The approximately six-week closure of Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train service is set to begin Monday, allowing crews to safely and efficiently conduct emergency repairs . 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 ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8 , 2025 San Clemente Rail Closure Update: ... Potential solutions need to be in place or substantially underway by fall 2024 ahead of next storm season Potential solutions evaluated at a conceptual level considering different materials, performance, costs, methods, and schedule. Initial Assessment Purpose and Need ...

Crews continue to strategically place riprap to protect the rail line while pursuing options for sand; work moves ahead on schedule. ORANGE – Crews made significant progress this week in the ongoing emergency work to stabilize the coastal rail line in San Clemente, which is scheduled to remain closed to passenger rail service for approximately five more weeks.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 8 , 2025 San Clemente Rail Closure Update: May 8 ... and storm surges. Over the past four years, San Clemente’s eroding bluffs – on both city and private property – have repeatedly forced the closure of the rail line that has operated largely uninterrupted for.

OCTA, in coordination with Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, is taking action to protect the only coastal rail link between San Diego and Orange counties, following continued threats from the privately owned bluffs and from coastal erosion and storm surges.

erosion and storm surges. The emergency work is focused on priority areas in San Clemente along the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor (LOSSAN), identified through engineering analysis where recent landslides have already caused significant damage.

The track has moved as much as 28 inches over the last 13 months, due to storm surge and sand erosion on the coastal side and the gradually sliding hillside on the other. Until the emergency work on the slope begins, contractors have continued to add large boulders, or riprap, to the coastal side to further secure the existing revetment.

and storm surges. Over the past four years, San Clemente’s eroding bluffs – on both city and private property – have repeatedly forced the closure of the rail line that has operated largely uninterrupted for

Effort advances critical action to safeguard Southern California’s rail connection and public safety. 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 ...

This article originally appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune on June 26. Work crews began staging heavy equipment Monday for a wall to be built along the railroad tracks in San Clemente, where a landslide continues to prevent passenger train service between San Diego and Orange counties.