Metrolink service along the Perris Valley Line will remain suspended Sunday for construction work, with no commuter trains available to retrieve or drop passengers at four stations between Riverside and Perris.
“The two-day shutdown began Saturday to provide safe conditions for crews to continue working on infrastructure enhancements as part of the `Moreno Valley/March Field Station Improvements Project,”’ according to a Riverside County Transportation Commission statement.
It’s the second service suspension in as many months.
The locations impacted are Hunter Park in Riverside, the March Field stop in Moreno Valley, the Downtown Perris station and the South Perris station, according to RCTC.
No passenger rail service will be available at these locations until Monday morning.
“Alternate transportation will be provided by Metrolink to accommodate passengers traveling to destinations serviced by the Perris Valley Line,” RCTC said.
Throughout the weekend, crews are working to extend the current train platform at the March Field station, making improvements to a pedestrian crossing and upgrading drainage channels.
The $33 million Moreno Valley/March Field Station Improvements Project began in October 2022.
It entails elongating the existing platform to enable passengers to enter and exit all cars in six-car trains, constructing a second train platform and modifying 2.5 miles of track to facilitate a future nine-mile double-track corridor.
The project is slated for completion in the first half of 2024.