METROLINK COMMUTER RAIL
Metrolink is one of Southern California’s best ways to beat the commuter blues. Metrolink trains have comfortable seating, on board restroom facilities, bicycle racks, and are ADA accessible.
RCTC is a member of a five-county Southern California Regional Rail Authority that operates Metrolink.
To learn more about Metrolink, click here.
Three Metrolink lines serve Riverside County:
- The Riverside Line travels to stations in Los Angeles County, including Pomona, Industry, Montebello/Commerce, and LA Union Station. It also travels to Ontario in San Bernardino County.
- The Inland Empire-Orange County Line serves stations in Orange County, including Anaheim Canyon, Orange, Santa Ana, Tustin, Irvine, Laguna Nigel/Mission Viejo, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, and Oceanside.
- The 91 Line/Perris Valley Line roughly parallels Interstate 215 and State Route 91 to destinations in north Orange County and south Los Angeles County, including Anaheim Canyon, Orange, Anaheim, Fullerton, Buena Park, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs, Commerce, and LA Union Station.
For questions about RCTC’s rail facilities, call 951.787.7141 or email info@rctc.org.
RAIL STATIONS
Unlike other Metrolink member agencies, RCTC owns and operates all of the nine Metrolink stations that serve Riverside County. All stations are ADA-compliant and are staffed with 24-hour security guards. Amenities include parking, vending machines, connecting bus service, and bicycle facilities (lockers, shells, racks). Look at the stations below for details.
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STATION ACTIVITIES
Metrolink Station Parking Lot Improvements
Riverside-Downtown Metrolink Station
Riverside-La Sierra Metrolink Station
Station Advertising
Individuals interested in conducting leafleting, solicitation, and/or political campaign activities at any of RCTC’s commuter rail stations must complete and submit a “Leafleting, Solicitation and/or Political Campaign Activities Permit Application” to the Commission’s Rail Department. All procedures and policies regarding the application process and advertising activities are outlined in the Non-Commercial Advertising Policy document, click here to download.
Permits shall be issued for two month periods as follows (except in the case of election months and the month immediately preceding election dates):
- January and February (Permit Period #1)
- March and April (Permit Period #2)
- May and June (Permit Period #3)
- July and August (Permit Period #4)
- September and Octrober (Permit Period #5)
- November and December (Permit Period #6)
Applications for a particular permit period shall be due by the 19th day of the calendar month immediately preceding the particular permit period.
For questions, please contact RCTC’s Rail Department at 951.787.7141. When completed, the Leafleting, Solicitation and/or Political Campaign Activities Permit Application together with a copy of the material to be distributed should be e-mailed to speterson@rctc.org.
RIDESHARE TO RAILS
Riverside County residents who carpool to Metrolink stations and then take the train are eligible for preferred parking at any of the Riverside County Metrolink Stations.
Rideshare 2 Rails participants are issued individually numbered parking permits that must be displayed to allow them to park in specially designated areas.
COACHELLA VALLEY – SAN GORGONIO PASSRAIL CORRIDOR SERVICE
The Riverside County Transportation Commission certified the Final Tier 1/Program-Level Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report in July 2022 for proposed daily intercity passenger rail service between Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley. In coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration and the California Department of Transportation, RCTC is proposing this service as an alternate mode of east-west travel across southern California, connecting the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside.
The service would provide game-changing access to jobs and education centers while reducing vehicle miles traveled and combating climate change and air pollution. In addition, the rail service would significantly expand economic opportunities by opening travel to restaurants, resorts, music festivals, sports facilities, and commercial and retail centers. The nine stations also offer a host of transit-oriented development opportunities. The proposed service would extend approximately 144 miles between Los Angeles and the Coachella Valley with stops in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, and Riverside counties, including up to six stations on the east end.
MONTHLY RIDERSHIP REPORT
As part of Senate Bill 125, ridership information is made available to the public that includes information for all transit operators by service mode in Riverside County.