Showing posts with label metrolink. Show all posts
Showing posts with label metrolink. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Metrolink Accident
An accident happened around Norwalk station canceling our train back to LA (689). I have to take San Bernadino Northbound (808) to Santa Ana station, and wait until 7:04 to catch A785 to LAUS.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Stranded In Laguna Niguel
This is the price if I fall asleep in the train and miss the Tustin station. I took off at Laguna Niguel station, and it took 1.5 hours of bus (OCTA 91-83-59) to get myself to the office.
Morale of the story: don't fall asleep at all cost.
Morale of the story: don't fall asleep at all cost.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Public Transportation
Today I managed to haul my ass up and took the train.
Left the Sierra Madre Villa Station at 5:45, arrived at LA Union Station around 6:15.
Riding 682 it left for Tustin at 6:45, and arrived at 7:42.
The damnest happened when I was to take the local bus to work. First, I asked a bus driver, which bus should I took to take me to Dyer and Red Hill, the driver shrugged. Consulting the OCTA bus map, it informed me that I need to take bus #471, the same bus which driver shrugged at me. Damn.
Adding insult to the injury she didn't tell me to keep my money, instead she let me to put in the fare, which is free for people who take Metrolink. Double damn.
In anger, over the driver's blatant show of stupidity, I dropped a 1.25$ worth of Metro token and it was accepted as 0.75$, I forgot that I was taking OCTA. Triple damn!
[ .. work .. ]
[ lunch with Anup, ruined my diet by hogging down BJ's Shrimp Scampi ]
[ .. work a little .. ]
[ .. cake cutting for Rose ..]
[ .. work some more .. ]
Everything was going well on the way home, this time I had a guide.
Jen told me that it is generally better to take the OCTA bus #471 at 16:38 than 16:53, since the later one could be running late and there are no more Metrolink train after #689 at 17:16.
Left the Sierra Madre Villa Station at 5:45, arrived at LA Union Station around 6:15.
Riding 682 it left for Tustin at 6:45, and arrived at 7:42.
The damnest happened when I was to take the local bus to work. First, I asked a bus driver, which bus should I took to take me to Dyer and Red Hill, the driver shrugged. Consulting the OCTA bus map, it informed me that I need to take bus #471, the same bus which driver shrugged at me. Damn.
Adding insult to the injury she didn't tell me to keep my money, instead she let me to put in the fare, which is free for people who take Metrolink. Double damn.
In anger, over the driver's blatant show of stupidity, I dropped a 1.25$ worth of Metro token and it was accepted as 0.75$, I forgot that I was taking OCTA. Triple damn!
[ .. work .. ]
[ lunch with Anup, ruined my diet by hogging down BJ's Shrimp Scampi ]
[ .. work a little .. ]
[ .. cake cutting for Rose ..]
[ .. work some more .. ]
Everything was going well on the way home, this time I had a guide.
Jen told me that it is generally better to take the OCTA bus #471 at 16:38 than 16:53, since the later one could be running late and there are no more Metrolink train after #689 at 17:16.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Union Station
Today, I decided to take Metrolink Gold Line to Union Station and see if I could get myself a ticket for tomorrow.
I was in limbo in when I arrived in Union Station, since all information booths were closed except for Amtrak's. There were several Metrolink vending machines and I tried to to buy a ticket from it, but it was spitting out irrelevant train information (apparently it was based on the the day's schedule instead of general information) causing me not to buy the ticket.
But the trip is not a total lost, at least I get a tour of the station and it was useful the next day.
Since I didn't get the information that I wanted, I decided to call Jen for advice on: which types of ticket should I buy, why the monthly ticket is not available, and how to validate the ticket.
On my way home: bought groceries, eat and sleep since I got a splitting headache.
I was in limbo in when I arrived in Union Station, since all information booths were closed except for Amtrak's. There were several Metrolink vending machines and I tried to to buy a ticket from it, but it was spitting out irrelevant train information (apparently it was based on the the day's schedule instead of general information) causing me not to buy the ticket.
But the trip is not a total lost, at least I get a tour of the station and it was useful the next day.
Since I didn't get the information that I wanted, I decided to call Jen for advice on: which types of ticket should I buy, why the monthly ticket is not available, and how to validate the ticket.
On my way home: bought groceries, eat and sleep since I got a splitting headache.
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