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Metrolink
a metrolink train goes through an at-grade crossing
The wireless crossing nearside station stop technology prevents unintended crossing activations to help improve traffic flow and ease congestion around the stations.
July 14, 2025
Metrolink
a man and a woman stand in front of a Metrolink ticket vending machine to purchase a ticket
The pilot aims to simplify which fare to purchase, lower the cost of monthly passes and introduce new discounts.
June 26, 2025
Metrolink
people exit a Metrolink train onto a station platform
The agency recorded more than 122,000 boardings in March.
April 29, 2025
Metrolink
The new technology works to reduce traffic congestion on Juniper Avenue between Orange Way and Ceres Avenue, while improving safety for drivers and pedestrians along the corridor.
The new technology works to reduce traffic congestion on Juniper Avenue between Orange Way and Ceres Avenue, while improving safety for drivers and pedestrians along the corridor...
April 17, 2025
Alstom
Alstom has provided maintenance for Metrolink for the past 26 years.
Alstom has been serving as the maintenance provider for Metrolink’s fleet since 1998.
Dec. 10, 2024
LADOT
LADOT completes final phase of San Fernando Bike Path construction.
The completion of the three-phase San Fernando Bike Path provides a continuous, nearly 10-mile North-South bike connection in the East San Fernando Valley.
Sept. 17, 2024
Metrolink
Kevin Gray.
Gray will drive digital modernization, process optimization and strategic collaboration while managing the day-to-day activities of the agency’s integrated digital and technology...
Sept. 5, 2024
The Southern California Regional Rail Authority
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Passengers transferring between Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line and the ONT Connect shuttle service will now have a more seamless experience with this new direct and free shuttle...
June 25, 2024
Metrolink
Darren Kettle.
Kettle joined Metrolink in September 2021 with more than two decades of public transportation experience in southern California and has guided the agency through the COVID-19 ...
June 7, 2024
Metrolink
Metrolink has implemented a WCNSS system at the Del Obispo Street crossing near the San Juan Capistrano Station in Orange County, Calif.
The technology, which went live at the crossing on June 1 and is funded by a CRISI grant, creates a better experience for drivers and pedestrians while increasing safety for Metrolink...
June 4, 2024

Podcasts

Jen Dakas
Infrastructure Technology Podcast Season 2, Episode 3 graphic.
Infrastructure Technology Podcast
In episode three of season two of the ITP, Mass Transit Associate Editor Brandon Lewis sits down with Metrolink to discuss their new WCNSS technology.

News

Railhead Corp.
The Railhead Corporation logo, featuring a bold black 'R' centered within an orange circle and double black ring, above the company name 'Railhead Corporation' in black italic and spaced capital lettering
The contract comes on the heels of a new federal requirement that all lead passenger locomotives must be equipped with compliant inward- and outward-facing image recording systems...
Aug. 6, 2026
Metrolink
Metrolink has launched contactless payments on the San Bernardino Line and Arrow service.
Contactless payment eliminates the need for riders to visit a ticket machine or download the a mobile app to use either system.
June 12, 2026
Metrolink
Metrolink has implemented its Wireless Crossing Nearside Station Stop technology at two crossings near Baldwin Park Station in Los Angeles County, Calif.
The new WCNSS technology communicates in real time with Metrolink’s Positive Train Control network.
Oct. 27, 2025

