VENTURA, Calif. — For the second straight year, Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner is adding service to Ventura while the city hosts the X Games sporting competition.
The additional trains will run June 28-30; during the same period, reservations will be required on the Surfliners because of anticipated additional ridership, and the Rail 2 Rail and Metrolink codeshare program will be suspended, meaning Metrolink and Coaster passes will not be accepted on Surfliner trains.
The additional trains planned for the X Games are:
— Northbound train No. 763, operating Friday, June 28, through June 30, arriving in Ventura at 10:12 a.m.
— Southbound train No. 798, operating Friday, June 28, and Saturday, June 29, departing Ventura at 10:38 p.m.
— Southbound train No. 786, operating Sunday, June 30, departing Ventura at 3:35 p.m.
Full schedules are available here.
Amtrak monthly and 10-ride passes will still be honored during the X Games, but must be confirmed each trip through the Amtrak RideReserve Program. Metrolink code share and Rail 2 Rail passengers will be able to ride the special-event trains only if space is available.
In 2023, Surfliner operator the LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency added one additional train, a late-night departure from Ventura for X games spectators [see “Pacific Surfliner to offer fare discount, additional service …,” Trains News Wire, June 27, 2023]. One Surfliner trainset was also wrapped with advertising for the event.
More information is available at the Surfliner website. What’s it like to surf along the edge of the Pacific Ocean? You can see for yourself in the Trains.com exclusive video, “Amtrak Pacific Surfliner along the California Coast“.
