SoCal commuters ride Metrolink, skip I-405 closure headache

Southern California residents have been dreading the Interstate 405 closure between Interstate 10 and U.S. 101, which began early last night and will continue until the wee hours of Monday morning. Metrolink has set out to make life a little easier this weekend by providing more service for people traveling around the affected areas. And some Southern Californians have pounced at the opportunity.

William Wright, who is associated with Boy Scouts Troup 104 in Mission Hills, helped to accompany 22 boy scouts from Chatsworth so they could catch their flight into Washington State. "With Carmageddon going on, we decided not to chance it on the freeways and decided to take the Metrolink from Chatsworth all the way to Union Station and then take the [LAX] FlyAway just to get around the traffic. And it worked out great," said Wright, who purchased Metrolink's $10 Weekend Pass to get to Union Station.

Mike Jennings, who just flew in from Japan, said his wife advised him to take Metrolink so they could both beat the freeway congestion. "This sure worked out well. Being able to get there on the [LAX] FlyAway bus and catch the train fairly quickly and then be able to go home, that's a good thing especially for people traveling on an extended trip," said Jennings, who lives in Valencia. "And I'll be home in probably about as quick amount of time as I could if I had driven."

For more information on the added service we're offering and our $10 Weekend Pass, visit metrolinktrains.com

William Wright before boarding his train back
to Chatsworth.

Mike Jennings, shortly after flying in from Japan,
waiting for an Antelope Valley Line train.