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[CNJRoss]

Metrolink news release:

 

Metrolink to begin 91/Perris Valley Line service June 6

Thursday May 12, 2016

 

LOS ANGELES - Today, Metrolink and Riverside County Transportation Commission officials announced service along the 91/Perris Valley Line (91/PVL) will begin Monday, June 6. The 91/PVL is the first extension of Metrolink service since the Antelope Valley Line was built in 1994.

 

"We are very excited the residents of the Perris Valley will soon be able to board Metrolink stations in their community and reach areas through Southern California," said Metrolink Board Vice-Chair Daryl Busch, who is also the mayor of the City of Perris and a member of the Riverside County Transportation Commission. "Metrolink and RCTC staff has worked incredibly hard to make this concept a reality."

 

The extension of the 91 Line will serve four additional Riverside County stations: Riverside-Hunter Park/UCR, Moreno Valley/March Field, Perris-Downtown and Perris-South. 

 

Weekday 91/PVL trains 701, 703 and 705 will all originate at the Perris-South Station with service beginning at 4:37 a.m. In the evening, trains 702, 704 and 706 will all return to Perris with the last train reaching its final destination at 7:50 p.m. There will also be three round trips each weekday between Perris and the Riverside-Downtown Station. There will be no weekend service to or from the four new stations.

 

The 24-mile 91/PVL extension enhanced 15 at-grade crossings in Riverside County.  The variety of safety measures includes: flashing warning devices, gates, raised center medians, striping and pavement markings. The project also added pedestrian crosswalks at two railroad crossings and permanently closed two others.

 

To increase awareness of the dangers of crossing railroad tracks, a continuing public outreach program, "See Tracks? Think Train," was launched in 2014 to select Riverside County schools, neighborhoods and community groups. Also, an extensive outreach campaign with the University of California, Riverside is ongoing.

 

For more information about Metrolink and the new service, please visit www.metrolinktrains.com/pvl.

[KevinKorell]

Inland Empire Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA, 5/29/16:

Preaching safety as Perris Valley Line starts rolling

As Metrolink crews gear up to start service along the Perris Valley Line on June 6, rail officials have been out in full force promoting a message of train safety to communities that don’t typically see more than one or two trains in their neighborhoods each day.

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[KevinKorell]

Inland Empire Press-Enterprise, 6/1/16:

Metrolink's Perris Valley Line is ready to roll

 

With the opening of the Perris Valley Line just five days away, local government leaders and regional transportation officials previewed the 24-mile addition to the Metrolink which will convey the commuter rail service deeper into Riverside County.

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[KevinKorell]

Inland Empire Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA, 6/6/16:

 

Perris Valley Line rolls out right on schedule

The first extension of Metrolink service in 22 years became a reality before the break of dawn on Monday, June 6, when the first train to ride the Perris Valley Line pulled out of a gleaming new station in south Perris.

 

Here is the story.

[KevinKorell]

Valley News, Fallbrook, CA, 6/6/16:

 

Metrolink’s new Perris Valley Line commuter service starts today

All aboard, Riverside. The new Metrolink commuter rail service begins today, June 6, with service between Riverside and Menifee.

 

This story

[KevinKorell]

Blog in Inland Empire Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA, 6/2/16:
 

 

Perris Valley Line offers not only a smooth ride, but sightseeing, too

The new Metrolink line between Riverside and Perris passes through what I think must be one of the prettiest stretches in the entire passenger rail system.

On the rollout tour for media and elected officials Wednesday, the train left the Hunter Park station headed south, hugging the edge of Box Springs Mountain, around graceful curves through rocky hillsides above quiet neighborhoods around UCR.

 

Blog

[KevinKorell]

Los Angeles Magazine, 6/3/16:

 

A New Metrolink Extension to Riverside Opens on Monday

So, March’s Gold Line extension opening and May’s new Expo Line to the beach weren’t enough to make you hop on the train? Well, if you live out in the suburbs near Riverside, there’s another new rail option coming your way.

 

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[KevinKorell]

Desert Sun, Palm Springs, CA, 5/13/16:

Metrolink extends to Moreno Valley

Commuting into Los Angeles may be getting a little easier for those of us in the Coachella Valley.

Metrolink will begin operating trains into Perris Valley with a stop in Moreno Valley, which means riders from the Palm Springs region no longer need to drive into downtown Riverside to catch the southern California commuter train system.

Here is that story.

[Sloan]

The Southern California Railway Museum (nee Orange Empire Railway Museum) is very close to Metrolink's South Perris station.  I'm not sure whether that's a walkable distance, however.

 

http://www.metrolink...ion_id/145.html

 

Sloan

[KevinKorell]

The Southern California Railway Museum (nee Orange Empire Railway Museum) is very close to Metrolink's South Perris station.  I'm not sure whether that's a walkable distance, however.

 

But again, the schedule does not allow for one to ride outbound, spend more than a few hours in South Perris (such as attending a museum) and then return same day. And no weekend service at all on the Perris extension.