Tustin Metrolink Station Fast Facts
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Tustin Metrolink Station Fast Facts Tustin Metrolink Station The Tustin train station is conveniently added new stations and has grown to located near residential neighborhoods, three service lines that now serve more Location employment centers and shopping than 4 million passengers per year. 2975 Edinger Ave. destinations in Tustin, Irvine and Newport Beach. Built in 2002, the Tustin station is In 2005, OCTA’s board of directors Tustin, CA 92780 one of the newest of Orange County’s approved the Metrolink Service Expansion 11 train stations. Program (MSEP) to provide more frequent Rail Operators train service between Fullerton and Metrolink Today, the Tustin station serves more than Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo. Increased 1,500 Metrolink passengers daily. This weekday service will begin in mid 2010. Weekday Rail Service number is expected to grow steadily as the Metrolink 19 trains adjacent Tustin Legacy development on the Future station enhancements under (Orange County Line) former 1,600 acre Tustin Base continues consideration include: Metrolink 16 trains to advance. (Inland Empire-Orange County Line) • Improved bus stop area From Tustin, Orange County’s Metrolink • Public restrooms Weekend Rail Service service offers local residents an alternative • Enhanced security features Metrolink 8 trains way to get to work, school or fun (Orange County Line) destinations in Los Angeles, parts of north • Improved pedestrian accessibility Metrolink 6 trains and south Orange County, Riverside and north of the station (Inland Empire-Orange County Line) San Diego. • New transit/shuttle service to adjacent employment centers Background Tustin Station Highlights Metrolink is Southern California’s rail Parking system linking residential communities • Provides Metrolink service to employment and (Orange County Line & The Tustin train station currently has more than 300 surface activity centers. Inland Empire-Orange County Line) Metrolink is operated parking spaces. To meet the • Nearby convenient retail shopping by the Southern growing parking demand and California Regional • Comfortable waiting area equipped with accommodate future growth at Rail Authority benches and shaded structures (no the station, the city of Tustin is (SCRRA)—a joint public restrooms) working with OCTA to design powers authority • Pedestrian underpass and construct a larger parking of five member facility in the near future. agencies • Information kiosk with automated ticket Construction of an 825-space representing the vending machines parking structure is expected counties of Los • Connecting OCTA bus service on to begin in summer 2010 and Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San routes 70 and 75; could be completed in 2011. Bernardino and and StationLink routes 472 and 473 This project may be expedited Ventura. As one of • iShuttle service to Irvine Business through design-build. five member agencies, OCTA Complex (IBC) administers all of Orange County’s Metrolink rail corridor service. Estimated Project Cost Metrolink Service $18 million Expansion Program For more information, contact Sarah Orange County Metrolink service began in Swensson, OCTA Community Relations, 1994 with nearly 144,000 riders. Since then, at (714) 560-5376 or [email protected]. Metrolink has increased roundtrip routes, 09M_156_5 Orange County Transportation Authority 550 S. Main Street, P.O. Box 14184, Orange, CA 92863-1584 • (714) 560-OCTA • www.octa.net 07/28/09.