Go Dodger Stadium Express to the 2018 playoffs!
The Dodgers have qualified for the 2018 playoffs and the Dodger Stadium Express will be running for every home playoff game — including a potential NL West tiebreaker game against [continue reading]
Open House at Union Station next Wednesday for Link Union Station project
Heads up: there is an Open House at Union Station for the Link Union Station project, which seeks to allow Metrolink and Amtrak trains enter/exit Union Station from the south [continue reading]
Union Station train festival will set “Dreams in Motion” July 14
Union Station’s Summer Train Fest will set “Dreams in Motion” with an up-close look at the magic of train travel on Saturday, July 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. [continue reading]
Metro staff recommends building light rail between Van Nuys and Sylmar/San Fernando Metrolink Station
Update, June 20: The Metro Board’s Planning Committee approved the staff recommendation today. The item now goes to the full Board on June 28. Metro Board Member Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker also [continue reading]
Elon Musk and transit: How We Roll, Dec. 21
Songs of Transit: No appearances by SF Muni buses in the video but some nice shots of Bernal Heights Park in San Francisco. Great place for views such as this: I was staying near the 24 Line last weekend. The SF Muni app that allows you to buy a bus [continue reading]
SCAG holding open house Wednesday for study of Green Line extension to Norwalk Metrolink station
SCAG is holding the second of two open houses Wednesday night for an early study on possible routes to extend the Green Line from its current terminus in Norwalk to [continue reading]
First Holiday Trainfest to take place at Union Station on Dec. 17
Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus…on a historic Santa Fe 3751 steam locomotive for the first-ever Holiday TrainFest at Union Station. Bring the whole family to Track 14 at Union Station [continue reading]
Dodger Stadium Express ready to help fans eager to witness Cubs loss/heartbreak
It has come down to this: the Dodgers must save the Cubs from themselves because a World Series win by the Chicago Cubs would absolutely ruin them and everything that [continue reading]
Upcoming Metrolink weekend service interruptions due to maintenance and construction
Here’s the press release from Metrolink: Metrolink, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, COASTER and freight rail providers will experience major service interruptions three weekends in October due to several coordinated major construction and maintenance projects. Track closures are scheduled to begin this weekend and continue October 15-16, and 22-23 to allow construction [continue reading]
Pics: Older Adult Transportation Expo today at Union Station
Important links: info on senior fares is here. With a senior/disabled/Medicare TAP card — available to those 62 and older — a regular fare is 75 cents per ride on [continue reading]