Metrolink USC Football Express
Special train service takes fans to and from big home game
Cheer on the Trojans at a Thursday night home game starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Coliseum with help from Metrolink! OCTA will provide a special Metrolink train called the USC Football Express to take Orange County fans to and from the big game against the Arizona Wildcats on October 10. Just board a convenient Metrolink train near your home and take it to LA Union Station. From there, transfer to LA Metro Rail and you’ll be at the Coliseum quickly and easily with a few simple transfers. Transfers to LA Metro Rail are free. After the game, take the LA Metro Rail back to Union Station where you can catch Metrolink’s USC Football Express back to OC.
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Leave traffic and parking hassles behind
Why fight your way through traffic and crowded parking lots? Jump on the USC Football Express and enjoy a smooth hassle-free ride to the big game. Save your energy – and money – to spend at the game. Have fun with a train full of USC fans. Go Trojans!
Riding Metrolink is super easy
Riding Metrolink is easy and convenient. Just locate your station and schedule from the accompanying list. Be sure to arrive at the station about 15 minutes before departure time. Then, buy your ticket right there on the platform from the easy-to-use ticket vending machines (TVM). Tickets are not sold on board.
At the TVM, enter your departure station by using the convenient menu. Next, select your destination – LAUS, short for LA Union Station. Choose a regular round trip ticket and enter the number of passengers. Pay using credit or debit cards or cash. Click here for Metrolink ticket prices. You’re on your way!
Some more good news: Once you buy your roundtrip Metrolink ticket, you pay nothing for trains for the rest of the evening. Your transfer to the LA Metro Rail is free!
Ready to cheer on your team? Let’s go!
How to ride the USC Football Express to the LA Coliseum
Your trip begins in Orange County, continues into Los Angeles and brings you where you want to be…the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Thursday football night!
Begin your trip in Orange County with Metrolink
From Oceanside, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo:
- Take Metrolink 609
- Arrive at LA Union Station at 5:35 p.m.
From Irvine, Tustin, Santa Ana, Orange, Anaheim, Fullerton, Buena Park, Norwalk/Santa Fe Springs:
- Take Metrolink 609 or 689
- Metrolink 609 arrives at Union Station at 5:35 p.m.; Metrolink 689 arrives at Union Station at 6:20 p.m.
*Train may leave up to five minutes ahead of schedule.
Continue on with Los Angeles Metro Rail
No worries. No hassles. You’ll be there quickly and easily. Free transfer…no money required.
From Union Station:
- Follow the signs and walk toward the Red or Purple lines
- Take Red Line toward North Hollywood or Purple Line toward Wilshire/Western (Trains leave every five minutes; travel time is also 5 minutes)
- Exit at 7th St/Metro Center Station
- From 7th St/Metro Center Station, take Expo Line toward Culver City (Almost there! Trains leave every 10 minutes; travel time is also 10 minutes)
- Exit at Expo Park/USC or Expo/Vermont Station and walk one block south to the Coliseum
Your return home begins with Los Angeles Metro Rail
- From Expo Park/USC or Expo/Vermont Station, take the Expo Line toward 7th St/Metro Center Station (trains leave every 10 minutes)
- Exit at 7th St/Metro Center Station
- From 7th St/Metro Center Station, take Red Line or Purple Line toward Union Station (trains leave every 10 minutes)
- Exit at Union Station
Continue to Orange County with Metrolink
From Union Station:
- The USC Football Express will depart L.A. Union Station one hour and 15 minutes after the game ends and travel south to Oceanside and all points in between.
