Montclair Transit Center

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Montclair Transcenter, March 2025.jpg
Montclair Transcenter in 2025
General information
Location5091 Richton Street
Montclair, California
United States
Coordinates 34°05′38″N117°41′46″W / 34.0940°N 117.6962°W / 34.0940; -117.6962
Owned byCity of Montclair, State of California, San Bernardino County Transportation Authority
Line SCRRA San Gabriel Subdivision [1]
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Parking1,600 spaces, 32 accessible spaces [2]
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedFebruary 22, 1993 (1993-02-22) [3]
Services
Preceding station Metrolink icon 2022.svg Metrolink Following station
Claremont San Bernardino Line Upland
Preceding station Logo Foothill Transit 02.svg Foothill Transit Following station
Pomona Transit Center
(stops en route)
Silver Streak Terminus
Location
Montclair Transit Center

The Montclair Transit Center (also known as the Montclair Transcenter) [4] is an intermodal transit center located at 5091 Richton Street in Montclair, California. It is located between Central and Monte Vista Avenues on Richton Street just north of the Montclair Plaza shopping center.

Montclair Transit Center is served by 44 Metrolink San Bernardino Line trains (22 in each direction) each weekday, with trains arriving every 30 minutes for most of the day, and every 60 minutes in the early morning and evening. Weekend service consists of 16 trains (8 in each direction) on both Saturday and Sunday, evenly spaced throughout the day. [5]

The transit center is jointly owned by the City of Montclair, Caltrans, and the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. Caltrans owns all of the parking spaces, while Montclair and SBCTA jointly own the transit center and Metrolink platform. [6] [7] Omnitrans, Foothill Transit, and the Riverside Transit Agency all provide bus service, with Foothill and RTA providing express service, Foothill providing bus rapid transit service via the Silver Streak, and Foothill and Omnitrans providing local service. It is also a station on the Metrolink San Bernardino Line.

The station serves as the dividing line between Foothill's service area and Omnitrans' service area. Omnitrans buses run to the east, while Foothill buses run to the west. Both agencies accept each other's passes for one transfer outbound from the station.

Greyhound moved to the transit center in 2022 from a location in neighboring Claremont, as part of its transition away from company-operated facilities. [8] The move caused controversy on the Montclair City Council, with one member falsely claiming that the Claremont Greyhound station was a magnet for crime, which was refuted by the city manager and rebuked by other council members. [9] A child care center also operated at the transit center, until it was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [7]

The FlixBus boards from the nearby Montclair Plaza mall, at Moreno Street and Lindero Avenue.

References

  1. SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail Network Schematics" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 19.
  2. "Montclair Train Station". Metrolink . Retrieved June 13, 2023.
  3. Napoles, Marianne (February 24, 1993). "Metrolink trains whistling into Montclair station". South Ontario News . p. 8. Retrieved July 6, 2019 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Local Transportation". Montclair, CA. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  5. "San Bernardino Line Schedule Updates". Metrolink . Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. "State-owned parking at Montclair transit center eyed for housing". Daily Bulletin. October 6, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Successor Agency to the City of Montclair Redevelopment Agency (November 4, 2013). "LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN" (PDF).
  8. "Greyhound moves to Montclair TransCenter from Claremont". Daily Bulletin. April 19, 2022. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  9. "Montclair adds Greyhound bus lines to its transit center". Daily Bulletin. December 23, 2021. Retrieved November 5, 2025.