Amtrak (i.e. the Federal gov't) needs to make this line viable by double-tracking it and upgrading it to facilitate high speeds. The views are gorgeous and it would greatly facilitate tourism in this region. I'm in SoCal and frankly driving can get exhausting and it would be nice to just kick back and enjoy the view out my window.
While Amtrak operates the line, they do so under contract to a Joint Power Authority (LOSSAN), formed by the counties served by the line. LOSSAN owns the tracks, OCTA does the day to day management, and Amtrak operates the trains. There are plans to double track a lot of the line where it’s not, mostly in San Diego county…but funding is, as always for non-car projects, lacking.
I mean it's double-tracked more so than some of the other lines out there but yeah it would be nice to have more frequency for sure. They're having enough problems with the ocean water getting too close to the current tracks.
oh yeah! I'd love to see here Maglev or at least highspeed Monorail to cover DTLA DTSD space in around 60 mins! That'd be a game changer not only for touring but for business trips logistics. That'd boost the economic interconnection of the region for sure.
Not speed, but more frequent trains for sure. That there's barely 4 a day is criminal misuse of public transit. They should be every 5 minutes 24/7 like other developed nations rail services. This is barely being used as a tourist trap.
Hello, were their any homeless on board? 😬 I’m asking because I’m hoping this could be my sons transport from school to home? I hear there are a lot of mentally Ill homeless around the train station and I’m afraid of allowing my son to take the train if that is true. 😬
Honestly, I would watch this from beginning to end in normal speed. No timelapse needed. When I was younger, I never knew that trains could be so fast. Then I saw the Pacific Surfliner along the I-5. Now I ride the Surfliner along the I-5.
I have done this trip several times and never tire of it. I hope to come back in a few months. The service is always friendly and the snacks are to die for! Thank you for your wonderful service. Greetings from Australia.
indeed! The views are amazing and it's as fast as driving, 3 hours SD to LA. Unfortunately they do have to move some of it inland due to global warming eroding the cliffs at Del Mar, but we should still have plenty of ocean views, and they said it should make the trip a little faster. 🙂 California is the best state to visit....in the major cities, we agree with the EU on pretty much everything, so you will very rarely run into a trumptard, and we have pretty great infrastructure and institutions in the state. Glad that Trump's followers are priced out of this state. It enables us to keep our amazing quality of life.🙂 I'm from the other side of the state, San Francisco Bay Area, and I don't even know how to drive. You don't really NEED to drive up here, unless you have a job that requires you to go from site to site, or you work odd hours or in a remote area, or maybe if you have kids, though I do see families riding transit together sometimes. 🙂 Australia is a long flight! I want to go down there at some point though. 🙂
Given that the LA-San Diego passenger rail corridor is one of the busiest in the country, 2nd only to the Northeast Corridor, it is in desperate need of electrification in order to increase train speed and frequency as well as reduce noise and pollution. The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't. Double tracking definitely helps, and electrification should be the next logical step.
@@haydentravis3348 that’s a bit overkill, but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours.
"The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't" It's the same speed as driving already. SD to LA on this train is three hours, that's roughly the same as driving. With traffic, it is significantly faster than driving. 🙂 They may or may not electrify it via overhead lines. They do plan to move some of it underground to bypass the Del Mar area, at some point. 🙂
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc " but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours." There are ten Surfiner trains a day between SD and LA. Four per day go all the way to San Luis Obispo. Plus the Coaster and Metrolink provide more frequency in the LA area and the SD area. Coaster has iirc 15 trains daily between San Diego and Oceanside. Metrolink has five per day LA to Oceanside. btw don't confuse Surfliner with a "metro". That is not its intended purpose. Surfliner is an intercity service. LA has a metro system that's separate, it has buses and light rail.
I also travel the Pacific Surfliner route between San Diego, Los Angeles & Oxnard when I’m home in the San Diego area for visits up to a week. I alternate my visits between Los Angeles & Oxnard every other visit home to the San Diego area. The Pacific Surfliner/Coast Starlight/Capital Corridor route between San Diego & Sacramento is my most favorite Amtrak route.
