Commuting from LA West Hollywood to Irvine for work time, cost, feasibility/avaliability, parking, car/subway?

Question

I'm thinking about commuting from LA either Downtown or West Hollywood to Irvine for work.

What are the time, cost, feasibility/avaliability (ie last train runs on during the week and weekends), parking both ways, transportation from train station to work and apt (both ways)?

Answer 1

Check metro.net for a listing of times for the train, but I think it leaves pretty early like 4:30 or so.  Parking is pretty much no cost there, but driving is just to expensive to justify in many instances.

Answer 2

Actually, you'll have to use Metrolink.  See metrolinktrains.com for schedules (click on Orange County line).  

Amtrak (Pacific Surfliner) also runs trains on the exact same route.   Check their schedule as well to see if it works better.  If you have a monthly metrolink pass, you can ride Amtrak trains between the same stations for free.

Of course, you'd have to take a bus and/or the red line subway to get from WeHo to Union Station.