ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors on Monday 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.
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.
Passenger rail service through San Clemente has been suspended temporarily to allow crews to safely conduct emergency construction aimed at stabilizing sections of track at immediate risk from landslides and coastal erosion.
Planned completion of initial emergency project allows for scheduled resumption of safe passenger service; updated schedules at pacificsurfliner.com/alerts and metrolinktrains.com/service-updates
Passenger rail service through San Clemente was suspended beginning April 28 to allow for crews to safely conduct emergency work to reinforce sections of track at immediate risk from landslides and coastal erosion.
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.
Emergency work to stabilize the railroad track in southern San Clemente is progressing. The stabilization work includes installing two rows of ground anchors into bedrock along a 700-foot stretch of hillside next to the train tracks.
ORANGE – The Orange County Transportation Authority today voted to declare an emergency and authorize CEO Darrell E. Johnson to take the necessary actions to protect the railroad track near a sliding hillside in San Clemente.
While these efforts are underway, OCTA, working with Metrolink as the primary rail operator, has been responding – and will continue to respond – to the city’s bluff failures and addressing them on an emergency basis to limit rail service disruptions.
New “Surf Line” passenger rail service launches. Rail service halted after a 200-foot cliff slides across the tracks two months after the Long Beach earthquake. Service resumes following installation of riprap. Amtrak resumes weekend-only service. Amtrak takes over passenger service. All service resumes. All service All service resumes. resumes.