0:09 - San Diego - SF Depot 0:15 - San Diego - Old Town 1:02 - Solana Beach 1:31 - Oceanside 2:08 - San Clemente Pier 2:32 - San Juan Capistrano 2:51 - Irvine 3:04 - Santa Ana 3:15 - Anaheim 3:26 - Fullerton 4:09 - LA - Union Station *Other trains/trams at each station* San Diego - SF Depot: Coaster, MTS San Diego - Old Town: Coaster, MTS Solana Beach: Coaster Oceanside: Coaster, Sprinter, Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC) San Clemente Pier - Santa Ana: Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC) Anaheim: Metrolink (Orange County) Fullerton: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief) LA - Union Station: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley, Riverside Line, San Bernardino Line, Ventura County, Antelope Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight), Metro
Chow Chow me too, I live along the one track area between Oceanside and Dana Point, one train every 30 minutes to an hour, and no BNSF, except for ONE at 9:30 and another at 11:30 (both at PM), I have to take an our train ride to Fullerton just to see BNSF all day and have really nice Railfanning videos
Same here. It’s just increasing risk of delays and/or collision. They should try and build second tracks. Maybe even convert it into a high speed rail line
3:55 is the now gone Hobart tower right at bottom of Los Angeles..I many times hopped across the 4 tracks here at night right next to the diamonds and climbed up to the balcony of it ! We're looking north and single track crossing is the LAJunction RR coming in off Downey Rd. at bottom of huge BNSF Inter-modal yard..They've since changed everything down there. Tower is gone and little place left to park now to watch the action..RR cops come by quickly now and tell you to move on..My hang there is now finito (+-) !! But I got a bunch others anyway... 3:57 is the 'flyover' they installed to make passenger travel faster in/out L.A. 4:06 is LA Union Sta. tower at throat of terminal.. MDem
I ran over the route to Oceanside in Roblox surfliner project by surfliner studios in Amtrak and NCTD trains I like the stretches of Encinitas and Carlsbad village. Also does the surfliner have any f59phis left or are they all been replaced with sc-44s?
I take the surfliner more times than the Coast Starlight to Seattle washington and honestly the Surfliner rly is a beautiful train and a good view alongside the pacific coast
If like ocean views allows sit on the west side of the train...right side going south,left side going north...if you really like the ocean air try the coaster train
The engine will lead the train going southbound from Los Angeles, so sit on the right side of the train while facing the direction of the engine for the ocean views!
It normally takes 8.5 to 9 hours to travel the full 351 miles between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. For the portion highlighted in the video, San Diego to Los Angeles, it normally takes around 3 hours. Let us know if you have any other questions!
Generally, the stations are either to the left and/or right of the platforms, out of camera view. As an example, San Juan Capistrano has a Spanish-style station that was built in 1894. No tunnels on this route.
You can take ( according to Amtrak’s website) The San Joaquins Amtrak and the connection bus to San Francisco The Pacific Sufliner up to Santa Barbara and a connection bus to San Francisco The ride ranges between 9 1/2 - 12 hours from Los Angeles
They don’t always travel on the left. Bnsf and Union Pacific own the tracks and their freight trains have priority. When there is too much traffic with between passengers Amtrak trains and Freight trains that particular day, they are instructed by PTC( positive train control) to use another track to maneuver around.
@@deerene Actually, the left-hand running portions shown in this video are owned by North County Transit District. Union Pacific doesn't own any of the line shown here, and the portion owned by BNSF (Fullerton to Los Angeles) shows only right-hand running.
My mistake on who owns what portion of what track 😅. Overall like I previously stated, it is determined on the Railroad traffic control which tracks the passenger trains and freight trains must travel on . I don’t think there is a set track that they travel on.
Not if it operated on that infrastructure with single track (mostly), grade crossings (a lot) and most of all tight curves and a few long stretches of straight track. High speed rail requires dedicated routes with mostly straight long sections with only gentle curves, only a few crossings, little to no freight trains and commuter rail usually segregated to the outside track of quad or triple track. You'd need a major rebuild of that route inland away from the beach.
I rode the Pacific Surfliners many times. The damned Federal Railroad Administration has a rule that 5he very most Amtrak trains and all trains can only go up to 79 miles an hour. The roadbed is in top notch condition between San Diego & Los Angeles, many segments are being double tracked & many more segments have been double tracked. The Damned Federal Railroad Administration can if they truly & really wanted to let the Pacific Surfliners make the run in 90 minutes between San Diego & Los Angeles with the stops it makes. The state of Michigan spent millions of dollars making the majority of the Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac line they own not only on grade crossing elimination, but rebuilding the entire line, having positive train control and the damned F.R.A. Told Michigan you are only allowed to run the trains at a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour. Pennsylvania which owns with Amtrak the Keystone Service line between Philadelphia & Harrisburg where there are no grade crossing, has positive train control and has many portions of they line quad & triple tracked and can run the trains up to 125 MPH, but no, the damned F.R.A. Wants slow speed trains. Those in the offices of the damned Federal Railroad administration need to take train rides on the Pacific Surfliner, the Cascades, Wolverine, Keyston & Empire corridors & see for hemselves that the trains need to run faster and let Amtrak, the freight railroads & even state owned railroads run the trains faster.
