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	Pacific Surfliner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak passenger train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
		Though operated by Amtrak, the Pacific Surfliner is primarily financed through funds made available by the State of California Department of Transportation and is operated under the Amtrak California brand.
		Southbound Pacific Surfliner crosses Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pacific_Surfliner (691 words)

	Amtrak California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The other state supported rail route, the Pacific Surfliner, uses a unique blue and silver paint scheme that is different from the other Amtrak California-branded trains, since the state only provides about half of its operating and equipment costs.
		Pacific Surfliner route also uses EMD F59PHI's but they are owned by Amtrak instead of the state.
		The Pacific Surfliner is a major commuting route in Southern California.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amtrak_California (743 words)

	Pacific Surfliner - TheBestLinks.com - Bus, California, California Department of Transportation, Locomotive, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Because neither San Diego nor Goleta is equipped with a roundhouse or a turntable, trains running on the Pacific Surfliner are arranged so that the last car is one equipped with engineer controls, so that the train can be operated in either direction, allowing for a quick turnaround.
		The Pacific Surfliner trains usually consist of a EMD F59PHI locomotive, a business class car, a cafe car, 2 coach cars, and a baggage car equipped with engineer controls.
		Though operated by Amtrak, the Pacific Surfliner is primarily financed through funds made available by the State of California Department of Transportation.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Pacific_Surfliner.html (417 words)

	Railway Age: California passenger rail success story
		The pacific Surfliner, with a ridership of 1.57 million during the fiscal year ending last June 30, is the leader at 48%.
		The Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak's second busiest service nationally while the Capitols are the fourth and the San Joaquins the fifth.
		The goal for the Pacific Surfliner is hourly service with 14 daily trips by 2005 and 16 by 2010, six of which would continue to Santa Barbara and two to San Luis Obispo.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_9_201/ai_65805880 (1423 words)

	Pacific Surfliner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pacific Surfliner is a designator for Amtrak passenger trains serving communities on the coastline of southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo.
		The last train south (Train 796) may held up to one hour if Train 11 (the Coast Starlight) from Seattle is delayed.
		Southbound Pacific Surfliner crosses Agua Hedionda Lagoon in Carlsbad, Ca.
	www.bellgardens.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pacific_Surfliner (539 words)

	AMTRAK’S PACIFIC SURFLINER ROUTE Five Years Old
		Formerly known as the San Diegan, the Pacific Surfliner has served nearly 9.8 million passengers since the new service was launched in June of 2000 and is expected to reach 10 million passengers next month.
		Gil gave special thanks to the employees of the Pacific Surfliner, who have made the Surfliner the success that it is. This corridor is the 2nd largest in the US in passengers.
		Ahlers stressed that the Pacific Surfliners are not only convenient for trips to Los Angeles and San Diego, but for Angels baseball fans to get to the games at the Anaheim stadium just across the parking lot from the station where today's ceremonies are being held.
	www.trainweb.org /carl/Surfliner5 (1440 words)

	Amtrak ridership breaks record in California - News - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He said it is difficult to assess which factor had the most impact, but it is telling that in the months when gas hovered around the $3 mark, the trains were registering 7 percent to 10 percent year-over-year monthly increases, compared with 5 percent for the year overall.
		Bronte noted that the Pacific Surfliner officially is an intercity service, not a commuter train, although it does attract a few commuters who are looking for midday travel options.
		Because the Surfliner is officially an intercity train, it would be eligible for a share of $500 million that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has targeted at intercity rail in his mammoth $68 billion infrastructure bond proposal.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/11302271 (1148 words)

	Amtrak - Routes - California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Most Pacific Surfliners are equipped with bicycle and surfboard racks allowing you to bring your bike onboard, unboxed as carry-on baggage.
		Pacific Surfliner tickets are valid on Metrolink and Coaster trains.
		The Pacific Surfliner is financed and operated in partnership with the State of California.
	www.amtrak.com /servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Route/Vertical_Route_Page&c=am2Route&cid=1081256322013&ssid=132 (252 words)

	Amtrak California Routes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Pacific Surfliner Route lies in a generally northwest by southeast direction along the Pacific Coast of California, connecting the cities of San Diego, Los Angeles, Oxnard, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo.
		There are Amtrak motor coach connections between the Pacific Surfliners and the San Joaquin Valley.
		Amtrak's Pacific Surfliners also share some station facilities with Amtrak's Coast Starlight, and rail commuter services in Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties.
	www.dot.ca.gov /hq/rail/amcalroutes/rtes.htm (716 words)

