The Race to save the Surfliner Route from the Pacific
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George Harris
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The WSJ was also pay to read. Just to save going back up the chain, here is what PRR 60 quoted from it:
(For their 351 miles they must be going well north of LA. Per old ATSF timetables, Los Angeles to San Diego was 127.9 miles.)
The entire Pacific Surfliner route is San Diego via Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo north of Santa Barbara.
The portion north of LA is on Metrolink and Union Pacific track.
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Anybody know how ridership is holding up on the Pacific Surfliners? I would think that with that much disruption, you couldn't possibly fill the usual six cars per train anymore, at least south of LA.
What disruption? There hasn't been a major disruption since like 2023. Ridership is fine. It's still lower than Pre-pandemic, but it saw a 30% increase between FY23 and FY24 (1,984,069). There are also still less RT's between LA and SAN, which surely help account for the lower ridership. I have been on multiple trains that were standing room only, and most trains are pretty full.
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Glad to hear this. I'd also forgotten that the Surfliners aren't going to be up to their pre-pandemic level of frequencies until later this year.
I've been on it a few times in the last few months. B.-class was mostly full or near-full. If you are alone you may need to sit with a stranger and if you are with another person you two may need to split up.