Huh? But The Amtrak Coast Starlight , San Joaquins , Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, California Zephyr , Capital Corridor, and Pacific Surfliner all cross through the state of California . 🤨
@Matt Humphries @The Gaming Channel Actually, Amtrak has 4 trains that stop at San Clemente Pier Daily. 566, 768, 583, and 785. It’s Metrolink that only serves that station on weekends.
Amtrak (i.e. the Federal gov't) needs to make this line viable by double-tracking it and upgrading it to facilitate high speeds. The views are gorgeous and it would greatly facilitate tourism in this region. I'm in SoCal and frankly driving can get exhausting and it would be nice to just kick back and enjoy the view out my window.
While Amtrak operates the line, they do so under contract to a Joint Power Authority (LOSSAN), formed by the counties served by the line. LOSSAN owns the tracks, OCTA does the day to day management, and Amtrak operates the trains. There are plans to double track a lot of the line where it’s not, mostly in San Diego county…but funding is, as always for non-car projects, lacking.
I mean it's double-tracked more so than some of the other lines out there but yeah it would be nice to have more frequency for sure. They're having enough problems with the ocean water getting too close to the current tracks.
oh yeah! I'd love to see here Maglev or at least highspeed Monorail to cover DTLA DTSD space in around 60 mins! That'd be a game changer not only for touring but for business trips logistics. That'd boost the economic interconnection of the region for sure.
Exactly! This is barely excusable, since they have high frequencies and room for a second track.
Not speed, but more frequent trains for sure. That there's barely 4 a day is criminal misuse of public transit. They should be every 5 minutes 24/7 like other developed nations rail services. This is barely being used as a tourist trap.
The amtrak surfliner is my favorite train
Same
How much
@@yotiep.1072 San Diego to Los Angeles or( vice versa )coach is $36 or $55 business class one way.
@@deerene ohh ok..thanks
Same here
Was on this train just a couple of days ago and it was amazing. What a beautiful time spent on rails. I highly recommend it.
Hello, were their any homeless on board? 😬 I’m asking because I’m hoping this could be my sons transport from school to home?
I hear there are a lot of mentally Ill homeless around the train station and I’m afraid of allowing my son to take the train if that is true. 😬
@@beecee7488 Not all homeless people are dangerous and we should always harbor compassion to others. Regardless, the stations are clean and safe.
Honestly, I would watch this from beginning to end in normal speed. No timelapse needed.
When I was younger, I never knew that trains could be so fast. Then I saw the Pacific Surfliner along the I-5. Now I ride the Surfliner along the I-5.
I have done this trip several times and never tire of it. I hope to come back in a few months. The service is always friendly and the snacks are to die for! Thank you for your wonderful service.
Greetings from Australia.
Finally, "high speed rail" in California. :/
@Plaines_LV yep, that and Tustin. They FLY through that area 2:50
I came from Austria to do this trip some days ago. Really great!!!
indeed! The views are amazing and it's as fast as driving, 3 hours SD to LA. Unfortunately they do have to move some of it inland due to global warming eroding the cliffs at Del Mar, but we should still have plenty of ocean views, and they said it should make the trip a little faster. 🙂
California is the best state to visit....in the major cities, we agree with the EU on pretty much everything, so you will very rarely run into a trumptard, and we have pretty great infrastructure and institutions in the state. Glad that Trump's followers are priced out of this state. It enables us to keep our amazing quality of life.🙂 I'm from the other side of the state, San Francisco Bay Area, and I don't even know how to drive. You don't really NEED to drive up here, unless you have a job that requires you to go from site to site, or you work odd hours or in a remote area, or maybe if you have kids, though I do see families riding transit together sometimes. 🙂
Australia is a long flight! I want to go down there at some point though. 🙂
spectacular......great music too
Nice👍👍👍I was on this train last month
It's videos like this i wish never had an end to them.
Awesome video . Happily July 2023
More Amtrak routes need something similar to this! Would love to see a similar video for the San Joaquins and Capitol Corridor! ^_^
Exactly and they should do caltrain too
Oh my gosh this is so cool😆😆😆😆😆😆. I always will love trains over airplanes.
