West Corona
North Main Coronoa Metrolink Station opened as an infill station on the Inland Empire/Orange County Line and then-named 91 Line on November 22, 2002 and is shared with the Corona Transit Center. The historic Corona Santa Fe Depot is just beyond Main Street's bridge east of the station. The stop consists of two platforms for the two main line tracks. A third siding/industrial track that includes some switches into local buissinesses is just south of the two tracks but a fence along the platform for the south main line track prohibits trains from stopping on this siding. These platforms begin just east of the grade-crossing of Main Street and run east. The two platforms each have a series of white canopy structures throughout for passenger comfort. The platforms also have mini-high platforms at both ends due to the operational constriants of the western end of 91/Perris Valley Line trains and the eastern end of IEOC Line Trains.
At the eastern end of the platforms is a pedestrian grade-crossing with lights and bells, this grade-crossing is currently closed and not in use with a gate in the fence between the tracks locked. All passengers must use the pedestrian bridge that runs above the middle of the station to reach the quasi-island platform. This fully canopied bridge is painted white and has a decorative North Main Corona sign above the tracks that includes a decorative, colorful logo that resembles a treble cleff. This bridge has three main elevator shafts painted a dark blue, that leads to a white blue, before becoming white at the bridge level. The southern entrance leads down to a landing near Grand Blvd, a small parking lot, and just east of the Riverside Transit Agency's Corona Transit Center. This center has a central island design with four bays on each side, and can accomidate 8 buses at once. Continuing north is the only elevator/staircase entrance to the south 'island' platform, followed by the staircase/elevator to the north platform. The overpass continues across a driveway over the station's drop-off area along the north platform before ending with a direct entrance to the station's main 6 story Metrolink parking garage (the majority of the station's 1,386 spaces are here) and a second staircase down to another parking lot between the tracks and Blaine Street, across this driveway. The parking garage is painted white and has some deocrative design elements along it's sides. The station driveways have gates and the facilities are closed between 10:00pm (after all trains are scheduled to leave) and 4:00am, there is also a full-time security guard in a booth along the north platform.
Photos 1-25: 21 December, 2019
