Placentia station is a proposed
Metrolink infill station
An infill station (sometimes in-fill station) is a train station built on an existing passenger rail, rapid transit, or light rail line to address demand in a location between existing stations. Such stations take advantage of existing train ser ...
located in
the city of the same name along Metrolink's
91/Perris Valley Line
The 91/Perris Valley Line, formerly known as the 91 Line, is a commuter rail route operated by Metrolink that runs from Los Angeles to Perris in Southern California, mostly paralleling State Route 91 between and stations. Operating since M ...
.
The
Orange County Transportation Authority
The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is the transportation planning commission for Orange County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. OCTA is responsible for funding and implementing transit and capital projects for ...
(OCTA) started discussing the station as early as 2012.
A station planned for neighboring
Yorba Linda was rejected by its local city council on March 16, 2004. The project was approved by the city in 2016, with construction planned to begin in 2018.
A former
packing house was demolished on the site to make way for the station.
construction was repeatedly delayed, owing to negotiations between Metrolink and the track's owners,
BNSF
BNSF Railway is the largest freight railroad in the United States. One of six North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 36,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and over 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that provide ...
. In January 2020, it was announced that construction of the Placentia Metrolink station would begin later in the year, with the station expected to be open by June 2022, but it has once again been delayed, with OCTA claiming construction of the project is "on hold" until mid-2024.
The cost of the project is due at $34.8 million,
of which the city pledged $5.4 million.
In 2014, the project was pegged at an estimated $23.42 million,
while a 2012 estimate was between $7.5–9 million.
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