The closures since 2021, amounting to more than a year, have severed the only rail connection between San Diego County and the rest of the nation, affecting millions of annual passengers and impacting more than $1 billion in annual freight movement.
ORANGE – Passenger rail service through San Clemente will be suspended beginning Monday, April 28, to allow for crews to safely conduct emergency construction aimed at stabilizing sections of track at immediate risk from landslides and coastal erosion.
The Orange County Transportation Authority, in coordination with Metrolink, has completed emergency work to stabilize the railroad tracks in San Clemente. The emergency fix, which began in October 2022, included installing 220 ground anchors – each 133 feet long – into the bedrock below, securing two rows of 110 grade beams that helped ...
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The Orange County Transportation Authority’s Board of Directors authorized emergency actions to stabilize sections of railroad track threatened by coastal erosion and landslides in San Clemente, moving forward with urgent work to ensure continued passenger and freight rail operations through South Orange County.
The Orange County Transportation Authority, in coordination with Metrolink, has completed emergency work to stabilize the railroad tracks in San Clemente. The emergency fix, which began in October 2022, included installing 220 ground anchors – each 133 feet long – into the bedrock below, securing two rows of 110 grade beams that helped ...
The Orange County Maintenance Facility (OCMF), to be constructed off of Ridge Valley in Irvine, California, will include train storage tracks, locomotive and car service platforms, and a service building with overhead cranes.
OCTA submitted an Emergency Coastal Development Permit to quickly stabilize vulnerable areas near the railroad tracks in San Clemente. Teen Council members explore transportation topics, provide project feedback, and develop skills through hands-on workshops with OCTA professionals.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors at a special meeting today unanimously declared an emergency need for railroad track stabilization in southern San Clemente.
ORANGE – Regular passenger rail service through San Clemente resumed on Monday morning, restoring a critical link in Southern California’s transportation system with the completion of a catchment wall at Mariposa Point to protect the track.