Solana Beach (Amtrak station)

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Solana Beach
Station statistics
Address	105 North Cedros Ave (at Lomas Santa Fe Drive) Solana Beach, CA 92075
Lines	Pacific Surfliner COASTER
Other information
Accessible
Code	SOL
Owned by	Amtrak
Fare zone	2 (COASTER)
Traffic
Passengers (2006)	413,143 Expression error: Unexpected > operator

Solana Beach is a large railway station on Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner passenger train and on North County Transit District's COASTER commuter rail route route located in Solana Beach, California. The Pacific Surfliner is the second most travelled railway in the United States, with only the Northeast Corridor having higher ridership figures. Solana Beach was Amtrak's twenty-fourth busiest station in 2005, with 400,027 passengers annually using the station.^[1] Solana Beach station is located in a "valley" of sorts, with a walkway to connect the two platforms, each serving one track. There is enough room between the two tracks to create a third track, which could be used as a bypass track.

Sixteen northbound trains stop at Solana Beach, the first at 6:48 AM and the last at 9:48 PM. On the other hand, only twelve southbound trains arrive at the station; the first at 8:12 AM and the last at 12:38 AM. The most likely reason for this is that there are only two more stations south of Solana Beach on the Pacific Surfliner.

[edit] External links

• Amtrak - Stations - Solana Beach, CA

• Ridership figures, FY 2004
• Ridership figures, FY 2005
• Ridership figures, FY 2006

Previous station		Amtrak		Next station
Oceanside toward San Luis Obispo		Pacific Surfliner		Old Town San Diego toward San Diego
Previous station		North County Transit District		Next station
Encinitas toward Oceanside		COASTER		Sorrento Valley toward San Diego

[edit] References

1. ^ Amtrak Facts accessed 2 October 2006