Coast Line (Union Pacific Railroad)
Railroad line in California along the Pacific coast from Los Angeles to the Bay Area / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Coast Line is a railroad line between Burbank, California[lower-alpha 2] and the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly along the Pacific Coast. It is the shortest rail route between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Though not as busy as the Surf Line, the continuation of the Coast Line southbound to San Diego, it still sees freight movements and lots of passenger trains. The Pacific Surfliner, which runs from the San Diego Santa Fe Depot to San Luis Obispo via Union Station in Los Angeles, is the third busiest Amtrak route outside of the Northeast Corridor between Washington D.C. and Boston, which in turn hosts two of Amtrak's busiest routes being the Acela and the Northeast Regional.
Coast Line | |
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Overview | |
Owner | SCRRA (Los Angeles-Moorpark) Union Pacific Railway (Moorpark-Tamien) Caltrain (Tamien-San Francisco) |
Locale | Greater Los Angeles Central Coast San Francisco Bay Area |
Termini | |
Stations | 68 (25 Amtrak stations, 43 commuter rail stations) |
Service | |
Type | Inter-city rail Freight rail Commuter rail |
System | Amtrak (through SCRRA) Caltrain Union Pacific Railroad |
Operator(s) | Amtrak (Amtrak California) Metrolink Caltrain Altamont Corridor Express |
Ridership | 338,017 (FY23) -4.2%[lower-alpha 1][1] |
History | |
Opened | 1871 (first section) 1901 (final section) |
Technical | |
Track length | 470 mi (760 km) |
Number of tracks | 1-4 |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1ā2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Electrification | 25 kV AC at 60 Hz overhead line (San Jose-San Francisco; Caltrain and California High-Speed Rail; Caltrain beginning in 2024 and CAHSR beginning in 2029-2033) |