Type Commuter rail line Status Operating Opened June 1993 Stations 7 | System Metrolink Daily ridership 5,161 (2011) Operator Metrolink | |
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Character Elevated and surface-level Locale Greater Los Angeles Area, Inland Empire Terminis Riverside – Downtown station, Los Angeles Union Station | ||
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Metrolink's Riverside Line is a commuter rail line running from Los Angeles Union Station in Downtown Los Angeles to Riverside along the Union Pacific Railroad. It runs weekday peak commuter hours only, with very little midday and reverse commute service. In 2011, the average weekday ridership was 5,161 passengers.
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The Riverside Line, the fourth line to be introduced, was added to the Metrolink system in June 1993. This line featured Saturday service from June 2000 until January 2002, when it was cancelled due to low ridership. As of August 2016, the line has six trains each way on weekdays.
As Metrolink trains share tracks with freight trains, delays of up to 90 minutes are not uncommon. In April 2005, morning westbound trains arrived on schedule 90% of the time, while those headed east during the evening arrived on schedule only 72% of the time.
The Riverside Line can be used to get to Ontario International Airport; however, the East Ontario station is 2.7 miles away from the front of the airport.
Stations
The stations on this line include:
- Union Station, Los Angeles
- Montebello/Commerce, Montebello
- Industry, City of Industry
- Downtown Pomona, Pomona
- East Ontario, Ontario
- Pedley, Jurupa Valley
- Riverside-Downtown, Riverside
Demographics
In 2011, the average weekday ridership was 5,161 passengers, with 46 percent male and 54 percent female. Eighty-nine percent of riders used the line for work commutes. The median household income for riders was US$86,028.
Ridership by ethnicity was evenly split:
Accidents
Several accidents have occurred on the Riverside Line since its inception. On December 30, 1993, around 6:15 pm, a pedestrian was killed in a collision with a Metrolink train near Bon View Avenue and Mission Boulevard (adjacent to Ontario International Airport).
In 1997, a 95-year-old, hearing-impaired man was hit and killed by a train as he crossed the Riverside Line. At 5:33 a.m. on January 30, 2003, a clinically depressed 37-year-old man was killed in a Metrolink train collision at a City of Industry rail crossing. The death reported to be a suicide.
On March 9, 2005, a Union Pacific train crashed near Fullerton Road and Railroad Street, derailing 21 rail cars and disrupting Metrolink service on the Riverside Line. The crash was caused by a broken track.
On December 13, 2006, at 4:40 p.m., a Metrolink train struck a man standing on the tracks near the Pomona Freeway and 7th Avenue, between Metrolink's Montebello/Commerce and Industry stations.