Smartphone app allows paperless train tickets
COAST CITIES — Coaster riders can skip waiting in line and purchase tickets on-the-go, thanks to a new app....
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Train safety plan will add slight height to tower
DEL MAR — As part of a program to increase train safety, an existing pole north of the old train station will be replaced by...
Trench the tracks
The North County Transit District’s Coaster and Sprinter rail lines transport riders within North San Diego County and between North County and San Diego....
Lowering the tracks, a viable alternative?
We attended several public planning meetings at the city a few years ago, during which we were told that the four proposed railroad crossings would...
Sprinter train services postponed following brake issues
ESCONDIDO – The executive director of NCTD (North County Transit District) Matthew Tucker described the situation as “embarrassing,” “challenging,” and “difficult,” at having to halt...
Train kills pedestrian in apparent suicide
ENCINITAS — In an apparent suicide, an unidentified white male victim was struck and killed by a southbound Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train at 8:25 a.m....
Wayside horns get a tweaking
DEL MAR — It’s been about five months since the first train using the wayside horn system passed through the Coast Boulevard crossing, and so...
Del Mar forms committee, addresses impacts for San Dieguito rail project
DEL MAR — As SANDAG moves forward with plans to add a seasonal train platform at the Del Mar Fairgrounds, double track a 1.1-mile stretch...
Planning under way for fairgrounds train platform
DEL MAR — A decades-long plan to build a seasonal train platform at the Del Mar Fairgrounds could potentially come to fruition in our lifetimes,...