No set timeline for when full Amtrak Pacific Surfliner service will resume

OCEANSIDE, Calif. – Pacific Surfliner passengers hoping to travel between San Diego and counties to the north will have to do so with a bus detour between Oceanside and Irvine a while longer.

“I was used to how smooth the train would run and I had to figure out how a bus worked, which was not very easy,” said Kylie Acuña.

As of now, no one can say how long this latest detour will last.

The Orange County Transportation Authority told FOX 5 in a statement Monday there is no timeline set for restarting service, writing:

“We at OCTA, working with Metrolink and Pacific Surfliner, and with the city of San Clemente, are working to collect data on the hillside’s movement and reviewing options for being able to keep the debris from the hillside off the tracks. We of course want to reestablish passenger service as soon as possible but safety is always our guide. We will all work together to continue to update passengers as soon as we know more.”

That debris was first noticed about a week and a half ago falling from a slope north of the San Clemente pier. The interruption in service on April 27 came 10 days after full service had just resumed f...