Fullerton Metrolink Station Fast Facts

Fullerton Metrolink Station

The Fullerton train station has served In 2005, OCTA’s board of directors as a passenger rail hub since the late approved the Metrolink Service Expansion Location 1800s. Located at Harbor Boulevard and Program (MSEP) to provide more frequent 120 E. Santa Fe Ave. Commonwealth Avenue, it is one of Orange train service between Fullerton and County’s 11 train stations. The Fullerton Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. Increased Fullerton, CA 92832 train station serves nearly 3,000 Amtrak and weekday service will begin in mid 2010. Rail Operators Metrolink passengers daily. Amtrak BNSF Railway (freight service) From Fullerton, Orange County’s Metrolink Parking Metrolink service offers local residents an alternative The Fullerton train station currently way to get to work, school or fun has 600 surface parking spaces. The Weekday Rail Service destinations in Los Angeles, parts of north daily parking utilization is routinely at Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 22 trains and south Orange County, Riverside and capacity. As part of MSEP, an additional Amtrak Southwest Chief 2 trains Metrolink (91 Line) 9 trains San Diego. parking facility is a priority. Projected Metrolink (Orange County Line) 19 trains parking demand for the station will require Fullerton Station Highlights more than 818 new spaces by 2030. Weekend Rail Service OCTA is currently working with the city to • Located in the heart of downtown Amtrak Pacific Surfliner 24 trains coordinate funding sources and develop Amtrak Southwest Chief 2 trains Fullerton, adjacent to neighborhoods plans for a second parking structure in Metrolink (Orange County Line) 8 trains and businesses the vicinity of the station. This project may • Provides Amtrak and Metrolink service be expedited through design-build. (91 Line and Orange County Line) Background Metrolink is Southern California’s rail • On-site restaurant with live entertainment system linking residential communities and gift shop Estimated Project Cost to employment and activity centers. $42 million Metrolink is operated by the Southern • Public restrooms California Regional Rail Authority • Comfortable waiting area equipped with (SCRRA)—a joint powers authority of five benches and shaded structures member agencies representing the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San • Pedestrian bridge Bernardino and Ventura. As one of five member agencies, OCTA administers all • Information kiosk and automated ticket of Orange County’s Metrolink rail corridor vending machines service. • Connecting OCTA bus service on routes 26, 43, 47, 147 and Express Route 213/213A For more information, contact Sarah Swensson, OCTA Community Relations, at Metrolink Service (714) 560-5376 or [email protected].

Expansion Program Orange County Metrolink service began in 1994 with nearly 144,000 riders. Since then, Metrolink has increased roundtrip routes, added new stations and has grown to three service lines that now serve more than 4 million passengers per year. 09M_156_1

Orange County Transportation Authority 550 S. Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, Orange, CA 92863-1584 • (714) 560-OCTA • www.octa.net 07/16/09