SPRINTER Commuter Train: Escondido to Oceanside California
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2022
- The Sprinter is a passenger rail service operated by San Diego’s North County Transit District. It travels over the 22 mile long former Santa Fe Railroad Escondido Branchline in-between Oceanside and Escondido, California. Trains run every 30 minutes during regular hours of travel with hourly operations during early morning and late evening weekend periods. Sprinter service is provided by a fleet of 12 Diesel Multiple Units, or DMU for short. These self propelled passenger rail cars were built by Siemens-Mobility in Germany and are part of an off the shelf European family of Rail cars known as the Desiro. They are quite popular on some of the more lightly traveled passenger rail lines in Europe but the Sprinter is the only service in North America to use this type of equipment. Over the years, Sprinter has become a popular mode of public transit, seeing over 2.4 million riders in 2019. Future plans call for even more of the route to be double tracked in order to increase train frequency. In this video, we will once again revisit this unique commuter rail operation in North County San Diego, following the route from Escondido to Oceanside and back again.
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When me and my family first moved to San Diego County in late 2010 my dad and I rode the SPRINTER round trip from Oceanside to Escondido and back. We rode it during sunset and got to see the mountains and CSUSM at dusk. Now I am a student at CSUSM and my apartment is right next to the tracks, so this little railway holds a special place in my heart.
I believe the CSUSM station is the only part of the route built from the ground up from 2005. Only grade separated station too I believe.
I was born and raised in Tri-City (1973-2020). I had to move in October 2020 to Missoula, Montana and I miss North County every day. Thanks for this!
As a railfan. the Sprinter is a go to for ride to Escondido from Oceanside
I think what I find most interesting is that to avoid putting the American standard couplers, horns and bells, NCTD classified this line as a light rail, so these cars don’t really have very many modifications from their European design.
Yup. They are basically off the shelf European trains. The only major difference aside from seating configuration is the large rooftop AC units.
@@CoasterFan2105 Jeździłem takimi na trasie Wrocław - Drezno PL-D ☺️
There is a reason why its couplet remained. This coupler is not just a coupler but houses many connections aswell. The Desiro just has to connect or how we call it here "Kiss" another Desiro and it can go as soon as it happenes. The horn is not an off the box one by the way. Overall I hope that you guys will enjoy this little bastard because they sure useful and very compact! 😊
Bought my old mustang in Escondido, took that line to get there. Not gonna lie, the Coaster and the sprinter are on my top 10 list for scenic commuter lines
It's a nice taste of Southern California scenery!
Great video as always Mike!
I do want to mention something though. I work at Roaring Camp now and Sonora (The West Side Lumber Co Shay) is slated to be back in service by December or January. If you are planning a trip to either Central or Northern California, I suggest stopping by Felton to see the engine and capture the railroad in 4K.
That would be neat to see! Thanks for watching!
Very interesting, the diesel sprinter. In Germany, many of these multiple units run electrically with overhead lines. Very nicely filmed.
These don‘t run electrically in Germany. Electric versions of the Desiro Classic were only sold to Greece, Bulgaria and Slovenia. All German Desiro Classic units are diesel, just like these.
@@bahnspotterEU Unfortunately it was a mix up. We drive the Desiro HC and not the Classic.
Nice to see the trains from my homecountry in your Videos. Great Video as always and greetings from Germany!
Many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Desiro są fajne. Jeździłem nimi na trasie Wrocław - Drezno 😉
Whenever I visit Shanghai, I make a round trip out to the airport on the maglev and back to Pudong, just for fun. German technology at its best!
Great video as always Mike!! I always live your Southern California train videos especially of Amtrak and coaster
Thank you, Sam! There should be several more Southern California videos coming this year.
As always a very successful video from you
I follow your videos for many years and you have really perfected the trainspotting
Greetings from Germany
Michael
Fantastic catch/meetup at 8:00
Thanks, Alan!
