Pacific Surfliner

Pacific Surfliner
Pacific Surfliner train at San Diego Santa Fe Depot
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail, higher-speed rail
LocaleSouthern California
PredecessorSan Diegan
First serviceJune 1, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-06-01)
Current operator(s)LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency, in partnership with Amtrak, Caltrans and OCTA
Annual ridership1,517,425 (FY23) Decrease -7.1%[a][1]
Websitepacificsurfliner.com
Route
TerminiSan Luis Obispo
San Diego
Stops25
Distance travelled350 miles (560 km)
Average journey time8 hours, 52 minutes[2]
Train number(s)562–595, 761–794
On-board services
Class(es)Coach Class, Business Class
Catering facilitiesCafé
Technical
Rolling stockSiemens Charger
Surfliner (railcar)
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed41 mph (66 km/h) (avg.)
90 mph (140 km/h) (top)
Route map
Map Pacific Surfliner highlighted in black
mi (km)
0 (0)
San Luis Obispo
12 (20)
Grover Beach
24 (39)
Guadalupe
51 (81)
Lompoc–Surf
109 (176)
Goleta
119 (191)
Santa Barbara
129 (207)
Carpinteria
145 (234)
Ventura
155 (250)
Oxnard
164 (264)
Camarillo
175 (282)
Moorpark
186 (299)
Simi Valley
193 (311)
Chatsworth
G Line 
201 (323)
Northridge
203 (326)
Van Nuys
( 2030)
208 (335)
Hollywood Burbank Airport Hollywood Burbank Airport
214 (345)
Downtown Burbank
216 (348)
Glendale
A Line 
222 (357)
Los Angeles J Line 
E Line 
247 (398)
Fullerton
253 (407)
Anaheim
256 (412)
Orange
258 (415)
Santa Ana
(OC Streetcar 2025)
267 (430)
Irvine
276 (444)
Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo
280 (450)
San Juan Capistrano
287 (462)
San Clemente Pier
309 (497)
Oceanside
312 (502)
Carlsbad Village
316 (509)
Carlsbad Poinsettia
321 (517)
Encinitas
324 (521)
Solana Beach
Del Mar Fairgrounds
(planned, 2028[3])
332 (534)
Sorrento Valley
346 (557)
San Diego–Old Town
350 (563)
San Diego

Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible

Key
Metrolink (California)
Track shared with Metrolink
Track shared with Metrolink & Coaster
Track shared with Coaster
Limited service, not all trains stop
Former station, no longer served

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.[4]

Like all regional trains in California, the Pacific Surfliner is operated by a joint powers authority. The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency is governed by a board that includes eleven elected representatives from the six counties the train travels through. LOSSAN contracts with the Orange County Transportation Authority to provide day-to-day management of the service and with contracts with Amtrak to operate the service and maintain the rolling stock (locomotives and passenger cars). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) provides the funding to operate the service and also owns all of the locomotives and some of the rolling stock; with Amtrak owning the rest.

Portions of the line in southern Orange County have been suspended four times between 2022 and 2024 due to coastal erosion.


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  1. ^ "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023 Ridership" (PDF). Amtrak. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
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  3. ^ "Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Sixth Round Selected Projects – Project Detail Summary" (PDF). California State Transportation Agency. April 24, 2023. p. 11. Retrieved October 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Amtrak FY16 Ridership and Revenue Fact Sheet" (PDF). Amtrak. April 17, 2017. Retrieved February 21, 2018.