Amtrak’s L.A.-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo service canceled through Tuesday in wake of Metrolink crash
Update: As of 2 p.m. today (Sept. 15), Amtrak reports that it will not be resuming service today or Tuesday as planned because the National Transportation Safety Board and Metrolink have not opened the portion of tracks involved in Friday’s deadly crash, according to Amtrak’s Vernae Graham. Sections of Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight service, as detailed below, will not be back in service. The L.A.-San Diego part of the Surfliner route is running on a regular schedule.
[Original headline: "Amtrak to resume L.A.-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo service this afternoon in wake of Metrolink crash"]
Amtrak announced that normal service would resume this afternoon (Sept. 15) on its Pacific Surfliner route between Goleta/San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles, according to an Amtrak press release. The route had been shut for two days due to the deadly Metrolink crash Friday.
Resumed service, including Amtrak’s connecting coach service, starts with Train 775 northbound from L.A.’s Union Station at 2:55 p.m. and Train 784 southbound from San Luis Obispo that’s set to arrive in L.A. at 4:55 p.m. The L.A.-to-and-from-San Diego portion of the Surfliner route was unaffected by interruptions.
Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak’s third-busiest route in the country and usually runs 12 daily round trips between San Diego and Los Angeles, including five extending to Santa Barbara and two continuing to San Luis Obispo.
The Coast Starlight, a 1,400-mile route between Los Angeles’ Union Station and Seattle, will begin in Santa Barbara (Train 14) rather than L.A. today with alternate transportation provided between L.A. and Santa Barbara.
The southbound Starlight (Train 11) is expected to operate through to Los Angeles today. Normal service in both directions is expected to resume Tuesday, according to Amtrak.
– Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times staff writer
[Photo: Santa Barbara station by Robin Rauzi / Los Angeles Times]
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September 15th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
What a tragedy. While American trains continue to plod along dangerous single-tracks, the Europeans and Japanese are riding dedicated rails at 180mph! According to Amtrak head Michael Dukakis, one week’s expenditure in Iraq could build safe, energy-efficient high-speed rail travel across the nation that put men on the moon.
September 17th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
What a tragedy. Expenditures in Iraq could build dedicated rails at 180mph. I for one am willing to send my first born @ my expence to fight as an American Soldier in Iraq as long as it doesn’t last more than a week. The two trains had 6 seconds to react. One did nothing the other applied brakes in 4 seconds. Lets spring for the safe Trains now and the fast ones after we get back from Iraq.