MOORPARK, Calif. — Pacific Surfliner service will be restored north of Los Angeles today, while Metrolink operations north of Moorpark will resume this afternoon, following the suspensions as a result of Wednesday’s derailment of the Coast Starlight.
The Surfliner Twitter feed says track work in Moorpark has been complete, and that while slow orders may be in effect, no major delays are expected.
Metrolink says on its Twitter account for the Ventura County Line that this morning’s trains are originating in Moorpark, but afternoon trains will run to points north of Moorpark beginning with train No. 117, the 4:29 p.m. departure from LA Union Station.
The restoration comes in time for the launch of expanded Metrolink weekend service on the Ventura County Line, set to begin Saturday, July 1 [see “LA’s Metrolink expands weekend service …,” Trains News Wire,” June 28, 2023].
The Starlight trainset has reportedly been cleared from the location of Wednesday’s crash with a water truck [see “Coast Starlight derails …,” News Wire, June 28, 2023] and moved to the Union Pacific yard adjacent to the Amtrak station in Oxnard pending further disposition.
Despite the reopening of the Coast Line, today’s departures of the northbound and southbound Starlights are shown as cancelled on the “Train Status” section of the Amtrak website. The Saturday, July 1, northbound departure is also currently listed as cancelled.
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