Amazing video Mike! I do have a suggestion for a future video: You should visit Florida again once Brightline completes its Orlando extension and film it going 125mph when its in revenue service!
Thank you, Austin! I think a trip back to Florida might be in the works for the not too distant future!
Im just glad that cities in north san diego are mentioned.
Amazing video! I hope to see Coaster when I go to San Diego next weekend.
Have a good trip!
@@CoasterFan2105 Thanks!
These units (Siemens Desiro) are very common in European countries like Germany, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Romania, Belgium, UK, Slovenia and Switzerland. They're also used in Malaysia, Thailand, Israel, Egypt and Russia.
Just wanted to add some information too lol.
I enjoy seeing what my hometown of Vista looks like. Glad there is better transit.
Great video of the sprinter trains! I think they are really cool because there’re sleek, modern, and they still have the original paint scheme that looks really fast and aerodynamic
Thank you! They're pretty neat looking trains!
It's a very unique service, and an awesome paint scheme, great video!
Once again - excellent camera work. Nice compositions for the fixed angle drive by's. Lighting just right. Omission of hand held follow around shots and " artistic zooms " much appreciated. Well done, good sir ! Enjoyed it all. Now I'll have to drive up to Oceanside and see for myself. Cheers !
Hello Mike it's a very good time to watch trains in USA it's so cool I love it
I wish more transit agencies would reemploy DMUs across the United States. It would also be cool with Siemens would adapt these to be the same width and height of standard passenger equipment in the US
I would expect to see more DMU commuter operations in the US over the next decade. Thanks!
hope this happens
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I live by the Crouch station and I time how long I can lie in bed before I actually have to get up for work in the wee hours of the AM. It's a good train when needed.
I'm not sure this is true, but it looked like you followed the route through every shot, then reversed back to the Escondido transit center. If you did do this, it was really cool! If you didn't, it was still an awesome video!
last time i saw a sprinter was 2021 i miss san diego :(
That's the best meet ever to me at 07:49 ! Both the trains match 😀😀😍👍 :)
I'm old fans you because I watch your video since 2013
great - we loved riding the coaster when we lived o'side - but moved before the new line was built!
So cool! I didn't know this system existed. These trains look very similar to the eBART trains in the SF Bay Area that operate on the Antioch extension, though those DMUs are made by Stadler.
Happy Friday, Mister Mike Armstrong! And Happy Friday, Everyone-on-TH-cam
Wow a Sprinter video,and I love the shots of the sprinter
Many thanks!
Good video with sprinter train. ❤️💖
;)
Thank you!
I’ll see you on the Sprinter commuter train 🚊 at the railroad crossing.😀
7:33 to 8:17 cool catch sprinter with big bro coaster
Funny because I know the trains from Germany in red from DB known as series 642, greetings from Germany
Same exact trains! Thanks for watching!
My folks lived in Escondido in the 1970s where I would go visit. The government was already talking about light rail then. Glad to see it happened.
Ah yes..... All of the romance of the train with all the tragedy of riding the bus.
Amazing catches!
Thank you!
Beautiful😍❤ presentation friend🤩🤩 greetings from India🇮🇳
I hope SPRINTER frequencies can go up soon, I want to use it to go to Sockers games when they move up to Oceanside.
Great video.
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This is awesome!
Great video
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Hello I like your video,and the scenery is good!
Thank you!
I Love You!
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Awesome 😎 I actually live above the section of one of the transit station you didn’t film from probably because of the private property line but if you ever need a good view to film just let me know. You can film from my back yard that over looks the station and from the field too. Have an awesome day and thanks for time 😃 God Bless
No way that train is soo cool😍🥰😘😛
Its wierd seing these wellbuilt german trains, on well built tracks
Inside the united states
It's definitely a unique operation!
happy Cinco De Mayo day, Mike
Great video Mike
Thanks!
@@CoasterFan2105 you are welcome
As a real fan these sprinter cars Are based on the bombardier talent
I Love It a Lot
Thanks, Kev!
