Amtrak (i.e. the Federal gov't) needs to make this line viable by double-tracking it and upgrading it to facilitate high speeds. The views are gorgeous and it would greatly facilitate tourism in this region. I'm in SoCal and frankly driving can get exhausting and it would be nice to just kick back and enjoy the view out my window.
While Amtrak operates the line, they do so under contract to a Joint Power Authority (LOSSAN), formed by the counties served by the line. LOSSAN owns the tracks, OCTA does the day to day management, and Amtrak operates the trains. There are plans to double track a lot of the line where it’s not, mostly in San Diego county…but funding is, as always for non-car projects, lacking.
I mean it's double-tracked more so than some of the other lines out there but yeah it would be nice to have more frequency for sure. They're having enough problems with the ocean water getting too close to the current tracks.
oh yeah! I'd love to see here Maglev or at least highspeed Monorail to cover DTLA DTSD space in around 60 mins! That'd be a game changer not only for touring but for business trips logistics. That'd boost the economic interconnection of the region for sure.
Not speed, but more frequent trains for sure. That there's barely 4 a day is criminal misuse of public transit. They should be every 5 minutes 24/7 like other developed nations rail services. This is barely being used as a tourist trap.
Hello, were their any homeless on board? 😬 I’m asking because I’m hoping this could be my sons transport from school to home? I hear there are a lot of mentally Ill homeless around the train station and I’m afraid of allowing my son to take the train if that is true. 😬
Honestly, I would watch this from beginning to end in normal speed. No timelapse needed. When I was younger, I never knew that trains could be so fast. Then I saw the Pacific Surfliner along the I-5. Now I ride the Surfliner along the I-5.
I have done this trip several times and never tire of it. I hope to come back in a few months. The service is always friendly and the snacks are to die for! Thank you for your wonderful service. Greetings from Australia.
indeed! The views are amazing and it's as fast as driving, 3 hours SD to LA. Unfortunately they do have to move some of it inland due to global warming eroding the cliffs at Del Mar, but we should still have plenty of ocean views, and they said it should make the trip a little faster. 🙂 California is the best state to visit....in the major cities, we agree with the EU on pretty much everything, so you will very rarely run into a trumptard, and we have pretty great infrastructure and institutions in the state. Glad that Trump's followers are priced out of this state. It enables us to keep our amazing quality of life.🙂 I'm from the other side of the state, San Francisco Bay Area, and I don't even know how to drive. You don't really NEED to drive up here, unless you have a job that requires you to go from site to site, or you work odd hours or in a remote area, or maybe if you have kids, though I do see families riding transit together sometimes. 🙂 Australia is a long flight! I want to go down there at some point though. 🙂
Chow Chow me too, I live along the one track area between Oceanside and Dana Point, one train every 30 minutes to an hour, and no BNSF, except for ONE at 9:30 and another at 11:30 (both at PM), I have to take an our train ride to Fullerton just to see BNSF all day and have really nice Railfanning videos
Same here. It’s just increasing risk of delays and/or collision. They should try and build second tracks. Maybe even convert it into a high speed rail line
I also travel the Pacific Surfliner route between San Diego, Los Angeles & Oxnard when I’m home in the San Diego area for visits up to a week. I alternate my visits between Los Angeles & Oxnard every other visit home to the San Diego area. The Pacific Surfliner/Coast Starlight/Capital Corridor route between San Diego & Sacramento is my most favorite Amtrak route.
Given that the LA-San Diego passenger rail corridor is one of the busiest in the country, 2nd only to the Northeast Corridor, it is in desperate need of electrification in order to increase train speed and frequency as well as reduce noise and pollution. The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't. Double tracking definitely helps, and electrification should be the next logical step.
@@haydentravis3348 that’s a bit overkill, but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours.
"The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't" It's the same speed as driving already. SD to LA on this train is three hours, that's roughly the same as driving. With traffic, it is significantly faster than driving. 🙂 They may or may not electrify it via overhead lines. They do plan to move some of it underground to bypass the Del Mar area, at some point. 🙂
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc " but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours." There are ten Surfiner trains a day between SD and LA. Four per day go all the way to San Luis Obispo. Plus the Coaster and Metrolink provide more frequency in the LA area and the SD area. Coaster has iirc 15 trains daily between San Diego and Oceanside. Metrolink has five per day LA to Oceanside. btw don't confuse Surfliner with a "metro". That is not its intended purpose. Surfliner is an intercity service. LA has a metro system that's separate, it has buses and light rail.
