Orange County, California Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Rail=== [[File:New Anaheim Amtrak Station Inside.JPG|thumb|[[Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center]] (ARTIC)]] [[File:The Depot at Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center.jpg|thumb|[[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]]]] Since 1992, [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] has operated three commuter rail lines through Orange County, and has also maintained Rail-to-Rail service with parallel [[Amtrak]] service. On a typical weekday, over 40 trains run along the [[Orange County Line]], the [[91/Perris Valley Line]] and the [[Inland Empire–Orange County Line]]. Along with [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] riders on parallel [[Amtrak]] lines, these lines generate approximately 15,000 boardings per weekday. [[Metrolink (California)|Metrolink]] also began offering weekend service on the Orange County Line and the Inland Empire-Orange County line in the summer of 2006. As ridership has steadily increased in the region, new stations have opened at [[Anaheim Canyon station|Anaheim Canyon]], [[Buena Park station|Buena Park]], [[Tustin station|Tustin]], and [[Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station|Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo]]. Plans for a future station in [[Placentia station|Placentia]] are underway and is expected to be completed by 2020. Since 1938, the [[Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad]] and later Amtrak, has operated the ''[[Pacific Surfliner]]'' regional [[passenger train]] route (previously named the ''[[San Diegan (train)|San Diegan]]'' until 2000)<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Trainweb |title=Amtrak Surfliner Inaugural Celebration - June 1, 2000 |url=http://www.trainweb.com/routes/route_ps/2000f01a.html |access-date=December 6, 2009 |archive-date=April 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421054213/http://www.trainweb.com/routes/route_ps/2000f01a.html |url-status=live}}</ref> through Orange County. The route includes stops at eight stations in Orange County including, in northbound order, [[San Clemente Pier station|San Clemente Pier]] (selected trips), [[San Juan Capistrano station|San Juan Capistrano]], [[Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station|Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo]] (formerly), [[Irvine Transportation Center]], [[Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center]], [[Orange Transportation Center]] (formerly), [[Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center]] (ARTIC), and [[Fullerton Transportation Center]]. [[OC Streetcar]], formerly known as the Santa Ana/Garden Grove Fixed Guideway Project, is a [[streetcar]] line connecting Downtown Santa Ana to the Depot at Santa Ana which is currently under construction and expected to open in 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://santaanatransitvision.com/fixed_guideway_project.html |title=Fixed Guideway Project |work=santaanatransitvision.com |access-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-date=April 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421165003/http://santaanatransitvision.com/fixed_guideway_project.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> OCTA has also proposed connecting the two systems via [[Harbor Boulevard]] and the [[West Santa Ana Branch]] corridor.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ocregister.com/articles/santa-360141-project-city.html |title=Proposed streetcar would connect Santa Ana, Anaheim, Garden Grove |work=[[Orange County Register]] |date=June 24, 2012 |first=Ron |last=Gonzales |access-date=January 18, 2013 |archive-date=May 11, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511040519/http://www.ocregister.com/articles/santa-360141-project-city.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-california-commute-20150512-story.html |title=Rail could make a comeback in O.C. with proposed streetcar line |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 12, 2015 |first=Dan |last=Weikel |access-date=April 16, 2020 |archive-date=July 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200727215140/https://www.latimes.com/local/orangecounty/la-me-california-commute-20150512-story.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Plans for a streetcar for Harbor Boulevard in Fullerton, Anaheim, and Garden Grove — the [[Anaheim Rapid Connection]] — were shelved in 2018. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page