Record-breaking temperatures. Record prices at the pump.

The solution is electric rail. Time to electrify Metrolink and Capitol Corridor! #ElectrifyMetrolink

Metrolink electrification would boost efficiency and reduce pollution Metrolink can follow Caltrain’s success and not only deliver faster, more efficient train service for the region, but give struggling cities along the line a shot in the arm.

Electrify the San Bernardino Line! Now is the time to move forward. #ElectrifyMetrolink www.pressenterprise.com/2026/02/07/m...

Metrolink train pulls into station next to BNSF diesel freight locomotive

In Riverside, Metrolink trains run alongside BNSF's busiest main line, where riders and trackside residents are exposed to pollution from dozens of diesel trains a day. Electrification from Fullerton to SB could improve passenger and freight service and clean up the air for all. #ElectrifyMetrolink

More and more are saying, #ElectrifyMetrolink calelectricrail.org/electrolink-...

Same story in CA- Caltrain was record expensive because it was the first electrification project anywhere in the US in decades. We need a rolling electrification program, with multi-year funding agreements for the State Rail Plan, to bring down costs, #ElectrifyMetrolink #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor

Among today’s approved investments is $53 million to purchase 12 clean energy locomotives to replace older diesel engines across Southern California’s Metrolink system. Approximately $57 million will be spent to repair a section of State Route 1 near Lucia damaged by slides in last winter’s storms, and $9.5 million will help build a mobility center in Santa Maria that will serve as a hub for regional, clean-energy buses.

CA is investing $53m in new diesel locomotives that will last for decades. It's good that Metrolink can retire its dirtiest locomotives, but where is the plan to electrify? #ElectrifyMetrolink www.gov.ca.gov/2025/12/08/g...

Environmental documents and preliminary designs for High-Speed Rail between Los Angeles and Anaheim are out. They call for electrifying two tracks owned by BNSF, proving freight railroads are no obstacle to a public agency with teeth. SoCal could chose to implement this early to #ElectrifyMetrolink

Another reason for Metrolink to electrify: their renewable diesel fleet isn't actually reducing emissions. #ElectrifyMetrolink

Tragedies like this are a reminder of the need to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. Let's electrify our trains, run more service, and get people out of their cars so we can rely less on refineries. #ElectrifyMetrolink

LA next! #ElectrifyMetrolink

CalSTA plans to run hydrogen trains on portions of LOSSAN/Metrolink that must be electrified for high-speed rail and are ID'd as such in the State Rail Plan.

If Metrolink had a plan to electrify, we could have avoided this. #ElectrifyMetrolink

Caltrain and Metrolink are living proof. Invest in frequent, all-day service and see ridership rise. But Metrolink could be doing so much more #ElectrifyMetrolink

Very respectable ridership growth for Metrolink thanks to pulsed scheduling and the move towards all day service. Just imagine what electrification would do for ridership! #ElectrifyMetrolink

25% of IE residents work outside of the region, making them supercommuters. We urgently need much better Metrolink service in the region - time to finish SCORE, #ElectrifyMetrolink, and pass SB 79 so more people can live near transit.

The solution to traffic caused by super commuters is fast, frequent, reliable electrified regional rail. #ElectrifyMetrolink #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor

List from American Lung Association 2024 State of the Air Report. Shows counties in US ranked by ozone pollution. #1 San Bernardino, #2 Riverside, #3 Los Angeles

Screenshot from California Health Maps Cancer Incidence tool. Shows San Bernardino County has a higher 10 year age-adjusted incidence rate of lung cancer (45.0) compared to statewide (39.8).

Screenshot from California Asthma Dashboard from CDPH showing asthma ED visit rates in San Bernardino County with a 49.5 county rate vs 42.6 statewide. The higher rate is consistent across age groups 5+ years and above.

I remain convinced that the single most effective public health intervention we can achieve in the Inland Empire and esp in San Bernardino County (most polluted county in the country by ozone, high rates of asthma and lung cancer) would be to #ElectrifyMetrolink and #ElectrifyFreight.

Huge drop in air pollution as a result of Caltrain electrification! Let's extend those benefits to Metrolink, which operates in the counties with the nation's dirtiest air. #ElectrifyMetrolink

In addition to Caltrain (already electric), Brightline West, and the Central Valley segment of California High Speed Rail (under construction), the SRP calls for electrification of Metrolink's highest ridership lines and Capitol Corridor north of Oakland. #ElectrifyMetrolink

Transit riders, clean air enjoyers, and car-bound traffic haters all deserve scenario 3 with 15 minute Metrolink service on certain corridors.

According to the pro-hydrogen Hydrogen Council, catenary is cheaper than hydrogen trains with 15 minute all day service. #ElectrifyMetrolink

This #TransitEquityDay, a reminder that communities of color deserve fast, frequent, reliable, zero emissions rail service. We need electric rail in the Inland Empire, High Desert, Central Valley, inner East Bay - not just the Silicon Valley. #ElectrifyMetrolink #ElectrifyCapitolCorridor