I take the surfliner more times than the Coast Starlight to Seattle washington and honestly the Surfliner rly is a beautiful train and a good view alongside the pacific coast
0:09 - San Diego - SF Depot 0:15 - San Diego - Old Town 1:02 - Solana Beach 1:31 - Oceanside 2:08 - San Clemente Pier 2:32 - San Juan Capistrano 2:51 - Irvine 3:04 - Santa Ana 3:15 - Anaheim 3:26 - Fullerton 4:09 - LA - Union Station *Other trains/trams at each station* San Diego - SF Depot: Coaster, MTS San Diego - Old Town: Coaster, MTS Solana Beach: Coaster Oceanside: Coaster, Sprinter, Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC) San Clemente Pier - Santa Ana: Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC) Anaheim: Metrolink (Orange County) Fullerton: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief) LA - Union Station: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley, Riverside Line, San Bernardino Line, Ventura County, Antelope Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight), Metro
I ran over the route to Oceanside in Roblox surfliner project by surfliner studios in Amtrak and NCTD trains I like the stretches of Encinitas and Carlsbad village. Also does the surfliner have any f59phis left or are they all been replaced with sc-44s?
3:55 is the now gone Hobart tower right at bottom of Los Angeles..I many times hopped across the 4 tracks here at night right next to the diamonds and climbed up to the balcony of it ! We're looking north and single track crossing is the LAJunction RR coming in off Downey Rd. at bottom of huge BNSF Inter-modal yard..They've since changed everything down there. Tower is gone and little place left to park now to watch the action..RR cops come by quickly now and tell you to move on..My hang there is now finito (+-) !! But I got a bunch others anyway... 3:57 is the 'flyover' they installed to make passenger travel faster in/out L.A. 4:06 is LA Union Sta. tower at throat of terminal.. MDem
If like ocean views allows sit on the west side of the train...right side going south,left side going north...if you really like the ocean air try the coaster train
The engine will lead the train going southbound from Los Angeles, so sit on the right side of the train while facing the direction of the engine for the ocean views!
Huh? But The Amtrak Coast Starlight , San Joaquins , Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, California Zephyr , Capital Corridor, and Pacific Surfliner all cross through the state of California . 🤨
Generally, the stations are either to the left and/or right of the platforms, out of camera view. As an example, San Juan Capistrano has a Spanish-style station that was built in 1894. No tunnels on this route.
It normally takes 8.5 to 9 hours to travel the full 351 miles between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. For the portion highlighted in the video, San Diego to Los Angeles, it normally takes around 3 hours. Let us know if you have any other questions!
You can take ( according to Amtrak’s website) The San Joaquins Amtrak and the connection bus to San Francisco The Pacific Sufliner up to Santa Barbara and a connection bus to San Francisco The ride ranges between 9 1/2 - 12 hours from Los Angeles
Amtrak (i.e. the Federal gov't) needs to make this line viable by double-tracking it and upgrading it to facilitate high speeds. The views are gorgeous and it would greatly facilitate tourism in this region. I'm in SoCal and frankly driving can get exhausting and it would be nice to just kick back and enjoy the view out my window.
While Amtrak operates the line, they do so under contract to a Joint Power Authority (LOSSAN), formed by the counties served by the line. LOSSAN owns the tracks, OCTA does the day to day management, and Amtrak operates the trains. There are plans to double track a lot of the line where it’s not, mostly in San Diego county…but funding is, as always for non-car projects, lacking.
I mean it's double-tracked more so than some of the other lines out there but yeah it would be nice to have more frequency for sure. They're having enough problems with the ocean water getting too close to the current tracks.
oh yeah! I'd love to see here Maglev or at least highspeed Monorail to cover DTLA DTSD space in around 60 mins! That'd be a game changer not only for touring but for business trips logistics. That'd boost the economic interconnection of the region for sure.
Exactly! This is barely excusable, since they have high frequencies and room for a second track.
Not speed, but more frequent trains for sure. That there's barely 4 a day is criminal misuse of public transit. They should be every 5 minutes 24/7 like other developed nations rail services. This is barely being used as a tourist trap.
Finally, "high speed rail" in California. :/
@Plaines_LV yep, that and Tustin. They FLY through that area 2:50
Was on this train just a couple of days ago and it was amazing. What a beautiful time spent on rails. I highly recommend it.
Hello, were their any homeless on board? 😬 I’m asking because I’m hoping this could be my sons transport from school to home?
