Metrolink to Shut Down for 4 Days This Week

Published on December 26, 2023

LOS ANGELES—Metrolink is suspending all service for four days, beginning Dec. 26, to allow workers to clean and repair trains and upgrade the regional rail network. Metrolink trains will be out of service from Tuesday through Friday, resuming regular service on Dec. 30. The closure applies to the entire Metrolink system, including the Arrow service in San Bernardino County. Metrolink officials called the suspension a chance to complete repair and upgrade efforts to ensure “safer, more efficient service.” “Placing our system temporarily out of service was necessary to complete the final phase of a three-year modernization project at LA Union Station, which connects six of our seven lines and serves as the agency’s central hub,” Metrolink’s Chief of Program Delivery Justin Fornelli said in a statement....

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