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[quote user="erikem"] Sam, The Surf Line in San Diego County is owned by the North County Transit District, north of there is owned by Metrolink. The main reason the tracks don't continue along the coast south of Del Mar s that the unstable bluffs in what is now Torrey Pines State Park are ~400' high with the high tide line reaching the base of the bluffs. The ROW through what is now downtown La Jolla wouldn't be all that great either. There have been proposals over the last 100 years to dig a tunnel between Sorrento Valley and Rose Canyon, bypassing the curves and 2.2% grade on the northern side of Miramar Hill. My guess is that the tunnel would cut off at least 7 minutes from the travel time and would be a major benefit to Amtrak and the Coaster. Double tracking more of the line would help as well. FWIW, the Solana Beach station is 4 miles as the car drives from my house - Erik [/quote] Erik, I have a couple of other questions regarding the Surf Line.  I had no idea that Cardiff was so close to Solana Beach.   In the late 50s I was stationed at Camp Pendleton.  I used to take the Santa Fe from Oceanside to San Diego. If I remember correctly, which is not so easy these days, the first stop south of Oceanside at that time was Del Mar.  Is this correct?  If it is, then at some later date the station in Del Mar was closed and a new station was built at Solana Beach or the station that I thought was Del Mar was really Solana Beach and was re-named.   On my latest trip to California, which was two weeks ago, I stayed in Anaheim and rode the train to or from Los Angeles and to or from San Diego. I noticed a lot of BNSF freight trains between Fullerton and Los Angeles. Does the BNSF pay Metrolink rent to use the tracks north of Fullerton similar to Amtrak's paying rent to the freight railroads to hoist many of its trains? Thanks, Sam
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