Landslides in Orange County continue to disrupt the coastal rail line that carries Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner. Is it time to trade stunning views for a reliable route?
, a cultural landmark and prized wedding destination. The April slide came just two weeks after passenger service had been fully restored after a six-month, $13.7-million effort to stabilize the sand beneath the tracks that had shifted because of a landslide and tidal erosion two miles south.
“We’ve got to secure the railroad tracks from the falling debris, because it’s going to take too long to secure the hillside,” she said. “We cannot keep the tracks closed while we’re waiting for that to happen.”A landslide beneath the historic Casa Romantica in San Clemente underscores the threat of coastal instability exacerbated by last winter’s powerful storms.
The Lossan track closures have proved an economic drain. Winding 351 miles from San Luis Obispo to San Diego, the corridor is the second-busiest passenger route in the nation. Passenger trains, operated by Amtrak and a mix of local jurisdictions, carry nearly 8 million passengers annually, bringing in tourists and weekend beachgoers, as well as the shop clerks and restaurant workers who serve them.
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway’s freight trains recently resumed travel along the route, but they haul steel, potash and other cargo at a slow crawl through San Clemente as a safety precaution.inland from Irvine to Oceanside along featureless, often heavily congested freeways. “When the tracks restarted, we immediately saw customers back in the store,” she said. “We were excited, but then that other landslide happened, and it’s been a real bummer.”
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