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Metrolink Train Evacuated After Small Fire In Locomotive In Santa Clarita 

3/11/24 Metrolink fire

A reported fire on a Metrolink train at the Santa Clarita station prompted a response from firefighters Monday morning. Around 10:25 a.m. Monday, first responders received reports of a Metrolink train fire at the Santa Clarita Station in the 22000 block of Soledad Canyon Road, said Kaitlyn Aldana, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was ...

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Metrolink Announces Weekend Antelope Valley Line Track Closure 

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Metrolink is scheduled to temporarily close the Antelope Valley line due to maintenance this month. On Saturday and Sunday, March 16 and 17, Metrolink is scheduled to complete a maintenance and rehabilitation project along the Antelope Valley Line. This project is set to result in a full closure of the line during the work window, according to Metrolink officials. Be ...

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Small Canyon Country Brush Fire Halts Antelope Valley Line Railroad Traffic

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A small brush fire in Canyon Country has shutdown the railroad tracks on the Antelope Valley Line Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:50 p.m. Wednesday, first responders received reports of a brush fire near Canyon Park Boulevard and Jason Drive in Canyon Country, said Geovanni Sanchez a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD). As of 3:20 p.m., the brush ...

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Metrolink Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Newhall

Metrolink Train Santa Clarita AV Line Stopped

A Metrolink train struck a vehicle left on the tracks in Newhall Sunday night. A northbound Metrolink train struck an SUV left on the tracks at Newhall and Railroad Avenues at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday night, according to Geovanni Sanchez, spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Fire Department. “We had a train that struck a non-occupied vehicle, no injuries or ...

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Metrolink Conductor Pepper-Sprayed, Suspect Arrested 

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A man was arrested after he allegedly pepper-sprayed a train conductor at the Vista Canyon Metrolink Station Thursday. Around 8 p.m. Thursday, first responders received reports of a person being pepper sprayed at the Vista Canyon Metrolink Station in Canyon Country, said Sgt. Nelson Rios with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station. “A Metrolink conductor was pepper sprayed on the ...

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Metrolink To Close Post-Christmas Due To Maintenance

Metrolink is scheduled to halt all trains after Christmas Day for maintenance work.  Metrolink and Arrow trains are set to be out of service for four days from Tuesday, Dec. 26 through Friday, Dec. 29.  Metrolink is scheduled to resume its regularly scheduled train service on Saturday, Dec. 30, according to officials. Metrolink is making the most of the closure ...

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Metrolink To Suspend Service Between Christmas, New Year

The Metrolink is scheduled to suspend its services for three days between Christmas and New Year’s Eve in order to complete a project.  Metrolink is scheduled to suspend service on all lines from Tuesday Dec. 26 to Friday, Dec. 29 in order to complete the final phase of a three-year modernization project.  “When we temporarily pause our service in late ...

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City Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony To Celebrate Santa Clarita’s Newest Metrolink Station 

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The City of Santa Clarita held a ribbon cutting ceremony Friday to celebrate the opening of the Vista Canyon Multi-Modal Center, the city’s  newest Metrolink station.  The Vista Canyon Multi-Modal Center is the city’s fourth Metrolink Station north of the Via Princessa Station, serving the Antelope Valley line between Lancaster and Los Angeles Union Station. “This is about creating a ...

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The City Of Santa Clarita Is ‘On Track’ To Open Up It’s Fourth Metrolink Station 

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The City of Santa Clarita is set to open a new Metro link station this month in Canyon Country to help reduce vehicle traffic on local roads. The ribbon cutting event is scheduled to take place on Friday, Oct. 20th at 1 p.m., inviting residents, commuters and local partnering organizations to officially open the fourth Metrolink station in the city. ...

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Man Struck By Train In Canyon Country Identified 

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The identity of the man struck by a Metrolink train on Wednesday has been released. Edgar Orozco, 35, of Canyon Country, was identified as the man struck and killed by a Metrolink train on Wednesday morning, according to the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner’s Office. An Antelope Valley Line Metrolink train reported striking a pedestrian at the intersection of ...

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