- Coast Line (UP)
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The Coast Line is a railroad line from Burbank, California 34°11′10″N 118°19′16″W / 34.1861°N 118.321°W north to the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly along the Pacific Coast.
The first version of the Coast line, via Saugus and Santa Paula, was completed by the Southern Pacific Railroad on December 31, 1900; the line via Santa Susana (Burbank to 34°14′57″N 119°12′46″W / 34.24917°N 119.2129°W) opened in 1904 and thereafter was the main line. In 1907 the Bayshore Cutoff opened from 37°37′52″N 122°24′43″W / 37.631°N 122.412°W to San Francisco and thereafter was the main line; in 1935 the new line around San Jose opened from 37°20′29″N 121°54′46″W / 37.3414°N 121.9127°W to 37°17′05″N 121°50′34″W / 37.2848°N 121.8427°W and thereafter was the main line. Ownership is now Caltrain north of Santa Clara (maybe the north end of the interlocking, at 37°21′23″N 121°56′36″W / 37.35649°N 121.94336°W), Union Pacific Railroad (SP's successor) from there to the north end of Moorpark (about 34°17′06″N 118°53′28″W / 34.28488°N 118.891°W) and Metrolink south of there.
UP freight trains run on the route, although the San Joaquin Valley route is the primary North/South California route. The route hosts passenger trains for Amtrak, commuter rail trains for Metrolink in Southern California and Caltrain in Northern California run on the tracks.
Passenger trains
- Amtrak Pacific Surfliner
- Amtrak Coast Starlight
- Metrolink Ventura County Line
- Caltrain commuter rail
See also
- Surf Line, the continuation south to San Diego
- Cal-P Line, the continuation north to Sacramento.
Categories:- Rail lines in California
- Southern Pacific Railroad
- Union Pacific Railroad
- United States rail transportation stubs
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