The landslide below Casa Romantica has suspended all rail service between San Diego and Orange counties, less than two weeks after service was restored.
A new landslide at San Clemente has stopped all rail traffic at a spot two miles north of where the Orange County Transportation Authority recently suspended passenger trains for almost six months and spent more than $13.7 million to stabilize a different slope.
It is the latest in a string of rail closures, prompted by a crumbling coastline, that has disrupted commerce and commuter traffic. Passenger rail service wasThe new trouble spot is below Casa Romantica, a historic property built in the 1920s and now owned by the city of San Clemente and used as a cultural and events center. The city discovered new movement in the slopes there in recent weeks.
“The debris is falling from above and is getting close to the tracks,” Zlotnik said Thursday afternoon. Though there was no damage to the tracks, the movement was continuing, he said. Metrolink trains normally go as far south as Oceanside but will not travel south of San Clemente during the closure. During the previous Orange County slope stabilization, Amtrak continued to run trains between Oceanside and San Diego.
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