	New Amtrak Train Links L.A., SB, SLO - Daily Nexus Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The new Surfliner will be the fifth train to offer daily service from Santa Barbara County to L.A., and the second to continue on from Santa Barbara to San Luis Obispo, the press release stated.
		The new Surfliner is the product of cooperation between a variety of government and transportation agencies, Hart said, including Metrolink in L.A., Orange County Transit, the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and Santa Barbara County.
		The Pacific Surfliner, Hart said, is part of the Rail 2 Rail program, a partnership between Amtrak, Caltrans and Metrolink.
	www.ucsbdailynexus.com /news/2004/8411.html (1094 words)

	Accessible San Diego
		SAN DIEGO-Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner service-along the San Diego-Los Angeles-Santa Barbara-San Luis Obispo Corridor-offers a new wave in upgraded and improved passenger amenities, including improved accomomdation for travelers with disabilities.
		The Lower level aboard Pacific Surfliner trains is designed for increased accomodations for passengers with mobility and hearing disabilities.
		The best feature of the new Pacific Surfliner trains is the Amtrak has provided accessible transportation to travelers wtih disabilities to all of it's destinations, especially San Diego which we feel is the most accessible destination," said Johnson.
	www.accessandiego.com /sda_detail.asp?sda=73&type=3&archive=y (460 words)

	Amtrak Pacific Surfliners
		Above is an image of one of the first Amtrak Pacific Surfliner cars to be delivered to Los Angeles as captured by TrainWeb RAILcam #1.
		F59PHI Locomotives to be used on the Pacific Surfliner.
		Pacific Surfliner unveiling in Los Angeles on November 18, 1999.
	www.trainweb.com /routes/route_ps (543 words)

	METROLINK \| New Rider (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Ticket Holders can ride any Metrolink train between the same origin and destination as their Amtrak ticket.
		Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Ticket Holders may ride any Metrolink train between Oxnard and Oceanside within the limits of their ticket.
		On the weekend, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains are a great way to get to favorite locations like San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Ventura (note: additional fee required for long distance travel).
	www.metrolinktrains.com /new_rider/rail_2_rail.php (573 words)

	Amtrak introduces Pacific Surfliner service
		The Pacific Surfliner will feature nine new state-of-the-art trains with enhanced guest amenities and upgraded stations along the route.
		To celebrate the arrival of Pacific Surfliner a whistle-stop celebration tour between San Diego and Santa Barbara, which included festive station events at San Diego, Oceanside, Santa Ana, Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, introduced this contemporary new equipment to southern California.
		The Pacific Surfliner corridor extends 347 miles through 32 cities and six counties from San Diego to San Luis Obispo.
	www.ble.org /pr/archive/headline060100e.html (816 words)

	Metrolink offers romantic weekend escapes
		Metrolink and Amtrak are offering Metrolink monthly pass holders free weekend travel on Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner trains from Feb. 6 through April 30.
		Pacific Surfliner’s corridor includes Oxnard, Ventura, Santa Barbara, Carpinteria, Goleta, Lompoc, Guadalupe, Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo.
		The promotion is not valid for travel south of Los Angeles Union Station on Pacific Surfliner trains except for Rail 2 Rail travel.
	www.mpacorn.com /News/2004/0205/Community/014.html (404 words)

	Amtrak finds California golden / Passenger line may be ailing elsewhere, but it's on track here
		The Pacific Surfliner, which runs between San Luis Obispo and San Diego, was the most-ridden train in the nation outside the Northeast in the 2002 budget year, with the San Jose-to-Auburn Capitol Corridor second.
		While the Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin and Pacific Surfliner trains are all state-subsidized, they traverse distinctly different terrain and have their own character.
		For the third quarter of the last fiscal year -- the most recent quarterly report available -- the Pacific Surfliner was on time 85 percent of the time, the Capitol Corridor 83 percent and the San Joaquin 76 percent.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/08/10/BA129334.DTL&type=printable (1366 words)

	Amtrak's Rainbow of Colors
		In May 2000, Amtrak debuted the new "Pacific Surfliner" schemed-cars on the route newly-renamed from the old "San Diegan."Passenger cars are painted blue and silver with white striping.
		EMD F59PHI locomotives in the Surfliner paint scheme had displaced the venerable F40PHs from this route during the fall of 1998.
		On 3/18/00 Amtrak Surfliner 581, with Amtrak-West EMD F59PHI 456, is shoved out of LAUS towards the ex-Santa Fe 8th Street coach yard by Amtrak SW9u 795.
	www.rattenne.com /nrhs/Amtrak/amtrak.htm (731 words)

