LOS ANGELES — The $106.9 million awarded to Metrolink by the California State Transportation Agency will allow the commuter operator to continue progress on its SCORE (Southern California Optimized Rail Expansion) intiative, a $10 billion capital improvement program with the goal of enabling service at 30-minute intervals throughout the day.
The Metrolink program was among 16 transit projects to receive funding announced earlier this week by CalSTA [see “California agency awards more than $2.5 billion …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 2, 2023].
Specifically, funding will go to double tracking to improve service at the Simi Valley station on Metrolink’s Ventura County Line; the El Monte Siding and Station Improvements Project, with safety enhancements including pedestrian gates and warning devices at the Tyler Avenue grade crossing, along with new pedestrian crossings at the station; and 10 miles of third track through the cities of Fullerton, Anaheim, Placentia, and Yorba Linda in Orange County.
“These infrastructure commitments are critical to both the regional and national economy,” Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle said in a press release, “and are essential toward making Metrolink a world-class transportation provider in time for the 2028 Olympics.”
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