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Coaster (stylized in all caps) (reporting marks NCTC, SDNX) is a commuter rail service in the central and northern coastal regions of San Diego County, California, United States, operated by the North County Transit District (NCTD).
The North County Transit District (NCTD) is the agency responsible for public transportation in Northern San Diego County, California.The agency manages the COASTER commuter rail service between Oceanside and San Diego, the SPRINTER hybrid rail service between Escondido and Oceanside, the BREEZE transit bus service, LIFT paratransit service, and FLEX on-demand and point-deviation service.
Oceanside Transit Center is a major railway interchange in Oceanside, California, serving both intercity and suburban/commuter services. The station is used by Amtrak on the route of its Pacific Surfliner service between San Diego and San Luis Obispo .
The agency also operates the Coaster commuter rail service and the Breeze transit bus services. At Oceanside Transit Center, Sprinter connects to three commuter rail services (Coaster and the Metrolink Orange County and Inland Empire–Orange County lines), as well as to Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner inter-city rail service.
In October 2005, the Orange County Transportation Authority announced that it would increase service on the Orange County Line, running trains twenty hours daily, seven days a week every 30 minutes. The first part of the additional service was implemented in June 2006 with Saturday service, and July 2006 with Sunday service.
The San Diego Coast Express Rail, or COASTER is a forty-one-mile commuter rail line that connects the North County to central San Diego. Eight stations in total are served, between Oceanside and downtown San Diego .
Commuter trains began operating in the 1990s, initially as an outgrowth of existing Amtrak services until the establishment of Metrolink and Coaster by the California State Legislature in 1992. [10] Coaster runs within San Diego County, between San Diego and Oceanside, while Metrolink's services operate north of Oceanside.
Encinitas station is a commuter rail station in Encinitas, California, that is on the NCTD COASTER commuter rail line. In addition to COASTER, it is also served by three BREEZE bus routes. On October 7, 2013, the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner began stopping at four COASTER stations: Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad Poinsettia, Encinitas, and Sorrento ...