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The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (560 km) passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.. The Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak's third-busiest service (exceeded in ridership only by the Northeast Regional and Acela), and the busiest outside the Northeast Corridor.
The Coast Line is a railroad line between Burbank, California [a] and the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly along the Pacific Coast. It is the shortest rail route between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Though not as busy as the Surf Line , the continuation of the Coast Line southbound to San Diego , it still sees freight movements and lots of ...
The Coast Starlight is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on the West Coast of the United States between Seattle and Los Angeles via Portland and the San Francisco Bay Area. The train, which has operated continuously since Amtrak's formation in 1971, was the first to offer direct service between Seattle and Los Angeles.
In 1988, Amtrak and Caltrans extended the San Diegan, previously a Los Angeles-San Diego service, to Santa Barbara, providing an additional round trip between the Central Coast and Los Angeles. Eventually, service was extended to nearby Goleta and later all the way to San Luis Obispo, resulting in the route being rebranded as the Pacific ...
The Coast Line, continuing north from Los Angeles to San Francisco. It is owned by the Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) between Los Angeles and Moorpark, and the Union Pacific Railroad from Moorpark onwards. History of rail transportation in California; Other major rail corridors in the United States with tracks owned by Amtrak:
California Zephyr Capitol Corridor Coast Starlight San Joaquin: 242,645 City of Martinez Amtrak Thruway: 7 Merced^ Merced: MCD San Joaquin: 120,583 State of California Amtrak Thruway: 15A Planned to be replaced by a new Merced station about 7 blocks south. Modesto: Modesto: MOD San Joaquin: 89,101 City of Modesto Moorpark† Moorpark: MPK ...
Ex-Southern Pacific EMD FP7 on the San Joaquin at Oakland in 1975The San Joaquins service runs over lines that once hosted several passenger trains a day. The top trains were the Golden Gate on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (predecessor to BNSF), and the San Joaquin Daylight on the Southern Pacific Railroad (later acquired by Union Pacific).
The Amtrak San Diegan at Simi Valley station in January 1992 The Southern Pacific Railroad built a line between Ventura and Los Angeles, as an alternate to the Montalvo to Newhall line. The first passenger station to serve the Rancho Simi area was the Santa Susana Depot , originally located at Tapo Street and Los Angeles Avenue. [ 7 ]