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the service between Dodge City, KS, and Albuquerque, NM, and replacing it with Commuter rail does not include heavy rail rapid transit such as subways, light
charter buses as early as the start of 2019 due to repairs needed on a 219-mile rail or streetcars. Commuter rail station stops tend to be much closer together
section of track but has committed to keeping the rail service operating at least than those of intercity passenger rail such as the Pacific Surfliner. Also, smaller
through September 2019. portions of the total route alignment tend to be out of urbanized statistical
areas, and a much higher proportion of passengers are daily riders. Peak
ridership occurs on weekdays, whereas intercity rail operators often have
THE SUNSET LIMITED weekend peak ridership. Commuter rail often fuses urban transit business
The Sunset Limited is also an Amtrak long distance train but operates just three models with railroad style operations. As a result, farebox recovery ratios tend
days a week in each direction connecting Los Angeles, Tucson, San Antonio and to be lower, though operations costs tend to be similar.
New Orleans. It is the only rail service serving Palm Springs and the Coachella
Valley from Los Angeles albeit with a departure and an arrival time in the middle
of the night. In San Antonio, part of the trainset continues north to Chicago as METROLINK
The Texas Eagle, via Little Rock and St. Louis. At one time, the Sunset Limited SCRRA is the commuter rail operator in the SCAG region, operating 171 daily
operated daily all the way to Jacksonville, FL via New Orleans and arrived trains on seven different lines on 538 route miles. These lines are the Antelope
eastbound in Palm Springs at about 6:00 p.m. Valley Line, connecting Los Angeles to Palmdale and Lancaster in the Antelope
Valley; the Inland Empire/Orange County Line (IEOC), connecting

COMMUTER RAIL - METROLINK San Bernardino and Riverside with Oceanside via Orange County; the Orange
County Line, operating between Los Angeles and Oceanside through Orange
County: the Riverside Line from Los Angeles to downtown Riverside; the San
DEFINITION OF COMMUTER RAIL
Bernardino Line, between Los Angeles and the City of San Bernardino; the
Commuter rail service is defined in the National Transit Database as a transit Ventura County Line, operating between Los Angeles and East Ventura via
mode that is an electric or diesel propelled railway for urban passenger train the San Fernando Valley; and the 91/Perris Valley Line, operating between
service consisting of local short distance travel operating between a central city downtown Los Angeles to South Perris via downtown Riverside and Fullerton
and adjacent suburbs. Service must be operated on a regular basis by, or under along the SR 91 corridor. The Orange County Line extends south to Oceanside
contract with, a transit operator for the purpose of transporting passengers in San Diego County, where it connects with the COASTER commuter rail service
within urbanized areas (UZAs), or between UZAs and outlying areas. Such rail to San Diego and the SPRINTER rail service inland to Escondido. Both of these
service, using either locomotive-hauled or self-propelled railroad passenger services are operated by the North County Transit District (NCTD). The COASTER
cars, is generally characterized by: is a commuter railroad like Metrolink that also operates on the weekends, and
the SPRINTER is a light rail using diesel multiple unit (DMU) propulsion.
z Multi-trip tickets and passes
z Specific station-to-station or zone-to-zone fares The Antelope Valley, IEOC, Orange County, San Bernardino and 91/Perris Valley
Lines also operate weekend service. Metrolink operates mostly along track and
z Traditional railroad employment practices by the operator
right-of-way (ROW) owned by the county transportation commissions (CTCs).
z Lower station densities in more dense urban Much of their track however is owned by the freight railroads: BNSF and UP. For
areas than suburban areas example, the Ventura County Line is owned by the UP west of Moorpark station;

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