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Corridor Needs
Various capital and operating improvements must be performed before Metrolink trains can come every 30 minutes:
Hire and train additional operating crews
Add a second track to the Ventura County line between Chatsworth and Van Nuys
Add additional sidings to the Antelope Valley Line between Sun Valley and Santa Clarita
Increase capacity on tracks between Los Angeles and Fullerton owned by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad.
Complete the "sealed corridors" program, where grade crossings are improved to increase safety and decrease train-auto collisions
Build grade separations at major street crossings, where necessary
Provide mitigation especially where tracks run near residential areas
Build L.A. Union Station Run-Through Tracks, which would allow through service
As improvements gradually come, Metrolink can incrementally increase service by reaching the following milestones:
Add reverse commute service to the Antelope Valley Line
Increase midday service to hourly headways
Add weekend service to the Ventura County Line
Add late night service to the Antelope Valley, Ventura
County, San Bernardino and Orange County Lines
Increase weekend service to hourly headways
Increase all-day service to 30-minute headways
Combine 4 existing lines to 2 lines and reduce transfers:
Chatsworth-Laguna Niguel, San Bernardino-Palmdale
Introduce service from Union Station to LAX and the South Bay via the Metro-owned Harbor Subdivision
Combine LAX/South Bay line with remaining Riverside Metrolink Line to form through service
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