Passenger rail service through San Clemente set to resume Monday after emergency repairs

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner resumed limited service in March after a landslide shut down tracks between San Clemente and Oceanside. Regular passenger rail service connecting San Clemente and Oceanside will resume Monday, two months after a landslide along the scenic coastal route shut down operations. The Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the track through San Clemente, worked with Metrolink, which operates regional passenger rail service, to build a 200-foot-long wall at Mariposa Point to shore up the hillside. Full service will resume for Metrolink trains between San Clemente and Oceanside, and for Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner to and from San Diego after starting limited service earlier this month. After that, another landslide at Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens, a historic San Clemente landmark known for its panoramic ocean views, halted service, upending passenger and freight rail service along the coast.