OCTA completes upgrades at Metrolink's Anaheim Canyon station

The Orange County Transportation Authority in Southern California last week unveiled recently completed improvements of Metrolink's Anaheim Canyon Station.

Located on the Inland Empire-Orange County Line, the station now has a second passenger platform; new benches, shade structures and ticket vending machines; an extension of the original passenger platform; a new, 3,400-foot second track that will allow more than one train to stop at the station at the same time; and improvements to at-grade crossings at La Palma and Tustin avenues.

The upgrades are expected to improve service reliability and on-time performance, OCTA officials said in a press release. More than 36 trains travel through the area every day.

The $34.2 million project was funded by Orange County's Measure M sales tax for transportation improvements and federal sources.