The four-year contract begins on June 11, with two two-year options to extend with Keolis.
Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner passengers are asked to look out for the latest updates on rail service and schedules.
Maintenance Training Manager Michael Tingley and Instructor Pat Courchaine of OCTA’s maintenance training team helped familiarize first responders with the systems on OC Bus.
The $286.3 million contract begins on June 11, for an initial term of four years.
The action comes just two weeks after the OCTA board approved a framework for addressing the rail issues in Orange County to help ensure uninterrupted rail service for passenger and goods movement along the second busiest rail line in the nation.
The Anaheim Canyon Station is an important stop along the Inland Empire-Orange County line.
The deal was reached following months of face-to-face talks and recent negotiations through a mediator that led to a tentative agreement late last week.
Work will involve drilling large steel anchors more than 100 feet long into the bedrock of the slope adjacent to the railroad track to prevent it from pushing the track further toward the ocean.
While a deal has yet to be reached, labor negotiations are ongoing between OCTA and the union representing OCTA’s 150 maintenance workers.
The union has stated that healthcare is one of the biggest sticking points.
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