Sen. Blakespear leads subcommittee to find long-term solutions for crumbling 351-mile LOSSAN rail corridor
A state Senate subcommittee met for the first time Tuesday for an overview of the crumbling 351-mile LOSSAN corridor, San Diego’s only railroad link to Los Angeles and the rest of the United States.
Passenger rail service is again suspended between San Diego and Orange counties because of a landslide that occurred in late April above a section of the tracks in San Clemente. Freight trains travel through the area at 10 mph to 15 mph, usually at night. Construction this time is expected to take about two weeks and will include removing soil at the north end of the landslide to reduce the chance of more material sliding down onto the railroad tracks or up against a condominium building north of the site, according to a city news release. Officials have not said when passenger service will resume.
Passengers stayed home in droves at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, then ridership slowly returned to about 75 percent of prior levels. However, the San Clemente suspensions have dropped ridership back down to between 40 percent and 50 percent of pre-COVID levels, Jewell said. Most of the coastal railroad route has been in place since 1887. Natural erosion pushes the beach closer to the tracks every year, but the pace appears to be increasing with sea-level rise and climate change.
Blufftop sections of tracks also are threatened in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, where the railway is owned and operated by the Union Pacific Railroad. Stabilization projects and in some cases rerouting also are planned there.
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