Northbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight service resumes after Metrolink crash

Train service between Los Angeles and points north resumes today (Sept. 16) after being interrupted since Friday’s deadly Metrolink crash in Chatsworth, according to a press release from Amtrak. The railroad service initially planned to resume service Monday, but the tracks hadn’t been cleared by officials investigating the accident.

The closed tracks affected the Pacific Surfliner route, which usually operates between San Luis Obispo and San Diego via Los Angeles’ Union Station, and the Coast Starlight, which runs between L.A. and Seattle. (Service between L.A. and San Diego was unaffected by the track closure.)

Northbound Pacific Surfliner service was supposed to start this afternoon, the release said. The Coast Starlight started north from Santa Barbara this morning (with coach transportation provided between L.A. and Santa Barbara) but is expected to begin in L.A. Wednesday when service in both directions returns to normal.

– Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo: Santa Barbara Amtrack train station by Robin Rauzi / Los Angeles Times]

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