U.S., California: New study says L Line to Montclair would add 28,000 riders and boost Metrolink ridership

By Steve Scauzillo, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, The Press-Enterprise; August 1, 2020

A new study on expanding passenger train lines into the east San Gabriel Valley and the Inland Empire says two is better than one.

When the L Line, formerly known as the Gold Line, is built out to Pomona by 2025, it will mark the first time the light-rail train will overlap with Metrolink’s Los Angeles-to-San Bernardino commuter line, not counting Union Station in downtown L.A. If extra money is found to fund the L Line’s extension to Claremont and Montclair, however, that would make three “transfer stations” for passengers to change between the electric trolley line and Metrolink’s locomotive-driven commuter rail.

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