Genesis & Formation of Metrolink (Southern California), 1992

Metrolink (English) /
Los Angeles County Transportation Commission, 1992.

Describes the genesis and formation of the Southern California Metrolink commuter rail system; explains the scope of the operations as well as details on its stations and safety measures. Includes historic footage of Union Station.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Metrolink
• commuter
• rail transit
• Trains
• Union Station (Los Angeles)
• history

[metrolibrarian]

Nice footage of early years of Union Station.

[trainkids]

Nice, but at 4:07 when the guy says the trains will be as long as 10 cars, YEAH RIGHT!!!! 10 cars are more like the GO train in Canada, Metrolink's trains are usually 3 to 5 cars long.

[Sniper12890]

Now it;s time for Commuter rail service around Houston

[phillyslasher]

@WetDirtProductions GO moves something crazy like 300,000 people a day. Metrolink is only around 43,000 per day. People in LA still love sitting on the freeway lol

[phillyslasher]

Awesome footage. A lot of the on board footage was on Amtraks "San Diegan" I would guess as well as a shot of people boarding a GO train. Still, this is pretty kick ass.

[DangLao]

Perhaps they will expand as more and more people decide to leave their cars behind and hop on the trains :D

[Pompadour123]

@Sniper12890 you guys have amtrak thats all you need what you want a Hudson Rail Express? HRE lol

[sffan51194]

Hemet? Still waiting then lol

[MATTFROMMI]

A lot changed since this video came out. The line to Santa Clarita was extended to Lancaster, the Ventura line was extended to Montalvo, the Hemet line was discontinued, Coaster took over the system south of Oceanside, the Blue Line's Pasadena branch became the Gold Line.

[ironqqq]

yep..the green line will connect to LAX.. ahhahaa

[WetDirtProductions]

haha yah i know we have alot more riders here but the towns the trains go to and come from are smaller..i dont get it lol. like LA is alot bigger then Toronto. and Barrie has like..150 000 ppl lol but yet theres still 10+ car trains. :P they are usually full though so idk.