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METROLINK PROM TRAIN TO CARRY 650 PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
METROLINK
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, April 30, 1999
Metrolink News Advisory
Contact: Peter Hidalgo
Metrolink Media Relations
(213) 452-0233
METROLINK PROM TRAIN TO CARRY 650 PALMDALE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
Southern Californias Newest Way to Get to the Prom
LOS ANGELES, CA, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1999: More than 625 Palmdale High School students and chaperones dressed in formal wear will board a late-afternoon Metrolink train on Saturday, May 1 from the Lancaster Station, destined for Los Angeles. The Palmdale High Junior/Senior Prom will be at the Hotel Inter-Continental in downtown Los Angeles.
These kids are riding aboard a 770-foot stretch limo when they ride Metrolink to the prom," said James Ledford, Metrolink Board member and Palmdale Mayor. Parents can rest assured that their kids will have a safe trip down-the-hill and back."
Students will depart from Metrolink Lancaster Station at 4 p.m. and arrive at Los Angeles Union Station at 5:35 p.m. The high school has chartered five buses to take the students from Union Station to the Hotel Inter-Continental. The train will return early Sunday morning, departing Los Angeles Union Station at 1 a.m. and arriving in Lancaster at 2:30 a.m.
The Metrolink Palmdale Prom Special train will consist of six passenger cars and two locomotives. The trip length is roughly 77 miles and takes about an hour and a half each way.
WHAT: Metrolinks Palmdale High School Prom train will carry 650 students and chaperones dressed in formal wear from Palmdale to Downtown L.A.
WHEN: SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1999
TIME: 3:30 p.m. Students Attending Prom Board Train at Lancaster
4 p.m. Metrolink Prom Train Special Departs Lancaster
5:35 p.m. Metrolink Prom Train arrives at L.A. Union Station
WHERE: (origin) LANCASTER METROLINK STATION
44812 N. Sierra Highway (near Lancaster Blvd.), Lancaster
(destination) LOS ANGELES UNION STATION 800 N. Alameda St. (near 101 Freeway), Los Angeles
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