The Santa Barbara County Association of Governments (SBCAG) has unanimously approved a proposal to add a new weekday train service connecting Los Angeles, Ventura County and the Central Coast.
The plan is being developed in partnership with the Ventura County Transportation Commission and the Los Angeles–San Diego–San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency, known as LOSSAN. SBCAG reports that more than 11,000 Ventura County residents commute to Santa Barbara County on an average weekday.
If given final approval, the plan would add a weekday roundtrip to the Pacific Surfliner route, departing Los Angeles shortly before 5:15 a.m. and stopping in Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo around 10 a.m. The new service would be in addition to the existing Pacific Surfliner schedule…