The Navy Seabee construction battalion and crews from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works built an emergency Lancaster station in three days, and Metrolink service began on January 24, one week after the earthquake.
A team of skilled workers, including those from the Navy Seabee construction battalion and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, quickly built a temporary station in Lancaster over the course of three days. Metrolink trains began running on January 24, just one week after the earthquake hit.