AREA JOINING METROLINK'S RUN TO ROSES.Byline: City News Service A special Metrolink train, the Rose Parade Express, will run New Year's Day New Year's Day, among ancient peoples the first day of the year frequently corresponded to the vernal or autumnal equinox, or to the summer or winter solstice. In the Middle Ages it was celebrated among Christians usually on Mar. 25. , offering Antelope and Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. residents a ride to Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses. Metrolink has run a Rose Parade Express train between San Bernardino San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. and Arcadia for the past three years. This is the first time Metrolink has expanded service to a second route, which originates in Lancaster and stops at stations in Acton, Canyon Country and Saugus. Advance tickets are being sold as part of a package at a cost of $70 per person, which includes one round-trip Metrolink train ride, a round-trip shuttle from the Glendale station to the parade route, a reserved grandstand seat at Pasadena City College for the parade, and refreshments re·fresh·ment n. 1. The act of refreshing or the state of being refreshed. 2. Something, such as food or drink, that refreshes. 3. refreshments A snack or light meal and drinks. and snacks aboard the afternoon return train. ``We want our trains to go where people want to travel,'' said James Ledford, a Metrolink board member and mayor of Palmdale. ``And since more than 1 million people are expected to crowd into Pasadena to see those beautiful flower-covered floats on New Year's Day, it makes sense to take local residents there by train.'' Service will originate o·rig·i·nate v. 1. To bring into being; create. 2. To come into being; start. from the Lancaster station at 5 a.m. Jan. 1, with stops at Vincent Grade-Acton at 5:15 a.m., Princessa at 5:45 a.m., Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, at 5:51 a.m., Sylmar-San Fernando at 6:09 a.m., Burbank at 6:20 a.m. and arrive at Glendale at 6:30 a.m. A shuttle will take train passengers to the parade route. Following the parade, passengers will be shuttled from the parade route to the Glendale station. The return train will depart the Glendale station at 12:30 p.m. and make stops at Burbank at 12:36 p.m., Sylmar-San Fernando at 12:47 p.m., Santa Clarita at 1:05 p.m., Princessa at 1:11 p.m., Vincent Grade-Acton at 1:44 p.m. and arrive in Lancaster at 2:03 p.m. Passengers must purchase tickets by mail, e-mail or phone before Dec. 21. To place ticket orders, call the Metrolink Rose Parade hotline at (213) 452- 0215, where Visa and MasterCard are accepted, or write via e-mail through the Metrolink Web site at www.metrolinktrains.com. To contact the office by mail, direct correspondence to Rose Parade Express, Metrolink, 700 S. Flower St., 26th Floor, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA 90017. |
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