Coast Line (California)

Coast Line
The Coast Starlight navigating a horseshoe curve near San Luis Obispo.
Overview
Owner	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (San Francisco–Tamien) Union Pacific Railway (Tamien–Moorpark) Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Moorpark–Los Angeles)
Locale	San Francisco Bay Area Central Coast Greater Los Angeles
Termini	San Francsico Los Angeles
Stations	68
Service
Type	Commuter, freight and inter-city rail
Operator(s)	Altamont Corridor Express Amtrak Caltrain Metrolink
History
Opened	1871 (first section) 1901 (final section)
Technical
Track length	470 mi (760 km)
Number of tracks	1-4
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 25 kV 60 Hz AC (San Francisco–Tamien)

The Coast Line is a railroad line between Burbank, California^[a] and the San Francisco Bay Area, roughly along the Pacific Coast. It is the shortest rail route between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. Though not as busy as the Surf Line, the continuation of the Coast Line southbound to San Diego, it still sees freight movements and lots of passenger trains. The Pacific Surfliner, which runs from the San Diego Santa Fe Depot to San Luis Obispo via Union Station in Los Angeles, is the third busiest Amtrak route, and the busiest outside of the Northeast Corridor between Washington D.C. and Boston.
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