Orange County Line - Route

Route

While the Orange County Line shares trackage with Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner trains, a few of its stations are shared with the 91 Line and many with the IEOC line.

The Orange County Line runs on the BNSF Railway's Southern Transcon track between Los Angeles and Fullerton, under a shared-right-of-way agreement. Several stations, most notably the ones in downtown Fullerton and Santa Ana, are renovated Spanish Colonial Revival depots originally built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.

In October 2005, the Orange County Transportation Authority announced that it would increase service on the Orange County Line, running trains twenty hours daily, seven days a week every 30 minutes. The first part of the additional service was implemented in June 2006 with Saturday service, and July 2006 with Sunday service. The plan has drawn criticism as many Metrolink stations are located beyond walking distance from important destinations such as Disneyland and the adjacent Anaheim Convention Center, Knott's Berry Farm, and the Irvine Spectrum. Funds for new rolling stock and track improvements were allocated from the voter-approved Measure M half-cent sales tax, while critics had advocated using the money for bus operations or other transit service instead. To address some of these issues, OCTA operates a series of Stationlink shuttle routes that connect Metrolink stations in Orange County to nearby destinations.

The Orange County line serves 14 stations during weekday service, and one additional station on weekends:

  • Union Station, Los Angeles
  • Commerce, Commerce
  • Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, Norwalk
  • Buena Park, Buena Park
  • Fullerton, Fullerton
  • Anaheim, Anaheim
  • Orange, Orange
  • Santa Ana, Santa Ana
  • Tustin, Tustin
  • Irvine, Irvine
  • Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo, Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo
  • San Juan Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
  • San Clemente, San Clemente
  • San Clemente Pier, San Clemente (weekend service only)
  • Oceanside, Oceanside

The July 2011 timetable shows five weekday trains from Los Angeles to Oceanside, three to Laguna Niguel and one to Irvine.

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