Articles

Brandon Lewis
Jonathan Hunt (left), Tom Schamber (center) and Blythe Bailey (right).
Personnel updates from around the public transit industry.
Aug. 22, 2025
Brandon Lewis
Hilary Konczal (left) and Becca Nagorsky (right).
Personnel updates throughout the public transit industry.
Feb. 7, 2025
Metro Transit
A rider tapping her card on a Metro Transit bus in Minneapolis.
All four transit agencies are implementing strategies to reduce the cost of public transit across their respective regions.
Nov. 15, 2024
Caltrain
Caltrain, L.A. Metro and Metrolink roll out rail safety initiatives for Rail Safety Month.
These agencies are utilizing social media to focus on increasing attention to the importance of following safety protocols around railways.
Sept. 6, 2024
Metrolink
Rail service on San Clemente tracks has been suspended for the fifth time in three years.
OCTA and Metrolink are working to clear the tracks after debris from the hillside slope along the Mariposa Trail Bridge in San Clemente had fallen onto the right of way and rail...
Jan. 29, 2024
LA Metro
L.A. Metro Ambassadors continued their customer service work throughout the storm.
The storm made landfall in Mexico before moving north into California, bringing high winds and heavy rains into the state.
Aug. 21, 2023
OCTA
The wall built to protect the rail line below the Casa Romantica slope.
The authority selected HDR to conduct Phase 1 of a two-phase study looking at ways to protect the coastal rail line between Dana Point and San Clemente, Calif.
Aug. 16, 2023
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner/LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Credit Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Lossan Rail Corridor Agency
Train service has been disrupted since late April after the slope below Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens in San Clemente began to slide.
July 12, 2023
City of Calgary
The government of Alberta and city of Calgary will study alignments to bring rail service to Calgary International Airport.
The Alberta government is investing in a study evaluating a rail connection to Calgary Airport while a cost sharing agreement between SBCTA and L.A. Metro supports the study expanding...
July 11, 2023
OCTA
On June 5, the slope below the Casa Romantica Cultural Center in San Clemente, Calif., moved significantly with debris, dirt and a tree entering the right of way of the rail line at the bottom of the slope.
The slope below the Casa Romantica Cultural Center experienced a significant slide in early June that has stopped passenger rail service indefinitely.
June 15, 2023

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Metrolink receives federal funding to develop pioneering track intrusion detection system.
The agency was awarded a $1.3 million SMART Stage 1 grant from USDOT, as well as an additional $1 million in congressionally directed spending from Rep. Brad Sherman for the project...
April 11, 2024
OCTA
OCTA, Metrolink to study long-term solutions to protect San Clemente rail line
Regular passenger service on the rail line resumed March 25 following a near two-month suspension of passenger rail traffic due to soil and debris sliding into the rail right ...
March 27, 2024
OCTA
Regular service will resume on the San Clemente rail line March 25.
Service had been suspended since late January due to a landslide from a privately-owned hillside that littered the rail right of way below with soil and debris.
March 21, 2024
Metrolink
Metrolink signs USDOT's anti-human trafficking pledge.
To help make its system safer for riders, Metrolink is launching specialized anti-trafficking training for its employees and an ad campaign on noticing the signs of trafficking...
March 13, 2024
OCTA
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner resumes limited passenger service through San Clemente.
OCTA, Metrolink and LOSSAN agreed service on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner can resume after 33 steel beams for the foundation of the containment wall at Mariposa Point were installed...
March 7, 2024
OCTA
Construction has begun on the catchment wall at Mariposa Point in San Clemente.
The 200-foot-long wall, which will stabilize the slope above the rail line, will be completed in mid-March with passenger rail service anticipated to return by late March or ...
Feb. 29, 2024
Metrolink
Metrolink to purchase two zero-emission rail vehicles.
The agency has received $59.3 million from the South Coast AQMD Governing Board to purchase the vehicles; the board also approved up to $87.4 million from South Coast AQMD’s contingency...
Feb. 23, 2024
OCTA
California Transportation Commission awards OCTA $7.2 million to construct catchment wall at Mariposa Point in San Clemente, Calif.
The catchment wall will protect the track from soil and debris from a privately owned slope that slid into the rail right of way in late January.
Feb. 20, 2024
OCTA
The rail line was closed through San Clemente the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 24, when a landslide on private property above the city-owned Mariposa Trail Pedestrian Bridge caused major damage to the bridge and scattered debris onto the track.
In response to a recent landslide in the OCTA service area, the agency is moving forward with plans for a barrier wall to protect tracks from sliding land in San Clemente near...
Feb. 6, 2024
Metrolink
Metrolink will pause service systemwide between Dec. 26 and Dec. 29.
The pause in service will allow Metrolink to complete infrastructure upgrades, maintenance and repairs, as the Los Angeles mega-region prepares to host high-profile international...
Dec. 14, 2023
St. Clair County Transit District
Progress has been made on the MidAmerican St. Louis Airport MetroLink extension project.
The project will extend the MetroLink light-rail system 5.2 miles from the existing Shiloh-Scott Transit Center in Shiloh, Mo., to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport in Mascoutah.
Nov. 28, 2023
Metrolink
Customers with valid tickets for either rail service now have a total of 30 weekday Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner train options between Los Angeles and Ventura County.
The partnership will help to expand the existing codeshare program, allowing Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner ticket holders with origin and destination stations between...
Nov. 8, 2023