LOS ANGELES — Commuter operator Metrolink and the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, which oversees Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner, have expanded their codeshare program, allowing ticketholders to ride either train service between Los Angeles and Ventura.
The new program, which began Monday, Nov. 6, is a pilot program currently scheduled to run through June 30, 2024. It gives passengers for either Metrolink or the Surfliner the option to ride 15 trains — 10 Metrolink and five Surfliners — in either direction on weekdays. Previously only some Surfliners were included in the codeshare program. The program is also good on weekends, when seven trains operate in each direction, five of them Surfliners.
“As a Ventura County resident and regular train rider, I am excited that we are now offering both Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner customers more flexibility,” Metrolink CEO Darren Kettle said in a press release. “Thank you to our LOSSAN and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner partners for building synergy between our services to deliver more convenient transit options for riders traveling between Ventura and Los Angeles. I hope we can build on this pilot program and extend similar benefits to riders traveling between Oceanside and Ventura, as we work to expand regional mobility like never before.”
More details on the codeshare program are available here.
Surfliner passengers can also ride Antelope Valley Line trains between L.A. Union Station and the Burbank-Downtown station.
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