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SBCAG approves 12‑month pilot to expand intercity passenger rail along LOSSAN corridor
Summary
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments approved a 12‑month, 365‑day pilot cooperative agreement with LOSSAN and VCTC to add an inner‑city Amtrak Pacific Surfliner round trip between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, with SBCAG’s share about $1.1 million and a proposed late‑April/early‑May launch.
The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments voted Feb. 19 to authorize a cooperative funding agreement to pilot expanded inner‑city passenger rail service along the Los Angeles–San Diego–San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) corridor.
Whitney Rush, senior transportation planner in SBCAG’s multimodal programs division, told the board that state equipment redeployment and new access arrangements with LOSSAN and Union Pacific have made an additional round‑trip feasible. The 12‑month pilot would operate 365 days a year, with the morning northbound trip slated to depart Los Angeles Union Station about 5:13 a.m., stop in Moorpark, Camarillo, Oxnard, Ventura, Carpinteria and arrive in Santa Barbara just before 8 a.m., then continue to San Luis Obispo and return midday.
The pilot is structured as a fixed‑fee cooperative…
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