Landslide in San Clemente stops Metrolink, Amtrak train service and Oceanside is impacted
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner's website says the tracks will reopen once the debris has been cleared. A landslide in San Clemente, California, has caused a renewed halt in rail service between Metrolink, Amtrak train service and Oceanside. Amtrak Pacific Surfliner's website says the tracks will reopen once the debris has been cleared and it is determined safe to operate trains through the area. The tracks had been closed for about a month starting in late April due to the unstable hillside, but the tracks reopened on May 27. Casa Romantica was also closed due to damage on its terrace caused by the landslide, but it was unclear if it would again impact operations at the center.
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Amtrak Pacific Surfliner's website says the tracks will reopen once the debris has been cleared.
SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Another landslide in the San Clemente area forced a renewed halt in rail service through southern Orange County Monday. Pacific Surfliner service is also affected between Irvine and Oceanside.
The tracks used by Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains were closed Monday morning between San Clemente and San Juan Capistrano as crews inspected what appeared to be another significant movement of dirt on the hillside overlooking the tracks, just below the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens. This same slope caused a temporary disruption in service in May 2023.
Some of the mud and rocks wound up abutting the train tracks. Amtrak Pacific Surfliner's website says the tracks will reopen once the debris has been cleared and it is determined safe to operate trains through the area.
The tracks had been closed for about a month starting in late April due to the unstable hillside. But the tracks reopened on May 27. Casa Romantica was also closed due to damage on its terrace caused by the landslide, but the facility partially reopened on May 25. It was unclear if the latest movement of dirt would again impact operations at the center.