OCEANSIDE–The North County Transit District (NCTD), along with Amtrak and Metrolink, will undergo a complete coastal rail service closure between Oceanside and San Diego during three weekends in January. Passenger rail service will not be available on January 9 and 10, 16 and 17, and 23 and 24.
Customers are urged to plan ahead to take other forms of transportation during this service interruption. There is no replacement bus service connecting to Coaster station stops. Alternatives for passengers who normally use the Coaster include Breeze bus route 101 or MTS connections. North County Transit bus schedules may be viewed at www.gonctd.com.
The rail will re-open for regularly scheduled Coaster and all other rail service in time for the morning commute each Monday following the weekend closures.
During these service closures, SANDAG will continue construction on the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Bridges Replacement and Control Point Rose Track Crossovers projects. Construction crews are working to replace aging wooden trestle railway bridges as part of the Los Peñasquitos Lagoon Bridges Replacement Project. During the January closures, workers will continue to install support columns on three of the bridges. Construction on the project began in August 2015 and is expected to last approximately two years.
