West Coast Spine

Corona, CA

Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Riverside, CA (11.1 mi).

About Corona

Corona is a city in northwestern Riverside County, California, United States, directly bordering Orange and San Bernardino counties. Its current mayor is Jacque Casillas. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 157,136, up from 152,374 at the 2010 census.

Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.

Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)

⚠️ All figures below are parametric estimates scaled from the proposal's own budget ($8.5T ÷ 17,000 mi ≈ $500M per mile), not engineering quotes. Methodology is shown so you can check the math.

Item	Basis	Estimate
Terminal construction	Mid-size city terminal ($1–2B range)	$1.5B
Land acquisition	Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base	$300M
Track: Corona → Riverside	11.1 mi × $500M/mi	$5.5B
Annual operations (share)	2% of $1.5B terminal	$30M/yr
Stop total (excl. annual ops)		$7.3B

Best terminal location (proposed)

The Corona Transit Center / North Main district. The Corona Transit Center serves Metrolink's 91 and IEOC lines in the city's historic North Main district. The rail corridor and surrounding commercial parcels give a buildable footprint. The catchment is the 91-freeway commuter shed — Corona's 170,000+ residents endure some of the nation's worst commutes toward Orange County and LA.

Before / after

Before and after aerial mock-up of the proposed maglev terminal at Corona, CA

Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.

🛤️ Infill stops toward Riverside: the proposal envisions more stops than cities — smaller stations between majors. Plausible infills on this leg:

Norco — 'Horsetown USA' on the corridor.
Eastvale — master-planned suburb on the route to Riverside.
Home Gardens — unincorporated community on the eastern approach.

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