Me too
Planes are boring fuel eating junk
Given that the LA-San Diego passenger rail corridor is one of the busiest in the country, 2nd only to the Northeast Corridor, it is in desperate need of electrification in order to increase train speed and frequency as well as reduce noise and pollution. The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't. Double tracking definitely helps, and electrification should be the next logical step.
Exactly! Let's make voices aloud then :)
And 5-10 minute spacing 24/7. It's ridiculous that this even needs to be said.
@@haydentravis3348 that’s a bit overkill, but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours.
"The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't"
It's the same speed as driving already. SD to LA on this train is three hours, that's roughly the same as driving. With traffic, it is significantly faster than driving. 🙂
They may or may not electrify it via overhead lines. They do plan to move some of it underground to bypass the Del Mar area, at some point. 🙂
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc
" but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours."
There are ten Surfiner trains a day between SD and LA. Four per day go all the way to San Luis Obispo.
Plus the Coaster and Metrolink provide more frequency in the LA area and the SD area. Coaster has iirc 15 trains daily between San Diego and Oceanside. Metrolink has five per day LA to Oceanside.
btw don't confuse Surfliner with a "metro". That is not its intended purpose. Surfliner is an intercity service. LA has a metro system that's separate, it has buses and light rail.
Thanks for posting - it was very enjoyable.
Nice time lapse video! This is the part of the Surfliner route I travel most on.
Me too.
I also travel the Pacific Surfliner route between San Diego, Los Angeles & Oxnard when I’m home in the San Diego area for visits up to a week. I alternate my visits between Los Angeles & Oxnard every other visit home to the San Diego area. The Pacific Surfliner/Coast Starlight/Capital Corridor route between San Diego & Sacramento is my most favorite Amtrak route.
Me to!
Good video to watch while medicated!
3:58, on the far left is one of the Phase III heritage units!
Central California Rail Productions I see..
0:09 - San Diego - SF Depot
0:15 - San Diego - Old Town
1:02 - Solana Beach
1:31 - Oceanside
2:08 - San Clemente Pier
2:32 - San Juan Capistrano
2:51 - Irvine
3:04 - Santa Ana
3:15 - Anaheim
3:26 - Fullerton
4:09 - LA - Union Station
*Other trains/trams at each station*
San Diego - SF Depot: Coaster, MTS
San Diego - Old Town: Coaster, MTS
Solana Beach: Coaster
Oceanside: Coaster, Sprinter, Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC)
San Clemente Pier - Santa Ana: Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC)
Anaheim: Metrolink (Orange County)
Fullerton: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief)
LA - Union Station: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley, Riverside Line, San Bernardino Line, Ventura County, Antelope Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight), Metro
A few, but not all ( as of 2024) Amtrak Pacific Surfliners make stops at San Clemente Pier.
@@deerene yeah i believe its weekends only
Thank you for putting the station names
It just pisses me off seeing some sections of this route still single-tracked.
Chow Chow me too, I live along the one track area between Oceanside and Dana Point, one train every 30 minutes to an hour, and no BNSF, except for ONE at 9:30 and another at 11:30 (both at PM), I have to take an our train ride to Fullerton just to see BNSF all day and have really nice Railfanning videos
though if San Clemente was double tracked, it would suck
Same here. It’s just increasing risk of delays and/or collision. They should try and build second tracks. Maybe even convert it into a high speed rail line
Amtrak Productions if the entire line was double tracked I think BNSF would come through in the day
TotalBoogeymenH2Oplus that might make it worse
This is My Favorite Part of The Surfliner Route.
3:55 is the now gone Hobart tower right at bottom of Los Angeles..I many times hopped across the 4 tracks here at night right next to the diamonds and climbed up to the balcony of it ! We're looking north and single track crossing is the LAJunction RR coming in off Downey Rd. at bottom of huge BNSF Inter-modal yard..They've since changed everything down there. Tower is gone and little place left to park now to watch the action..RR cops come by quickly now and tell you to move on..My hang there is now finito (+-) !! But I got a bunch others anyway...
3:57 is the 'flyover' they installed to make passenger travel faster in/out L.A.
4:06 is LA Union Sta. tower at throat of terminal..
MDem
Bravo! Loved this video!
2:32 San Juan Capistrano
3:15 Anaheim
4:07 LA
1:01 Solana Beach
1:30 Oceanside!
Incredible video, thank you for uploading.
2:50 Wait.. is that a GO Transit F59PH on the other platform?
Nope its a Hyndai Rotem
Yes. Although, it was a leaser unit.