I hear there are a lot of mentally Ill homeless around the train station and I’m afraid of allowing my son to take the train if that is true. 😬
@@beecee7488 Not all homeless people are dangerous and we should always harbor compassion to others. Regardless, the stations are clean and safe.
Honestly, I would watch this from beginning to end in normal speed. No timelapse needed.
When I was younger, I never knew that trains could be so fast. Then I saw the Pacific Surfliner along the I-5. Now I ride the Surfliner along the I-5.
The amtrak surfliner is my favorite train
Same
How much
@@yotiep.1072 San Diego to Los Angeles or( vice versa )coach is $36 or $55 business class one way.
@@deerene ohh ok..thanks
Same here
I have done this trip several times and never tire of it. I hope to come back in a few months. The service is always friendly and the snacks are to die for! Thank you for your wonderful service.
Greetings from Australia.
I came from Austria to do this trip some days ago. Really great!!!
indeed! The views are amazing and it's as fast as driving, 3 hours SD to LA. Unfortunately they do have to move some of it inland due to global warming eroding the cliffs at Del Mar, but we should still have plenty of ocean views, and they said it should make the trip a little faster. 🙂
California is the best state to visit....in the major cities, we agree with the EU on pretty much everything, so you will very rarely run into a trumptard, and we have pretty great infrastructure and institutions in the state. Glad that Trump's followers are priced out of this state. It enables us to keep our amazing quality of life.🙂 I'm from the other side of the state, San Francisco Bay Area, and I don't even know how to drive. You don't really NEED to drive up here, unless you have a job that requires you to go from site to site, or you work odd hours or in a remote area, or maybe if you have kids, though I do see families riding transit together sometimes. 🙂
Australia is a long flight! I want to go down there at some point though. 🙂
More Amtrak routes need something similar to this! Would love to see a similar video for the San Joaquins and Capitol Corridor! ^_^
Exactly and they should do caltrain too
Nice👍👍👍I was on this train last month
It just pisses me off seeing some sections of this route still single-tracked.
Chow Chow me too, I live along the one track area between Oceanside and Dana Point, one train every 30 minutes to an hour, and no BNSF, except for ONE at 9:30 and another at 11:30 (both at PM), I have to take an our train ride to Fullerton just to see BNSF all day and have really nice Railfanning videos
though if San Clemente was double tracked, it would suck
Same here. It’s just increasing risk of delays and/or collision. They should try and build second tracks. Maybe even convert it into a high speed rail line
Amtrak Productions if the entire line was double tracked I think BNSF would come through in the day
TotalBoogeymenH2Oplus that might make it worse
spectacular......great music too
Nice time lapse video! This is the part of the Surfliner route I travel most on.
Me too.
I also travel the Pacific Surfliner route between San Diego, Los Angeles & Oxnard when I’m home in the San Diego area for visits up to a week. I alternate my visits between Los Angeles & Oxnard every other visit home to the San Diego area. The Pacific Surfliner/Coast Starlight/Capital Corridor route between San Diego & Sacramento is my most favorite Amtrak route.
Me to!
Oh my gosh this is so cool😆😆😆😆😆😆. I always will love trains over airplanes.
Me too
Planes are boring fuel eating junk
Given that the LA-San Diego passenger rail corridor is one of the busiest in the country, 2nd only to the Northeast Corridor, it is in desperate need of electrification in order to increase train speed and frequency as well as reduce noise and pollution. The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't. Double tracking definitely helps, and electrification should be the next logical step.
Exactly! Let's make voices aloud then :)
And 5-10 minute spacing 24/7. It's ridiculous that this even needs to be said.
@@haydentravis3348 that’s a bit overkill, but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours.
"The train should already be faster than driving, even without traffic, but currently isn't"
It's the same speed as driving already. SD to LA on this train is three hours, that's roughly the same as driving. With traffic, it is significantly faster than driving. 🙂
They may or may not electrify it via overhead lines. They do plan to move some of it underground to bypass the Del Mar area, at some point. 🙂
@@ChrisJones-gx7fc
" but there should minimum be trains every hour running between 6am and midnight, and every 15-30 minutes during peak hours."
There are ten Surfiner trains a day between SD and LA. Four per day go all the way to San Luis Obispo.
Plus the Coaster and Metrolink provide more frequency in the LA area and the SD area. Coaster has iirc 15 trains daily between San Diego and Oceanside. Metrolink has five per day LA to Oceanside.
btw don't confuse Surfliner with a "metro". That is not its intended purpose. Surfliner is an intercity service. LA has a metro system that's separate, it has buses and light rail.
