Pacific Surfliner adds new trains, giving LA-San Diego segment 12 daily round trips

Pacific Surfliner adds new trains, giving LA-San Diego segment 12 daily round trips

By Trains Staff | June 15, 2025

| Last updated on August 6, 2025


Added are 1:01 p.m. departure from San Diego, 4:10 p.m. train from Los Angeles

Passenger train passes under pedestrian bridge at station
A southbound Pacific Surfliner departs Fullerton, Calif., on May 8, 2025. An additional Surfliner round trip between Los Angeles and San Diego will debut on Monday, June 16. David Lassen

LOS ANGELES — Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner is adding an additional round trip serving San Diego staring on Monday, June 16, while also making additional schedule adjustments.

The Los Angeles-San Diego service will now have 12 daily round trips.

New will be southbound train No. 584, departing Los Angeles at 4:10 p.m. and arriving in San Diego at 7:04 p.m., and northbound train No. 779, departing San Diego at 1:01 p.m., arriving in Los Angeles at 3:57 p.m., and continuing to San Luis Obispo, where it arrives at 9:56 p.m.

“This service expansion reflects our ongoing commitment to increase passenger rail access across Southern California,” Jason Jewell, managing director of the LOSSAN Agency, which oversees the Surfliner service, said in a press release. “The additional frequencies offer greater travel flexibility while supporting a convenient, reliable transportation option.”

Along with these changes, northbound train No. 777, which was a San Diego-San Luis Obispo train, will now become train No. 577, departing San Diego at 12:01 p.m. and terminating in Los Angeles at 2:57 p.m. There are also minor changes to connecting Thruway bus service to reflect these changes. The updated schedule is available here.

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