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Coaster Service Suspended This Weekend

COASTER commuter rail service, Amtrak, and BNSF freight will not be running this weekend.

The following is a press release from the North County Transit District:

On April 20 and 21, North County Transit District’s COASTER commuter rail service, Amtrak, and BNSF freight will not be running, and customers are urged to plan in advance to take other forms of transit those days. NCTD recommends taking BREEZE Route 101 for coastal connections during this scheduled absolute work window (AWW).

From 1a.m. on Saturday, April 20, until 4:30 a.m. on Monday, April 22, the coastal rail corridor—the track on which the COASTER travels—will be shut down for rail upgrades. The shutdown coincides with an AWW, or period of time during which designated tracks are not available for train movements due to construction activities on or around the tracks. During the shutdown and associated construction, construction equipment will produce moderate noise.

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The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) will install equipment on the Washington and Tecolote crossovers, or rail segments that allow trains to cross from one track to another, in San Diego. SANDAG will also install a crossover in the Sorrento Valley area. NCTD will take advantage of the rail closure to complete other rail maintenance work in the cities of Oceanside, Carlsbad, Encinitas, Del Mar, and San Diego.

The rail will re-open for regularly scheduled COASTER service on the morning of Monday, April 22.

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