It's videos like this i wish never had an end to them.
Thanks for posting - it was very enjoyable.
Awesome video . Happily July 2023
I take the surfliner more times than the Coast Starlight to Seattle washington and honestly the Surfliner rly is a beautiful train and a good view alongside the pacific coast
Thank you for putting the station names
This is My Favorite Part of The Surfliner Route.
If you saw any coast starlight trains I was on 1 of them at this time
Good video to watch while medicated!
I hooe to one day see a time-lapse video like this for a daily Amtrak route from Los Angeles to the Coachella Valley/Imperial County among others!!
0:09 - San Diego - SF Depot
0:15 - San Diego - Old Town
1:02 - Solana Beach
1:31 - Oceanside
2:08 - San Clemente Pier
2:32 - San Juan Capistrano
2:51 - Irvine
3:04 - Santa Ana
3:15 - Anaheim
3:26 - Fullerton
4:09 - LA - Union Station
*Other trains/trams at each station*
San Diego - SF Depot: Coaster, MTS
San Diego - Old Town: Coaster, MTS
Solana Beach: Coaster
Oceanside: Coaster, Sprinter, Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC)
San Clemente Pier - Santa Ana: Metrolink (Orange County, IEOC)
Anaheim: Metrolink (Orange County)
Fullerton: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief)
LA - Union Station: Metrolink (Orange County, Perris Valley, Riverside Line, San Bernardino Line, Ventura County, Antelope Valley), Amtrak (Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited/Texas Eagle, Coast Starlight), Metro
A few, but not all ( as of 2024) Amtrak Pacific Surfliners make stops at San Clemente Pier.
@@deerene yeah i believe its weekends only
My favorite part of the trip is the ocean views of near the Solana Beach station and the San Clemente Piers.
I SAW MY OLD HOUSE :D Great vid
Hey, it’s a metrolink cab car! 4:03
I ran over the route to Oceanside in Roblox surfliner project by surfliner studios in Amtrak and NCTD trains I like the stretches of Encinitas and Carlsbad village. Also does the surfliner have any f59phis left or are they all been replaced with sc-44s?
Incredible video, thank you for uploading.
Bravo! Loved this video!
3:55 is the now gone Hobart tower right at bottom of Los Angeles..I many times hopped across the 4 tracks here at night right next to the diamonds and climbed up to the balcony of it ! We're looking north and single track crossing is the LAJunction RR coming in off Downey Rd. at bottom of huge BNSF Inter-modal yard..They've since changed everything down there. Tower is gone and little place left to park now to watch the action..RR cops come by quickly now and tell you to move on..My hang there is now finito (+-) !! But I got a bunch others anyway...
3:57 is the 'flyover' they installed to make passenger travel faster in/out L.A.
4:06 is LA Union Sta. tower at throat of terminal..
MDem
I would like to see a recent time-lapse of the entire trip from SLO to San Diego.
Nice video!
I'd like to see a Lake Shore Limited time lapse from Chicago to Boston. That's how far I traveled alone to see a friend from college.
3:58, on the far left is one of the Phase III heritage units!
Central California Rail Productions I see..
Rode this train so many times
Amtrak is moving fast for once lol
After that vid I would never ride on the Japanese bullet train.
Would love to see a real time (non time-lapse) version of this.
Me too. They should do a Real Time Roundtrip from Los Angeles to San Diego/San Luis Obispo.
TommyPickles Fan1992 yes! Sam Luis Obispo!
Play at 0.25 speed for a better experience.
And play at 2x speed for a totally mind blowing experience.!
virtual railfan viewers watching this mustev liked it because in san juan capistro is a sight for a railcam
Wow !!!!
2:32 San Juan Capistrano
3:15 Anaheim
4:07 LA
1:01 Solana Beach
1:30 Oceanside!
I Love ❤️ Trains I Love The Capitol Corridor And Pacific Surfliner
Me watching this video while riding another amtrak train makes for good special effects
Lol
Es mi viaje soñado, ojalá pueda realizarlo si Dios quiere. Saludos desde España.
wheres the music from, and is it copyrighted?
Is there any reason why the NCTD section south of Oceanside is left hand running?
whats the name of the song wanna add it to my spotify playlist its a really good song!!!
0:34 reminds me of the Tehachapi pass.
