Passenger Rail Services Connecting Orange County to Oceanside Resumes
Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner rail service between Orange and San Diego counties reopened May 27, after a month of closure due to a landslide in San Clemente, according to an Orange County Transit Authority news release.
A geotechnical assessment and final track inspection on May 26 prompted the all-clear for passenger communal services to begin, according to officials.
“We truly appreciate your continued ridership, and we are doing everything we can to ensure safe and dependable passenger rail service,” a Metrolink press statement reads.
The April 27 landslide behind the Casa Romantica Cultural Center—which hosts educational cultural events and programs—damaged its building, covered the nearby tracks and walking path below in debris, and forced the evacuation of several condominiums….