The nation’s longest rail line is getting longer! **Metro Board Chair Fernando Dutra announced today that the A Line Extension to Pomona will open on Friday, September 19.** > View this post on Instagram > > A post shared by Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (@metrolosangeles) The A Line Extension will add 9.1 miles of track and four new stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, and Pomona, connecting the people who live and work in these San Gabriel Valley cities with one another, Greater Los Angeles and beyond. Riders will be able to transfer between Metro and Metrolink at Pomona Station, giving everyone a new, faster way to ride between the Inland Empire and Foothill Cities corridor. The extension will improve access to educational institutions (such as Cal Poly Pomona, University of La Verne, Mt. San Antonio College, and Pomona College among others), recreation centers like the Los Angeles County Fairplex (where cricket will make its official return to the Olympic Games in 2028!), as well as regional parks, museums, and historic downtowns. The project marks the ninth project completed in Metro’s Twenty-Eight by ‘28 initiative, an ambitious plan to enhance the region’s transit infrastructure in time for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Even better: the A Line extension will give everyone an alternative to the 210 freeway. The new stations are designed to make your trip easy, whatever modes of transportation you use. Each station will be equipped with bike lockers, EV chargers, vehicle drop-offs and park-and-ride facilities. * * * A little background: The Foothill Corridor was once served by Pacific Electric’s Monrovia-Glendora line, but rail disappeared from the region in 1951. In 1990, Metro’s predecessor, the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC), began studying routes to return rail to the corridor, spurred by the purchase of a former Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (ATFF) right-of-way. In 1998, the California State Legislature established a joint powers authority—the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority—to oversee building the extension from Pasadena to Montclair. The first section between downtown L.A. and Pasadena opened in 2003 and the first extension to Azusa, debuted in 2016. In 2020, construction began on the soon-to-open section that extends the A Line to Pomona. This past January, the Construction Authority turned the project over to Metro for training and pre-revenue service. Whether you ride Metro to commute, go to school, or simply explore, we’re very excited to provide you a new way of moving around the San Gabriel Valley. Thank you, as always, for going Metro. ### Like this: Like Loading... ### _Related_ * * * ### Discover more from The Source Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe