LOS ANGELES — Commuter rail operator Metrolink is expanding service on its Antelope Valley Line effective Oct. 23, adding more night service on weekdays and offering twice as many trains on weekends, KTLA-TV reports.
Weekday service will see 15 round trips, up from the current 11. Inbound, the current earliest train of the day, which departs Lancaster at 3:41 a.m., will be eliminated; the new first train of the day will be at 4:11 a.m. Also added will be midday trains to and from the Via Princessa station in Santa Clarita, as well as additional evening trains: trains for Los Angeles will depart from Lancaster at 8;11 and 10:11 p.m. — previously, the last inbound train was at 6:11 p.m. — while the last outbound train will depart L.A. Union Station at 11:39 p.m. Previously, the last Lancaster-bound train left at 9:39 p.m.
The new weekday schedule is available here.
On weekends, the number of round trips will expand from six to 12. Half of those will operate only to or from the Via Princessa station, while the other six will run the full length of the line to or from Lancaster. The new weekend schedule is available here.
KTLA reports the decision to start or end runs at Via Princessa reflects “limitations of train engineers and conductors,” according to Metrolink.
The debut of the new schedules will come at the same time a new station opens on the Antelope Valley Line. The Vista Canyon Multi-Modal Center in Santa Clarita, offering Metrolink and bus service, opens Oct. 23. Station information is available here.
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