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No Coaster, Amtrak Rail Service This Weekend In San Diego County
Rail service will be halted this weekend and the weekend of Jan. 20-21 to allow crews to complete infrastructure improvements.
OCEANSIDE, CA – There will be no Coaster or Amtrak Pacific Surfliner rail service in San Diego County this weekend.
Rail service will be halted this weekend as well as the weekend of Jan. 20-21 to allow crews to complete infrastructure improvements along the coastal rail corridor.
"These closures are chosen to have the least impact on customers and provide a window in which construction and maintenance can be performed without interruption," North County Transit District officials said.
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There will be no replacement bus service for Coaster trains, though alternatives can include the Breeze Route 101 bus or Metropolitan Transit System buses, according to North County Transit District. There will be replacement bus service for Amtrak passengers traveling in San Diego County, which will require a reservation.
On the Friday nights preceding each closure, southbound Amtrak trains scheduled to depart from Oceanside at 10:05 p.m. and 12:01 a.m. will make their trips to Santa Fe Depot.
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By City News Service; Kristina Houck/Patch contributed to this report.
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