SAN DIEGO (CNS) – North County Transit – San Diego Railroad will
suspend all of its coastal rail service this weekend to perform routine
maintenance and infrastructure work.
NCTD will suspend COASTER service between San Diego and Oceanside on
Saturday and Sunday. Regularly scheduled service will resume Monday morning.
Work this weekend will include ongoing stabilization of the Del Mar
bluffs and maintaining the track at the Sorrento Valley Station.
No passenger or freight trains will operate during the closure, other
test trains, construction vehicles, and equipment will be active along the
railroad right-of-way and on the tracks throughout the weekend, the transit
agency said in a statement.
“Residents along the corridor should remain alert, and the public is
reminded to only cross the rail line at lawfully designated rail crossings,”
the statement read.
Additionally, San Diego Association of Governments construction crews
will be working on the Batiquitos Lagoon Double Track project.
North County residents can expect construction vehicles moving in and
out of the work areas at Avenida Encinas and Ponto Drive in Carlsbad as well as
La Costa Avenue and Carlsbad Boulevard in Encinitas.
