GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY
FOR LAGUNA NIGUEL - MISSION VIEJO
NEW METROLINK STATION
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2002
OCTA, Metrolink Laguna Niguel, and Mission Viejo Officials To
Officially Open New $9.8 Million Commuter Rail Facility
http://www.trainweb.com/news/2002/2002e24a.html
WHO:
OCTA, Metrolink, Laguna Niguel, and Mission Viejo City Officials including:
OCTA Board Member/Metrolink Board Member Tom Wilson
Mission Viejo Mayor Susan Withrow
Mission Viejo Mayor Joe Brown
Caltrans District 12 Director Cindy Quon
WHAT:
Local officials to formally open new Laguna Niguel - Mission Viejo Metrolink Commuter Rail Station.
WHEN:
Friday, May 24 at 8:45 A.M.
WHERE:
28200 Forbes Road, Laguna Niguel (South of Crown Valley Parkway between San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (73) and I-5 Freeway).
BACKGROUND:
Service at the new $9.8 million Metrolink station started late last month. This event celebrates its official grand opening.
It is Metrolink's 10th commuter rail station in Orange County.
LAGUNA NIGUEL / MISSION VIEJO
METROLINK STATION OFFICIALLY OPENS
OCTA, Metrolink, Local Officials Unveil New $9.8 Million Facility That Will
Serve 19 Daily Metrolink Commuter Trains On Two Different Lines
LAGUNA NIGUEL -- The Orange County Transportation Authority
(OCTA), Metrolink, and representatives from the cities of Laguna Niguel
and Mission Viejo officially opened Metrolink's newest commuter rail
station today. The station, Metrolink's 10th in Orange County, will serve
a total of 19 trains per day and will help relieve congestion at the popular
Irvine and San Juan Capistrano stops.
The $9.8 million facility is located on Forbes Road, near the
intersection of San Joaquin Hills Toll Road (73) and the I-5 Freeway. Its
construction was funded by OCTA with Measure M 1/2 cent sales tax
funds, and financial assistance from Caltrans and the cities of Laguna Niguel
and Mission Viejo.
"The new Laguna Niguel / Mission Viejo Metrolink station will
provide much-needed relief for overcrowding and parking challenges at
our neighboring Metrolink facilities," said OCTA Chairman & County
Supervisor Todd Spitzer. "This is just one of several projects OCTA is
facilitating in its effort to expand Metrolink service in Orange County."
Both Metrolink's Orange County Line, which runs between Los Angeles
and Oceanside, and its Inland Empire / Orange County Line,
which runs between San Bernardino and Oceanside, will serve the new
facility.
The station features 323 parking spaces, four electric-vehicle
charging stations, a pedestrian underpass, and two 600-foot rail
platforms. Additional amenities include bicycle racks and lockers,
benches, an information kiosk, automated ticket vending machines, trash
cans, newspaper racks, landscaping and outside lighting.
OCTA and Metrolink plan to open two additional stations in Buena Park
and Yorba Linda in the spring of 2004 and 2005, respectively.
Earlier this month, OCTA marked the start of Metrolink's new "91 Line",
which provides direct service between Riverside - Fullerton - Los Angeles
and becomes the third Metrolink line to serve Orange County.
Metrolink is the Southland's regional commuter rail system
operated by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), a
joint powers authority formed in 1991. It services the six counties of
Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Riverside, San Diego and San Bernardino,
traveling across more than 416 miles of rail -- 87 miles of
which are within Orange County.
Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA)
550 South Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, Orange, California 92863-1584
714-560-6282 (714-560-OCTA)
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TO CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF THIS STATION!
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