(The Associated Press circulated the following article on November 10.)
LOS ANGELES — Amtrak has added a train running between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo train.
A new Amtrak Surfliner train will begin running Nov. 17, leaving Los Angeles’ Union Station at 7:30 a.m. With stops in Ventura and Santa Barbara, it will arrive in San Luis Obispo about 1 p.m., officials said.
On its southbound trip, the train will leave San Luis Obispo at 1:20 p.m. and Santa Barbara at 4 p.m. It will arrive in Ventura at 4:45 p.m. and Los Angeles at 7:10 p.m.
The new Amtrak train will be the third to run between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo and the only one leaving Los Angeles before 9 a.m. The service is the culmination of a two-year effort to add a Surfliner train at hours that might provide some relief for commuters on Highway 101 between Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.