SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. — Pacific Surfliner and Metrolink rail service through San Clemente could resume next week, based on progress in construction of a wall to protect both rail services from a landslide.
The San Clemente Times reports that the wall beneath the Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens is nearing completion, according to an update to the Orange County Transportation Authority board at its meeting on Monday, July 10.
“Metrolink has not yet indicated a date for passenger service resumption,” Jim Bell, OCTA’s executive director of capital programs, told the board, “but based on the progress, I believe it may be possible sometime next week.”
The initial slide at the Casa Romantica site occurred April 27; after service resumed, it was halted again on June 5 when additional debris fell onto the Surf Line tracks.
Ongoing issues with slides at two locations in San Clemente has prevented regular passenger operations for all but 41 days since Sept. 30, 2022, leading to a major drop in Surfliner ridership [see “Work begins on wall …,” Trains News Wire, June 28, 2023].
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