The following excerpts appeared in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin on May 10, 2026. To read the full article (may require subscription), click here.

David Allen: A Line trains are creating buzz from Pomona westward – Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Passengers disembark from an A Line train at the Pomona North station on Wednesday, May 6. The station, the end of the line, is attracting some 1,800 riders a day. (Photo by David Allen, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)

By David Allen

May 10, 2026

[excerpts]:

Robert Dukes of Pomona took his 16-year-old grandson to Philippe on the A Line days before my own trip. The teen had never been to the French dip restaurant. His grandfather first ate there in 1952.

“It was our first time on the A Line and I was favorably impressed,” Dukes said. “A lot less expensive and better timetable than the alternative.”

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“We ride it from San Dimas to South Pasadena and other destinations,” says Ed Rivas of the former municipality, “and we love having the train in our city!”

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My SCNG colleague Grace Reaza’s retirement lunch last Wednesday was in Arcadia at a restaurant that is, providentially, two blocks from the A Line station.

I drove from Claremont to Pomona, paid $3 to park, boarded the train for 35 cents [senior fare], then turned around after lunch and repeated the steps.

All told, my round trip from Pomona was 38 miles. Cost: $3.70, less than the cost of a tank of gas.

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