53 - Weekdays: 44 minutes / Weekends: 60 minutes.Routes serving the IBC and their Average Frequency: Plan your transit trips on the web using Google Transit or OCTA’s trip planner, via their Routes and Schedules webpage. With routes traveling in and through the IBC and connecting service to public transportation throughout Southern California, OCTA can help get you where you need to go. The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is a multi-modal transportation agency serving Orange County and is Irvine’s largest public transportation provider. OCTA operates local and express service within Orange County and express service to Los Angeles and Riverside counties.

It provides reliable transportation and mobility for the entire region while creating less congested roadways and more livable communities. Metrolink is a commuter rail system throughout Southern California linking communities to employment and activity centers. AMTRAKĪmtrak is an intercity rail system throughout the nation with several stops throughout Orange County and Southern California. TRIPS is a transportation service available to Irvine residents (18 and older) who are unable to drive due to permanent physical and/ or cognitive disability. The Irvine Station, located in the Spectrum area of the City, is a growing transportation hub in South Orange County. For more information go here: Orange County Transportation Authority Irvine Station These passengers must be certified by OCTA to use the ACCESS system by meeting the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) eligibility criteria.

View the Irvine CONNECT flier ACCESS ServiceĪCCESS is OCTA's shared-ride service for people who are unable to use the regular, fixed-route bus service because of functional limitations caused by a disability. Retail centers on Alton Parkway and Barranca Parkway.Sierra Vista and Lakeside middle schools.Irvine CONNECT provides free shuttle service for community members – making it easier than ever to get around the City of Irvine. Beginning April 1, ride on the Irvine CONNECT shuttle service to travel between the northern end of Irvine to Irvine Station, with stops at parks, schools, hospitals, and shopping centers. NEW Irvine CONNECT Shuttle Service Set to Begin April 1 Route 403D - For Irvine Station to Spectrum area routes.Ĭomments or questions should be directed to OCTA at 71, ext. 2 or visit.

Routes 400A and 401B - For Tustin Station to Irvine Business Complex routes.

Today, Irvine Station, at Barranca Parkway and Ada in the heart of the Spectrum District, is the most popular station in Orange County, serving over 1 million passengers annually.Įllen Bell is an Orange County historian and author of “Irvine: Images of America.The iShuttle, operated and managed by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), serves residents, employees and employers in the Irvine Spectrum Area and the Irvine Business Complex (IBC) by taking commuters and residents to and from work and home.įor information on iShuttle routes, visit the OCTA website. Scroll down and click on 'City Bus Connections.' that day, the price of a ticket to Union Station was $9, half the current fare. said on the first day of service, “They’d rather get on here, near where they live.” When the first passengers boarded at 6:15 a.m. To get the word out, city officials and chamber members hailed passing trains to let local passengers know they no longer had to drive to Santa Ana or San Juan Capistrano to catch a train. This all changed in June 1990, when the city opened Irvine Station, offering Amtrak commuter service. Back then, the train picked up lima beans (and later oranges) and dropped off bags of mail, but no passenger service was available. Trains have played an important role in Irvine since 1887, when the Santa Fe Railroad first laid tracks across The Irvine Ranch. Ellen Bell, president of the Irvine Historical Society

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