Amtrak’s popular Pacific Surfliner, which runs between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, has been transferred to Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN) to provide better local control of one of the busiest rail corridors in the nation. Service was previously under the control of Caltrans.
Transfer of administration of the Pacific Surfliner went into effect July 1, 2015. The Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak’s second busiest rail corridor, behind only Northeast Regional between Washington D.C. and Boston.
The LOSSAN Agency was also awarded a state grant of $1.675 million for the Pacific Surfliner Transit Transfer Pass Program, which will allow Pacific Surfliner passengers to transfer more seamlessly to 12 connecting public transit providers along the LOSSAN rail corridor.
Categories: Transportation News
What is going on with the extension of the rail line(s) at Union Station so the trains can enter the station either from the north or south and continue on without having to back in and out?
I wonder if this means we’ll one day see an actual Amtrak logo on the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner! (I think Caltrans liked hiding it.)
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