Ground-Breaking Held for Commuter Railway
Regional transportation officials held ground-breaking ceremonies Fridayin Baldwin Park for a 57-mile commuter railway from San Bernardino to Los Angeles.
As a crane ceremonially removed an old track used by commuter Red Cars of the long-defunct Pacific Electric Railway, Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Chairman Mike Antonovich heralded “the renaissance of commuter rail.”
With terminals in San Bernardino and Los Angeles, the new system--called “METROLINK”--is to have stations in Rialto, Fontana, Rancho Cucamonga, Upland, Montclair, Claremont, Pomona, Covina, Baldwin Park and El Monte. The line is scheduled to begin operations next year. It is planned as the first component of a proposed 400-mile commuter rail system throughout Southern California.
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