Non-routine soundings of the train horn are allowed within a quiet zone when a train engineer determines that the horn should be sounded to prevent imminent injury, death, or property damage.

Warning signals are emitted from granite bollards at each crossing, which eliminates the requirement for the routine sounding of train-mounted horns. However, if an engineer determines there is a safety concern, the train horn will be sounded.

The loud horn blowing warns drivers and pedestrians of a train approaching a railroad crossing, but the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Railroad Administration offers a method to reduce hornnoise.

By law, engineers must sound their horns up to four times when they approach a crossing. If a quiet zone is established, trains will only sound their horns if the engineer believes it necessary for safety reasons or if the train is traveling through a construction zone.

Train Horns Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) guidelines require all trains to sound their horns when workers are present, in emergency situations or when there are trespassers on or around railroad tracks. This federal mandate applies to construction zones.

The program, led by the Orange County Transportation Authority, enhanced 52 railroad crossings and helped silence train horns for local communities – making Orange County one of the quietest counties in the United States.

Led by OCTA in partnership with Caltrans, the project will add one regular lane and one carpool lane in each direction of SR-55 between I-5 near Santa Ana and Tustin and I-405 near Irvine and Costa Mesa. It will also add merge lanes to help drivers enter and exit the freeway.

Metrolink, in coordination with the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA), is proposing to extend 1.2 miles of railroad track in Dana Point. The Placentia Station will be Orange County’s 13th train station and will serve the Metrolink 91 Line that extends to Riverside, Fullerton, and Downtown Los Angeles.

Service Information The Pacific Surfliner serves stations in San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties. There are daily round-trips between San Diego and Los Angeles, with some trips extending up to Santa Barbara or San Luis Obispo.

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