Coast Starlight, Pacific Surfliner, Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, Texas Eagle
Metro:  B Line  D Line  J Line  L Line
FlyAway to LAX

There are also platforms at the Fairplex in Pomona and Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, but these are used only for special events.[21][22]

References
  1. "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). June 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
  2. Emerson, Sandra (March 4, 2015). "Redlands Passenger Rail Project environmental report gets SanBAG support". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  3. "Redlands Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
  4. "Redlands First Mile and Passenger Rail Project" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2010.
  5. "Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SANBAG. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  6. Macduff, Cassie (February 26, 2014). "SAN BERNARDINO: Agencies pool money for transit center, Metrolink extension". The Press Enterprise.
  7. "Destination: San Bernardino" (PDF). SANBAG. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 8, 2016. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  8. Hagen, Ryan (September 8, 2015). "San Bernardino Transit Center opening makes commuting easier". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  9. "3rd Street Closure at Railroad Tracks" (PDF). SANBAG. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  10. Valenzuela, Beatriz (March 1, 2017). "Construction to interrupt Metrolink service in Inland Empire". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  11. "Metrolink train service resumes at San Bernardino, Rialto stations". The San Bernardino Sun. April 17, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  12. "Train Testing to Begin as Part of Downtown San Bernardino Passenger Rail Project". SBCTA Newsroom. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. April 12, 2017. Retrieved May 5, 2017.
  13. 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.
  14. Emerson, Sandra (August 19, 2016). "Where Redlands rail project is heading". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
  15. Emerson, Sandra (November 7, 2015). "SanBAG begins design of Redlands Passenger Rail Project". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  16. "Redlands Passenger Rail Project Fact Sheet" (PDF). SANBAG. December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
  17. Emerson, Sandra (November 7, 2017). "Passenger rail project remains priority for Rail to Redlands Working Group". Redlands Daily Facts. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
  18. "Construction begins for rail connecting Redlands to San Bernardino". Redlands Daily Facts. July 19, 2019.
  19. 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.
  20. "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.
  21. "Metrolink to make special stop at the L.A. County Fair" (Press release). Metrolink. August 26, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  22. "Special Metrolink service to Auto Club 400 available" (Press release). Metrolink. March 12, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2015.

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