Surfliner Cab Car 6907

Location: Chatsworth Station, Chatsworth, CA
Operator of Vehicle: Amtrak
Date of Photo: March 10, 2022

After profiling the American League representative in this year’s World Series yesterday, it seemed appropriate to profile the National League in today’s post.  The Los Angeles metropolitan area is often thought of as being extremely car-centric and living there requires a certain amount of auto-dependency.  However, transit use in the second largest city in the United States is actually quite high.  This extends to intercity rail, where the Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak’s busiest service outside of the Northeast Corridor.  The Pacific Surfliner serves 25 stations along a 350 miles (560 kilometer) route running between San Diego and San Luis Obispo via Los Angeles.  As of this writing, there are 12 roundtrips trains each day between San Diego and Los Angeles, with three of those round trips extending north to Goleta and two extending to San Luis Obispo.  The Pacific Surfliner runs within 100 feet of the ocean at various points along its route, making for a very scenic trip.  While Los Angeles Union Station isn’t as close to Dodger Stadium as some might like, the Pacific Surfliner’s Anaheim stop was adjacent to the Angel Stadium parking lot until December 6, 2014.  On that date, service shifted to the newly constructed Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC), about 1,500 feet to the east and still very much within walking distance of the ballpark.  

For more photos of the Pacific Surfliner, please click here.