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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    Regular service resumes Monday 3/25. https://metrolinktrains.com/rider-info/general-info/service-updates/ https://octa.net/programs-projects/projects/rail-projects/track-protection-project-at-mariposa-point/
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    The through trains have been loaded in the reservation system but the bus shuttles aren't there yet (showing as sold out). It looks like they selected the trains to go through San Clemente around 7:30 in the morning at 6:30 in the evening.
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    Superliner trains' removal and restoration of cars 2024

    Thank you for starting this thread. I was going to responding to the 2023 thread that is pinned to the top of this forum, but it is locked. I agree that it appears that Amtrak is better managing inventory so that cars are not yanked out at the last minute. However, all of the western long...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    I haven't been checking daily, but yesterday I noticed that the bus shuttle has been extended through Friday 3/15. And today, Metrolink posted another update that wall construction has begun, and with a rough estimate of service resuming in late March at the earliest...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    It looks like the SAN-OSD segments for 1765/1777/1785 are there now, so all we're missing are the bus segments. And cancelling all of the other trains, of course. Couldn't this have been handled better? Wait till all of the folks get their cancellation notices for their holiday weekend trips...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    You're right. It was showing the full schedule earlier but is now only showing 7 trips in each direction. I guess that means they're in the process of updating the schedule? Interestingly, the three missing north-bound trips 765/777/785 are the ones with the bus shuttle. The remaining ones are...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    It is now Wednesday afternoon. The Amtrak website still shows full service resuming this Saturday. The Pacific Surfliner website still says that the temporary schedule is only through this Friday. But yet information on the Metrolink website doesn't look optimistic for passenger service to...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    I don't understand why they are only updating the schedule with the bus bridge on a week-by-week basis. It now seems unlikely for passenger service to resume before the end of February, so why wait? They should have plenty of experience with this by now. The Metrolink website is still the best...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    I am impressed with the almost daily updates that Metrolink has been publishing. This is unlike the previous closures where there was no sense of urgency and very few updates given on the progress to reopen. Service Updates | Metrolink However, I am disappointed that the current bus bridge is...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    Actually, this was the service alert that was timestamped yesterday 1/28 at 8:00pm: Maybe it was an Amtrak employee prematurely posting the current optimistic plan or misunderstanding that the bus shuttle plans are being updated in their reservation system on a weekly basis only. Regardless, I...
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    The latest Amtrak service alert says that normal operations will resume on Saturday 2/3. Hopefully the storm predicted for later this week won't impact it. https://www.amtrak.com/alert/service-temporarily-disrupted-between-los-angles-and-san-diego.html
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    San Clemente landslide affects Pacific Surfliner 1/24/24

    Unfortunately, here we go again: https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/plan-your-trip/alerts/travel-advisories/#trackclosures https://metrolinktrains.com/news/alert-details-page/?alertId=1167447...
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    Coast Starlight discussion

    I got a schedule change notification for an upcoming trip on the Starlight. However, the departure time from SEA and arrival in LAX are exactly the same as before. Is it possible that perhaps the schedule is different for some of the intermediate stops?
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    This has not been my experience. If you already have a ticket for a train that's been converted to a bus bridge, you must call to get your ticket changed. It is not automatic. The only thing you can do online is cancel. It takes manual intervention to issue the new ticket and then (I think) a...
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    Every time I've ridden the bus bridge, regardless of whether it's a weekday or weekend, morning, afternoon, or evening, it's always been three buses. That's why the popular trains such as 774/777 and 784/785 frequently have a sold out bus bridge. I did not ride the weeks of Thanksgiving or...
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    That should not be a surprise. They've cut their train schedule almost in half. Not only that, there are only 3 buses that service the bus bridge. Why not more? Those who are willing to deal with the bus bridge may find the buses sold out, frequently for 777 and 785. Anyway, the week of 5/22...
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    The week of 5/15 has now been updated with a bus shuttle. A new schedule is supposed to start on 5/22. We'll see if that happens.
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    Surfliner Push/Pull Configuration

    As mentioned above, the trains should always run in the correct direction during normal operations -- they would have to go out of their way to specifically wye a train around. The track closure in Orange County shouldn't matter. Regardless, they're obviously not in a rush to fix the situation...
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    Status of Surfliner Service between Oceanside and Irvine

    They've been updating schedule on a week-by-week basis. Currently the bus shuttle runs through Sunday 5/14. They haven't made any changes to the week of 5/15 yet.
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    Surfliner Push/Pull Configuration

    Traditionally the Surfliner operates in pull configuration away from LA Union Station and in push configuration towards it. On my trips this weekend, I noticed at least two trainsets operating the opposite way, including mine. Anybody know why? This delays boarding significantly because business...
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