@@Lucrativecrisit is one of
If you saw any coast starlight trains I was on 1 of them at this time
I hooe to one day see a time-lapse video like this for a daily Amtrak route from Los Angeles to the Coachella Valley/Imperial County among others!!
I ran over the route to Oceanside in Roblox surfliner project by surfliner studios in Amtrak and NCTD trains I like the stretches of Encinitas and Carlsbad village. Also does the surfliner have any f59phis left or are they all been replaced with sc-44s?
I take the surfliner more times than the Coast Starlight to Seattle washington and honestly the Surfliner rly is a beautiful train and a good view alongside the pacific coast
0:34 reminds me of the Tehachapi pass.
4:02 if you do this in slow motion on the left side you will see a metrolink yard and the f125 Having the old cab cars
Hey, it’s a metrolink cab car! 4:03
Rode this train so many times
I SAW MY OLD HOUSE :D Great vid
Nice video!
I would like to see a recent time-lapse of the entire trip from SLO to San Diego.
I Love ❤️ Trains I Love The Capitol Corridor And Pacific Surfliner
AWESOME
wheres the music from, and is it copyrighted?
Pause at around 3:24-3:25 and that station is where a train festival is held yearly,
Mason French Fullerton?
not this year :(
My favorite part of the trip is the ocean views of near the Solana Beach station and the San Clemente Piers.
whats the name of the song wanna add it to my spotify playlist its a really good song!!!
Is there any reason why the NCTD section south of Oceanside is left hand running?
Would love to see a real time (non time-lapse) version of this.
Me too. They should do a Real Time Roundtrip from Los Angeles to San Diego/San Luis Obispo.
TommyPickles Fan1992 yes! Sam Luis Obispo!
Play at 0.25 speed for a better experience.
And play at 2x speed for a totally mind blowing experience.!
That's nice, Peter Panda!
I'd like to see a Lake Shore Limited time lapse from Chicago to Boston. That's how far I traveled alone to see a friend from college.
virtual railfan viewers watching this mustev liked it because in san juan capistro is a sight for a railcam
2x speed looking aweasome 👌👌👌👌👌
Wow !!!!
This train passed san diego old town?it was supposed to be not passed
3:13 THATS MY CITY OH MY
Can you show this with normal speed and no music? Thank you!
Es mi viaje soñado, ojalá pueda realizarlo si Dios quiere. Saludos desde España.
Love it 😍
Is oceanside a pretty big station compared to other big stations?
Yes, it is one of the bigger stations on the route and you can walk to the beach.
If like ocean views allows sit on the west side of the train...right side going south,left side going north...if you really like the ocean air try the coaster train
So I'm guessing for the best views from LA we should sit on the left side of the train going to
San Diego
The engine will lead the train going southbound from Los Angeles, so sit on the right side of the train while facing the direction of the engine for the ocean views!
are these trains usually packed or is there plenty of space to chose from to sit?
Music name?
Why dose this line insist on running on the left its confusing to the new passengers
1:39 amtrak f59phi 458
BRO at 0:49 IM ALWAYS ON THE TRACK ON THE OTHER SIDE ON THE LEFT😭😭😭 of the mountain
Why do the trains go on the left in San Diego County?
Me watching this video while riding another amtrak train makes for good special effects
Lol
forreal doe 3:48 hits diffrent!!!!
Amtrak is moving fast for once lol
After that vid I would never ride on the Japanese bullet train.
Why does it have to be on the left side
How about putting it on DVD in real time?
I wonder what cab car this was filmed from.
Now I hope They can upload The Southbound to San Diego from The Inside of The F59PHI.
TommyPickles Fan1992 same
Beats LA traffic anyday IMO
san clemente 😊
How long was this train ride really?
It normally takes 8.5 to 9 hours to travel the full 351 miles between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. For the portion highlighted in the video, San Diego to Los Angeles, it normally takes around 3 hours. Let us know if you have any other questions!
How could you even have the thought of disliking this
This was taken on train 777 which is my favorite Surfliner number
Where's Lake Forest at? When does the train get there in the vid?
COASTER went to Lake Forest for one time. Search up Metrolink 604 with COASTER consist.
There's no train station, just outdoor platforms on all the stops? No train tunnels?
Generally, the stations are either to the left and/or right of the platforms, out of camera view. As an example, San Juan Capistrano has a Spanish-style station that was built in 1894. No tunnels on this route.
