GAVIOTA, Calif. — Train service has resumed on Union Pacific’s Coast Line north of Santa Barbara following a week-long closure because of a washout.
Southbound Pacific Surfliner No. 774 left San Luis Obispo as scheduled at 6:11 a.m. local time today (Jan. 13), the first of two daily Surfliner round trips between San Luis Obispo and Goleta, Calif., that have been canceled since the Jan. 6 washout at Gaviota that saw a heavy-equipment operator injured [see “Worker injured, tracks closed …,” Trains.com, Jan. 6, 2026]. The Surfliner website had indicated Union Pacific was expected to complete repairs by today; as of 8:35 a.m. CT, its website was still carrying a notification of the closure.
The Coast Starlight, which has been cancelled between Los Angeles and Emeryville, Calif., during the washout, is also scheduled to resume today, according to Amtrak’s website.
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