by Donald Wood
Last updated: 9:15 AM ET, Thu June 12, 2025
WHY IT RATES: For
travelers heading to California, Amtrak is offering more service to key
destinations.—Donald Wood, News Editor.
The Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail
Corridor Agency (Agency) today announced that the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
train service has added more daily roundtrips between Los Angeles and San
Diego, offering travelers greater flexibility and convenience along the
Southern California coastal rail corridor. The expanded Pacific Surfliner
schedule introduces new afternoon and evening travel options, providing better
connections for both business and leisure passengers along the busiest
state-supported intercity passenger rail route in the nation.
"This service expansion provides more transportation
options between San Diego and Los Angeles - just in time for summer
travel," said LOSSAN Agency Chair and City of Fullerton Mayor Fred Jung.
"It is the next step in restoring Pacific Surfliner service and creating
more transportation options to Southern California's most popular events and
destinations."
Effective June 16, 2025, the Pacific Surfliner schedule will
feature an additional southbound and northbound train:
- Southbound Train
582: Departs Los Angeles Union Station at 4:10 p.m., arriving at San Diego
Santa Fe Depot at 7:04 p.m.
- Northbound Train
593: Departs San Diego Santa Fe Depot at 8:10 p.m., arriving at Los Angeles
Union Station at 10:57 p.m.
"This service expansion reflects our ongoing commitment
to increase passenger rail access across Southern California," said LOSSAN
Agency Managing Director Jason Jewell. "The additional frequencies offer
greater travel flexibility while supporting a convenient, reliable
transportation option."
These additional roundtrips fill key gaps in the schedule,
giving customers more flexibility to travel at times that better fit their
plans. With tracks now fully open throughout the San Diego to San Luis Obispo
corridor, Pacific Surfliner now offers 12 daily roundtrips between San Diego
and Los Angeles, five daily roundtrips between San Diego and Goleta and three
daily full-corridor roundtrips between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. In
addition, Amtrak Thruway Bus Service offers guaranteed connections to Pacific
Surfliner trains, extending travel options north to Oakland through Santa
Barbara, Solvang, San Luis Obispo and Paso Robles, and southeast to Indio
through Fullerton, Riverside, Palm Springs and Palm Desert.
The Pacific Surfliner route spans 351 miles through six
counties, serving 29 stations from San Diego to San Luis Obispo. This schedule
change marks a continued effort by the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency and its
partners to enhance regional rail service and improve customer experience. It
represents another step toward fully restoring service to levels that existed
on the corridor prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which included 13 daily Pacific
Surfliner roundtrips along this segment of the corridor.
All Pacific Surfliner trains feature comfortable, reclining
seats with power outlets, complimentary Wi-Fi, bike and luggage racks, and a
Market Café offering food and beverages, including California wines and local
craft beer.
Tickets are available now at PacificSurfliner.com,
Amtrak.com, via the Amtrak mobile app, or by calling 800-USA-RAIL.
SOURCE: Amtrak press
release.
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