Not sure why they call it the "Sprinter". It takes 45 minutes to go the 18 miles from Esco To OS.
I know right, they need to upgrade the train engines, or atleast electrify the route
It's very interesting to see european trains in USA 👍
Good thing Sprinter still retain the old paint scheme like Coasters old scheme
It's a nice looking scheme!
@@CoasterFan2105 no wonder its is not only the only rail company to use the DMUs but also the last rail in NCTD to wear a paint scheme formerly used in Coaster trains
nice video bro
7:50 Diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing
7:53 Bloooooooooong!
Nice video Mike! :)
Thanks, Rhett :)
@@CoasterFan2105 no problem
I haven’t seen these trains for the first time, but hey good video. I’m so sad that they are gonna be gone soon
Thanks for watching!
@@CoasterFan2105 no problem man
Nice Video
Thanks!
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Nice video Mike
Thank you!
Your welcome sprinter Is a pretty cool commuter railroad
Are the trains the size of the Amtrak coaches or the talgo Amtrak coaches?
These Siemens DMUs are expected to retired soon as there was a recent report that NCTD is planning to purchase Stadler FLIRT DMUs to replace these Siemens DMUs.
Wait what year where these trains made?
There was a report of that a few years ago but as far as I know, nothing has been funded yet.
@@CoasterFan2105 oh I see
That’s was very BS this Siemens Desiro is not even that old I can’t believe they retire already
Good on them to not retired them
Whatever else people think Sprinter does NOT live up to its name. It's insanely slow.
It's like a mini coaster
It is!
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Notice the similar paint scheme to the Coaster commuter trains.
Can you do Amtrak please 🥺🙏
Hey Mike. At 8:06 is this clip a old video of the Coaster F40?
What do you think is the reason why they chose Siemens over Stadler?
Hey CoasterFan2105 dose EX Amtrak F40PHR unit 388 have any chance of seeing preservation???
It's unlikely, but you never know!
@@CoasterFan2105 OK.
Mike amstorng please go to metra because f59phi is now metra
Coming this Friday!
It's a pity that there isn't more public support for transit in San Diego, whose light rail rivaled the Portland MAX in 2019 total and per mile ridership and carried more trips in 2022 than any other US LRT.
It's also a pity that SANDAG is allocating money towards making transit free before increasing Trolley frequencies. Mission Valley is getting up to 50K new residents. The Green Line needs 7.5 minute or better frequencies ASAP.
Who owned these lines? UP, BNSF or the Commuter?
Jo, made in germany!
er have that trains in germany too
I haven't went on to this
You didn’t show College Blvd
Are the sprinter trains solar power?
Ride it everyday
What this video doesn't show is literal bullet holes in the windows.
what is the top speed?
35 MPH
@@davidmoser3535 What! That's so slow.
@@davidmoser3535 no it’s 50 mph
That's were are live
Next time can you do a Washington one like another like Bellingham on Please 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬😭😭🤬😭😭
I will be doing more in Washington, but I just posted one last week. I have a lot of fans that like different things, so I try to do something different every week.
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Really Sad sounding horn
It’s light rail, it’s not gonna have a K5LA
@@danielcarlin7784 there are countless other options
@@danielcarlin7784 damn it! Those horns are terrible! Those sound like ones in German train vids! Was the horn made in USA or the horn itself was from Germany?
@@namratajha9712 the horns came with the cars, so most likely manufactured in Germany
@@danielcarlin7784 ok thanks!
It’s videos like these that make me think that maybe the US rail system gets a lot more flack than it deserves, sure we don’t have a Shinkansen, but should we really compare to that high a bar? Japan makes the TGVs look pathetic by comparison. If you compare the US to Germany, our rail network isn’t all that bad really, long distance trains and all. Could we upgrade speeds in places? Most definitely, but overall, it’s not as terrible as people make it out to be.
Great video
Thanks for watching!