GSMSfromFV There’s tunnels on the northern part of the Surflijer route
Also why didn't you do the whole route in one video
Still in the beach
3:58 I see 3751
What speed did you take this video at? (i.e. were the exposures every second, two seconds ??)
How long does take from San Diego to Los Angeles? And, does it go to San Francisco?
2 Hours 50 minutes from Los Angeles to San Diego and 5 Hours 30 minutes from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo.
You can take ( according to Amtrak’s website)
The San Joaquins Amtrak and the connection bus to San Francisco
The Pacific Sufliner up to Santa Barbara and a connection bus to San Francisco
The ride ranges between 9 1/2 - 12 hours from Los Angeles
i wish we had the auto train on California
Where did it meet 774?
Do they have a bar on this train?
The Pacific Surfliner has a cafe car and it does sell alcohol.
Why is it going on the left side of the tracks that’s like a British thing
They don’t always travel on the left. Bnsf and Union Pacific own the tracks and their freight trains have priority. When there is too much traffic with between passengers Amtrak trains and Freight trains that particular day, they are instructed by PTC( positive train control) to use another track to maneuver around.
@@deerene Actually, the left-hand running portions shown in this video are owned by North County Transit District. Union Pacific doesn't own any of the line shown here, and the portion owned by BNSF (Fullerton to Los Angeles) shows only right-hand running.
My mistake on who owns what portion of what track 😅.
Overall like I previously stated, it is determined on the Railroad traffic control which tracks the passenger trains and freight trains must travel on .
I don’t think there is a set track that they travel on.
RIP sorrentino valley,and the other coaster/san clementine that one metrolink stop
About how long does the trip last from Irvine to San Diego?
It's around two hours, and a very beautiful trip!
any one else got a vibe check at 3:48 😂😂😂
Awesome it's to far in 1.28 miles from San Diego to Los Angeles
It needs more double track, eletricification and at least 3x times more stops. Ut passes towns, beaches full of people... No stops, why?
Our system is antiquated. A TGV could do the same 128 miles in less then an hour. it takes Amtrak 3
Not if it operated on that infrastructure with single track (mostly), grade crossings (a lot) and most of all tight curves and a few long stretches of straight track. High speed rail requires dedicated routes with mostly straight long sections with only gentle curves, only a few crossings, little to no freight trains and commuter rail usually segregated to the outside track of quad or triple track. You'd need a major rebuild of that route inland away from the beach.
TGV isn't gonna go 128 mph on antiquated tracks though, they needed all new corridors first
I rode the Pacific Surfliners many times. The damned Federal Railroad Administration has a rule that 5he very most Amtrak trains and all trains can only go up to 79 miles an hour. The roadbed is in top notch condition between San Diego & Los Angeles, many segments are being double tracked & many more segments have been double tracked. The Damned Federal Railroad Administration can if they truly & really wanted to let the Pacific Surfliners make the run in 90 minutes between San Diego & Los Angeles with the stops it makes. The state of Michigan spent millions of dollars making the majority of the Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac line they own not only on grade crossing elimination, but rebuilding the entire line, having positive train control and the damned F.R.A. Told Michigan you are only allowed to run the trains at a maximum speed of 79 miles per hour. Pennsylvania which owns with Amtrak the Keystone Service line between Philadelphia & Harrisburg where there are no grade crossing, has positive train control and has many portions of they line quad & triple tracked and can run the trains up to 125 MPH, but no, the damned F.R.A. Wants slow speed trains. Those in the offices of the damned Federal Railroad administration need to take train rides on the Pacific Surfliner, the Cascades, Wolverine, Keyston & Empire corridors & see for hemselves that the trains need to run faster and let Amtrak, the freight railroads & even state owned railroads run the trains faster.
@@christopherorourke6543 The Surfliner actually has a top speed of 90mph between LA and SD thanks to the ATS system installed by ATSF.
Damn I didn't know it was so fast
From European point of view it´s weird the rail isn´t electrified.
No time lapse is necessary.
Those Norwegian train cab videos are very popular.
We need a train that crosses California. It’s a mess to travel now you need to change to a bus . Crazy. Get it done.
Huh? But The Amtrak Coast Starlight , San Joaquins , Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, California Zephyr , Capital Corridor, and Pacific Surfliner all cross through the state of California . 🤨
No stop San Clemente 😀🤔
@Matt Humphries @The Gaming Channel Actually, Amtrak has 4 trains that stop at San Clemente Pier Daily. 566, 768, 583, and 785. It’s Metrolink that only serves that station on weekends.
“… a hundred and two… “
The magic number if you’re riding a train.