Orange County Line

Orange County Line
Orange County Line
	Metrolink locomotive 860 at Irvine
Overview
Owner	BNSF (Los Angeles–Fullerton); SCRRA (Fullerton–OC/SD County Line); NCTD (OC/SD County Line–Oceanside)
Locale	Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties
Termini	L.A. Union Station; Oceanside;
Stations	15
Service
Type	Commuter rail
System	Metrolink
Operator(s)	Metrolink
Daily ridership	2,950 (June 2023)
Technical
Line length	87.2 miles (140.3 km)
Character	Elevated and surface-level
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed	90 mph (140 km/h) (top); 41 mph (66 km/h) (average)
Route map
	Legend
	Commerce
	(limited)
	Pico Rivera
	(proposed)
	San Clemente Pier
	(weekends)
	Amtrak Pacific Surfliner & Coaster
	to San Diego
	All stations are accessible
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The Orange County Line is a commuter rail line run by Metrolink from Los Angeles through Orange County to Oceanside in San Diego County, connecting with the Coaster commuter rail service to San Diego. The Orange County Line carries passengers to the primary Metrolink hub at L.A. Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, as well as to many attractions in Orange County including the Knott's Berry Farm area, Angel Stadium of Anaheim and the Honda Center, the Disneyland Resort, Old Town Orange, Santa Ana Zoo, Mission San Juan Capistrano and many more. In San Diego County, it serves the Oceanside Pier and Camp Pendelton.^[4]

^ "Quarterly Fact Sheet Q4 2022-2023" (PDF). Metrolink. June 30, 2023. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
^ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation.
^ "Metrolink Fact Sheet for June 2012" (PDF). Metrolink. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
^ "Metrolink Timetable" (PDF). June 6, 2016. Retrieved August 12, 2016.