	On Track On Line - Trip Husing Pacific Surfliner & Coast Starlight July 2005
		My disappointment at not riding the Surfliner trainsets (Full disclosure: I have ridden some Surfliner cars in Amtrak California Capitol Corridor service, where they are painted in the Northern California scheme) was ameliorated by the presence of full dome lounge #10031.
		I expected the Surfliner menu to be similar to that of the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquins.
		When I told her that Union Pacific was partly to blame as they were the "most anti-passenger railroad in America" (sorry UP employees), she shook her head in fierce agreement.
	www.on-track-on-line.com /trips/trip-2005-07-09-husing.shtml (7282 words)

	DepotNews - News Index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As it approaches its 10th anniversary, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner is posting double-digit increases in ridership over last year and is becoming a success, according to a report from the agency that coordinates transportation in the county.
		That's in sharp contrast to the impressive numbers posted by the Surfliner, a San Luis Obispo-to-San Diego train with stops at Los Angeles and other stations, according to the report from the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments.
		There are now two southbound and two northbound Pacific Surfliners, twice as many as last year.
	www.depotnews.com /NEWS/FetchNews.asp?Evt_ID=Uv0001180 (582 words)

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		Amtrak announced this week that a new Pacific Surfliner train will be welcomed in a ceremony at 9:30 a.m.
		Beginning on that Wednesday, Pacific Surfliner train No. 799 will ply the track daily, leaving Los Angeles Union Station at 7:30 a.m., arriving in Santa Barbara at 10:10 a.m., and continuing to San Luis Obispo, arriving at 12:45 p.m.
		The daily Surfliner Train No. 798 will depart from San Luis Obispo at 1:40 p.m., pull into Santa Barbara at 4:25 p.m., and continue south to Los Angeles, arriving at 7:10 p.m.
	www.goletavalleyvoice.com /cgi-bin/county/readarticle.cgi?article=830 (610 words)

	Topica Email List Directory
		As it approaches its 10th anniversary, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner is posting
		Pacific Surfliners, twice as many as last year.
		Surfliner is posting double-digit increases in ridership over last year and
	lists.topica.com /lists/coast/read/message.html?mid=1719408277&sort=d&start=2040 (867 words)

	Train
		If you ride the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train to Santa Barbara, ask your train conductor for a "Transit Transfer Pass" and ride all day for free on Santa Barbara Metropolitan Transit District buses and shuttles (for links and info see this page).
		The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner (formerly the San Diegan) offers four (five, starting November 17) trains a day coming into Santa Barbara from the south, with one continuing to San Luis Obispo (two trains continuing starting November 17).
		Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner celebrated its first year ever with 2 million passengers in one year in September of 2003.
	www.santabarbaracarfree.org /train.htm (465 words)

	101 in Motion - New Commuter Choices Will Help Keep 101 in Motion
		The new service provides a 5th daily Surfliner train from LA to Santa Barbara/Goleta and a much needed alternative for drivers using the South Coast’s congested Highway 101.
		The Pacific Surfliner corridor between San Diego and San Luis Obispo is the second busiest Amtrak line in the country.
		Although Amtrak won’t work for everyone because the schedules don’t match traditional commute times, the Pacific Surfliner might allow some of the thousands of South Coast area workers commuting form Ventura County every day the option of leaving their cars at home and bypassing the 101 traffic jams in the comfort of a train.
	www.101inmotion.com /?Page=37 (798 words)

	November 2003 Texas Rail Advocates Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Revenue and ridership are up again on Amtrak's western trains, with the Pacific Surfliner recording the biggest gains.
		Eugene K. Skoropowski, Managing Director of the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority in Oakland, said Pacific Surfliner trains carried 221,941 passengers, up 18.7 percent compared to one year ago.
		Including the Rail-2-Rail passengers, total Pacific Surfliner ridership was 246,682, far surpassing the highest monthly ridership total for the service, which was 227,431 in August 1997.
	www.texasrailadvocates.org /newsletter/2003.11.November/Amtrak-Western-Routes.html (205 words)

	Jonathan's Passenger Pix - Photos of Passenger Trains in Southern California by Jonathan Schoen
		SurfLA5: The same Surfliner is framed between the Southwest Chief and a Metrolink train.
		SurflLA7: A Surfliner that pushed in provided a unique oprotunity to see the front and rear of a Surfliner side-by-side.
		A Surfliner pulls in past the American Orient Express, which has just arrived from Washington DC in November '04.
	www.freewebs.com /jonathan_schoen/pacificsurfliners.htm (289 words)

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