Readers of the Montclair City Manager’s Monthly are aware that City officials continue to work toward developing a transit- oriented district in North Montclair that retains a vision for arrival of the A Line light rail system (formerly the Gold Line) at the Montclair Transit Center. The A Line, operated by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro), is one of the many recent and ongoing rail transit projects that are shaping the expanding and dynamic nature of California’s rail infrastructure, particularly for Southern California — the nation’s center for rail transit development. This growth is spurred by a surge in train travel over the past decade; e.g., Eurail sold 1.2 million passes in 2023 — the most since its start in 1959, and Amtrak had its biggest year on record in 2024 with 32.8 million riders, a 15% increase from 2023. Southern California’s growing list of regional rail projects includes the following: ■ The Regional Connector Transit System in Downtown Los COUNTY SAN LUIS OBISPO SANTA BARBARA COUNTY Newhall Santa Clarita Via Princessa Vista Canyon Vincent Grade/Acton Palmdale Lancaster Lompoc - Surf Guadalupe - Santa Maria Grover Beach San Luis Obispo Antelope Valley Line Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Ventura County Line California’s Rail Future
69,050 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually and reducing average travel time by approximately 13 minutes per daily trip. In 2019, Metro began the process of updating its color lines to letters (See Map, below.) Letters are assigned in the order of each line’s original opening date; e.g., the Blue Line was Metro’s first rail line to open in 1990 and, thus, became the A Line. Metro Regional Rail Line Map
● A Line. The A Line (Blue Dot) is a light-rail line linking Downtown Los Angeles, Long Beach, and Pomona. At 56 miles with 48 stations, it is the longest light-rail line in the world. The route runs mostly at street level, with some elevated and underground sections. Montclair is the designated eastern terminus of the A Line. Key stops include Long Beach, Downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown, Pasadena, South Pasadena, Azusa and Pomona. The Regional Connector Tunnel links it to Flower Street and beyond. ● B Line. The B Line (Red Dot) is a fully underground subway stretching 14.7 miles from North Hollywood in the San Fernando Valley to Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles, with 14 stations.
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LOS ANGELES COUNTY
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
Sylmar/San Fernando Sun Valley
Ventura - East
Angeles opened in July 2023, and is a 1.9 mile underground light rail connection between the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station to the 7th Street/Metro Center Station in downtown Los Angeles. The Regional connector improves connectivity by allowing light rail system passengers to travel between destination points by bringing the A (formerly the Gold Line) and E (formerly the Expo and Blue Lines) Lines together at the 7th Street/Metro Center Station, along with the D Line and B Line (See LA Metro Rail Map 1, right), increasing access to jobs, education and essential services with only one, or even no transfers. The A Line goes directly between Long Beach and Pomona and the E Line goes directly between Santa Monica and East Los Angeles. The Regional Connector, alone, is producing substantial environmental and mobility benefits by diverting an estimated 17,400 daily riders from the roadways by 2035, eliminating roughly VENTURA COUNTY Sherman Way Roscoe Nordhoff Chatsworth
Burbank Airport North (AV Line)
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Burbank Airport South (VC Line)
Burbank - Downtown
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
METRO A LINE EXTENSION PROJECT
Fillmore Del Mar Memorial Park South Pasadena
San Bernardino Line Inland Empire - Orange County Line
Arrow Service
STATIONS OPEN SEPT. 19, 2025
North Hollywood
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
Universal City/Studio City
Glendale
Hollywood/Highland
Covina
Hollywood/Vine
Lincoln/Cypress Heritage Sq Southwest Museum Highland Park
CENTRAL LA
Hollywood/Western
Vermont/Beverly Vermont/Santa Monica Vermont/Sunset
Baldwin Park
Rail Station Transfer Station
METRO D LINE SUBWAY EXTENSION PROJECT
Chinatown
Wilshire/Vermont
Union Station
DOWNTOWN LA
Westlake/MacArthur Park
WESTSIDE
Busway On-Street Service
7th St/Metro Ctr
Regional Rail Station
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
LATTC/Ortho Institute Jefferson/ USC
Pico
Grand/LATTC
G Line Chatsworth to North Hollywood *Van Nuys Station closed until winter 2028, buses will stop at Van Nuys Bl and Oxnard St. J Line El Monte to San Pedro Metro Busway Street service in Downtown LA and San Pedro. A Line Pomona to Long Beach B Line North Hollywood to Union Station C Line LAX to Norwalk D Line Wilshire/Western to Union Station E Line Santa Monica to East LA K Line Expo/Crenshaw to Redondo Beach Metro Rail
EASTSIDE
San Pedro St
Washington
37th St/USC
Riverside - Downtown
Riverside Line
Martin Luther King Jr Leimert Park Hyde Park Fairview Heights Downtown Inglewood Westchester/Veterans Downtown Inglewood Westchester/Veterans LAX/Metro Transit Center Martin Luther King Jr Leimert Park Hyde Park Fairview Heights
Vernon
Riverside - Hunter Park/UCR
Slauson
Slauson
Moreno Valley/March Field
SOUTH LA
Florence
Riverside - La Sierra
Perris - Downtown
Commerce
Firestone
Manchester
Perris - South
103rd St/ Watts Towers Willowbrook/ Rosa Parks
91/Perris Valley Line
Corona - North Main
LAX
Aviation/ Century
Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs
Mariposa
Compton
Rosecrans
Corona - West
Buena Park
RIVERSIDE COUNTY
Artesia
Harbor Gateway Transit Ctr
El Segundo
Fullerton
GATEWAY CITIES
PACIFIC OCEAN
Del Amo
Douglas
Carson
Wardlow
Redondo Beach
Anaheim
Anaheim Canyon
Willow St
SOUTH BAY
Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Coast Hwy
Regional Rail
ORANGE COUNTY
Orange
Anaheim St
amtrak.com Amtrak
Santa Ana
5th St
Pacific Av
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
Tustin
Downtown Long Beach
1st St
San Pedro
metrolinktrains.com Metrolink
Irvine
Arrow Service
Antelope Valley Line Inland Empire - Orange County Line Orange County Line San Bernardino Line Riverside Line 91/Perris Valley Line Ventura County Line
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo
LA Metro Rail Map
San Juan Capistrano
San Clemente
San Clemente Pier Oceanside
LAX FlyAway flylax.com/flyaway Airport Shuttle
Solana Beach
San Diego
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
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