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Following September 19th’s historic opening of the new Foothill Gold Line stations, now part of the Metro A Line system, we asked community members… With the new extension now open from Glendora to Pomona: Where will you ride?
Click here or below to watch a short video of just some of the answers we heard.
The Fall 2025 Foothill Gold Line project newsletter is now available. This quarter's issue includes a look back at how the Glendora to Pomona project segment was completed on time and on budget, a peek of the art at the four new stations and along the project corridor, as well as the latest on the Pomona to Montclair project segment. Click here or below to read the latest newsletter.
 Photo: Riders at the new San Dimas Station
For questions about riding the Metro A Line (schedule, fares, schedules, parking, bike lockers, etc.), please visit Metro's official webpage at https://www.metro.net/alinetopomona/. You can also call 323-GO-METRO (323-466-3876) or email customerrelations@metro.net.
Questions About Bus Connections to New Stations:
Foothill Transit runs the bus lines that connect to the new stations from Glendora to Pomona. For questions about Foothill Transit's services, go to https://www.foothilltransit.org/, call 1-800-RIDE-INFO (1-800-743-3463) or email comment@foothilltransit.org.
   Graphics: Artist renderings of future Claremont (top) and Montclair (bottom) stations
With completion of the Glendora to Pomona project, the Construction Authority has completed 23 of the 25 planned Foothill Gold Line stations from Union Station to Montclair. The agency is now focused on completing the final two-station segment from Pomona to Montclair, which will add new stations in the cities of Claremont and Montclair to the Metro A Line system. Here is an update:
As you may recall, the LA Metro board of directors awarded the Construction Authority $798 million late last year from a state grant funded by SB125. Those funds are for the portion of the final project segment from Pomona to Claremont (in Los Angeles County). Unfortunately, just last month, the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) board of directors voted to stop negotiating with the Construction Authority and to remove local funding that had been set aside for the portion of the project segment from Claremont to Montclair (in San Bernardino County). In case you missed them, here are statements published by the Construction Authority (click here to read) and SBCTA (click here to read) about the September 3, 2025 decision, and here is a link to a story that ran in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin after the decision.
While the Construction Authority is still committed to working with our partners in San Bernardino County to complete the system to the future Montclair Station at the Montclair TransCenter in the years ahead, the agency is not holding up work on the 2.3-mile Pomona to Claremont project, which includes the future Claremont Station, and expects to start major construction in 2027 and have the project completed in 2031.
The Construction Authority is currently underway with the procurement process to hire the design/engineering team, and will be underway soon to separately hire a construction manager. The procurement process for the design/engineering team kicked off this past June with the issuance of the Request for Proposals (RFP), and yesterday morning, the Construction Authority received proposals from multiple teams, as seen in the photo below.
The Construction Authority expects to award the design/engineering services contract in January; the same month, the agency expects to issue the RFP for the construction manager.
First Bids Received for Pomona to Claremont Procurement
 Photo: Foothill Gold Line CEO Habib F. Balian (right) and Foothill Gold Line Submittals Manager Margaux Vogel (left) with the design/engineering proposals
To learn more about the future Claremont Station, as well as the station art plan, click here to read the latest fact sheet. You can also sign up now to receive construction notices in the future by clicking here.
Foothill Gold Line staff was at Claremont’s Village Venture over this past weekend. Thanks to the hundreds of people that stopped by and asked questions. So many of you told us about your excitement for the line to reach Claremont; and also about great experiences riding the new extension!
 Photo: Foothill Gold Line booth at this past Saturday's Claremont Village Venture
Stop by our booths at these upcoming events to ask staff questions and learn more about the Foothill Gold Line:
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5th Annual Pomona Kindness Festival
 WHEN: Saturday, November 1 – 2 PM to 5:30 PM
WHERE: Shaun Diamond Plaza, 197 W 2nd St, Pomona, CA 91766
Click here for more information.
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Pomona's Taste of Pomona & State of the City
 WHEN: Thursday, November 13 – 5 PM to 7 PM
WHERE: Fox Theater Pomona, 301 S Garey Ave, Pomona, CA 91766
Click here for more information.
Thank you for your continued interest in the Foothill Gold Line. We appreciate your patience as we build this important regional project.
Lisa Levy Buch, Chief Communications and Strategic Development Officer and the Public Affairs Team
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