A SPECIAL REPORT: TRAINS
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ON THE RISE: Ridership is up on the county’s commuter train, but who pays the $126 to $246 a month for the ride to Los Angeles? The Orange County Transportation Authority says two-thirds are male, three-fourths are professionals or managers and nearly half have a household income of at least $80,000 a year. . . . Will train commuting ever be cheap enough for the hourly worker? Probably not, says an OCTA planner. “Under state law, fares have to cover 40% of operating costs. They’ll always be in the general range they’re in now.”
All Aboard
More passengers rode Orange County-run commuter trains during the last fiscal year.
June, 1990-91: 12,171
June, 1991-92: 11,011
Source: Orange County Transporation Authority
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