OC Bus Route And Metrolink Services Reduced During COVID-19 Pandemic

Press release from the City of Mission Viejo:

March 23, 2020

All OC Bus routes have temporarily shifted to the Sunday service schedule seven days a week, according to the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), citing a necessary move to help protect the health of OCTA employees while providing reliability to riders who are dependent upon the OC Bus service.

The Sunday schedule, which is about 40 percent of the typical amount of weekday bus service, is listed by route on the www.OCBus.com website and in all OCTA bus books.

The OC ACCESS paratransit system for riders with physical or cognitive limitations continues to operate at full-service levels, and the OCTA Station-link buses carrying passengers from Metrolink commuter trains are running as usual.

Metrolink has reduced service due to low ridership from COVID-19. The Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo station has two lines that are affected; the 600 series (Orange County Line) and 800 (IE-OC Line). Metrolink's temporary service reduction schedule can be found here.

As we reported last week, our MV Shuttle Service was suspended to protect public health and help slow the spread of the virus.

Stay tuned to our dedicated webpage at https://cityofmissionviejo.org/covid-19 for further updates regarding the pandemic’s impacts to our community.

This press release was produced by the City of Mission Viejo. The views expressed here are the author’s own.