Catchment wall built to protect the tracks from a landslide is expected to be finished by the end of this week
Full passenger train service between San Diego and Orange counties is expected to resume Monday after the completion of a barrier wall to protect the railroad tracks from a San Clemente landslide triggered by seasonal rains.
and its rail partners will continue to work with local, state and federal stakeholders on both near-term and long-term solutions for protecting rail movement along this critical corridor,' the release states. The trouble spot is on a privately owned hillside along the San Clemente Beach Trail near an area called Mariposa Point.
and Metrolink built a similar wall last year at a landslide on city property below San Clemente’s historic Casa Romantica cultural center, just north of Mariposa Point. Both slides are in a seven-mile stretch of tracks that runs along the beach below steep bluffs from Dana Point to the San Diego County line.
freight trains have been traveling through the repair site at slow speeds overnight during the past few weeks. North County Transit District’s Coaster commuter trains between San Diego and Oceanside were not affected by the suspension.
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