2x speed looking aweasome 👌👌👌👌👌
4:02 if you do this in slow motion on the left side you will see a metrolink yard and the f125 Having the old cab cars
3:13 THATS MY CITY OH MY
That's nice, Peter Panda!
Beats LA traffic anyday IMO
This was taken on train 777 which is my favorite Surfliner number
If like ocean views allows sit on the west side of the train...right side going south,left side going north...if you really like the ocean air try the coaster train
How could you even have the thought of disliking this
i wish we had the auto train on California
AWESOME
BRO at 0:49 IM ALWAYS ON THE TRACK ON THE OTHER SIDE ON THE LEFT😭😭😭 of the mountain
2:50 Wait.. is that a GO Transit F59PH on the other platform?
Nope its a Hyndai Rotem
Yes. Although, it was a leaser unit.
@@Lucrativecrisit is one of
Is oceanside a pretty big station compared to other big stations?
Yes, it is one of the bigger stations on the route and you can walk to the beach.
Now I hope They can upload The Southbound to San Diego from The Inside of The F59PHI.
TommyPickles Fan1992 same
Still in the beach
RIP sorrentino valley,and the other coaster/san clementine that one metrolink stop
Music name?
forreal doe 3:48 hits diffrent!!!!
are these trains usually packed or is there plenty of space to chose from to sit?
So I'm guessing for the best views from LA we should sit on the left side of the train going to
San Diego
The engine will lead the train going southbound from Los Angeles, so sit on the right side of the train while facing the direction of the engine for the ocean views!
Love it 😍
We need a train that crosses California. It’s a mess to travel now you need to change to a bus . Crazy. Get it done.
Huh? But The Amtrak Coast Starlight , San Joaquins , Southwest Chief, Sunset Limited, California Zephyr , Capital Corridor, and Pacific Surfliner all cross through the state of California . 🤨
Can you show this with normal speed and no music? Thank you!
hahah your pfp is an sc charger AWESOME
Damn I didn't know it was so fast
“… a hundred and two… “
The magic number if you’re riding a train.
The west coast equivalent of the Philadelphia-NYC run.
And I have this whole route on my train simulator
Trainboy 073 which one?.
@@samgerchick964 train simulator 14 i believe its the 2013 add on :)
Why do the trains go on the left in San Diego County?
I wonder what cab car this was filmed from.
san clemente 😊
What speed did you take this video at? (i.e. were the exposures every second, two seconds ??)
Where's Lake Forest at? When does the train get there in the vid?
COASTER went to Lake Forest for one time. Search up Metrolink 604 with COASTER consist.
From European point of view it´s weird the rail isn´t electrified.
How about putting it on DVD in real time?
Also why didn't you do the whole route in one video
The Concorde of trains.
Why dose this line insist on running on the left its confusing to the new passengers
I seen that video on Facebook
Yep, the people who work on train simulator got this route correct conpletely
32 Miles Per 1 Minute
There's no train station, just outdoor platforms on all the stops? No train tunnels?
Generally, the stations are either to the left and/or right of the platforms, out of camera view. As an example, San Juan Capistrano has a Spanish-style station that was built in 1894. No tunnels on this route.
GSMSfromFV There’s tunnels on the northern part of the Surflijer route
How long was this train ride really?
It normally takes 8.5 to 9 hours to travel the full 351 miles between San Diego and San Luis Obispo. For the portion highlighted in the video, San Diego to Los Angeles, it normally takes around 3 hours. Let us know if you have any other questions!
Pause at around 3:24-3:25 and that station is where a train festival is held yearly,
Mason French Fullerton?
not this year :(
About how long does the trip last from Irvine to San Diego?
It's around two hours, and a very beautiful trip!
any one else got a vibe check at 3:48 😂😂😂
The whole line has been shutdown due to coastl erosion
It’s open again as of July 2023
Where did it meet 774?
How long does take from San Diego to Los Angeles? And, does it go to San Francisco?
2 Hours 50 minutes from Los Angeles to San Diego and 5 Hours 30 minutes from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo.
You can take ( according to Amtrak’s website)
The San Joaquins Amtrak and the connection bus to San Francisco
The Pacific Sufliner up to Santa Barbara and a connection bus to San Francisco
The ride ranges between 9 1/2 - 12 hours from Los Angeles
No time lapse is necessary.
Those Norwegian train cab videos are very popular.
hhahhahaha any one else felt like thins was a rollercoaster.
Do they have a bar on this train?
The Pacific Surfliner has a cafe car and it does sell alcohol.