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Del Mar, NCTD and Coastal Commission clash over bluffs fencing project
DEL MAR — The City of Del Mar, North County Transit District and California Coastal Commission are still not seeing eye-to-eye on a proposed fencing...
Del Mar wrestles with regional train viability
DEL MAR — The Del Mar City Council heard a resolution Monday night seeking to analyze the long-term viability and usefulness of trains in the...
Wayside horn test coming later this month
Encinitas will have a demonstration of a wayside horn system at a proposed at-grade rail crossing at Montgomery Avenue in Cardiff in late September....
Oceanside chugs along with railroad safety improvements
It is not visible to the public, but important engineering work for safety improvements to five railroad crossings is wrapping up, and moving Oceanside closer...
Group supporting rail trail pauses advocacy
The chief group supporting the Cardiff Rail Trail has suspended its advocacy efforts to turn its attention to lobbying for a noise-free pedestrian rail crossing...
Oceanside approves $5M loan for railroad quiet zone
Oceanside is on track to be one of the growing number of California cities to have a railroad quiet zone....
Carlsbad reviewing train track options
Nearly one year after a study was commissioned to study train track trenching in Carlsbad Village, the report is now being review by city and...
Oceanside on track for railroad quiet zone
Oceanside is closer to establishing a railroad quiet zone after the City Council voted to put $1 million in Caltrans funds toward safety improvements to...
Quiet zone expected by 2017
Oceanside is on track to have a coastal railroad quiet zone by 2017....
NCTD enforcing trespassing on tracks
REGION — Law enforcement officers from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department recently began stepping up enforcement efforts for trespassing on North County railroad tracks....
Chesterfield crossing project gets $2.2 million federal grant boost
ENCINITAS — Efforts to improve a troublesome railroad crossing at Chesterfield Drive and Coast Highway 101 received a major boost today when County Supervisor Dave...
Oceanside gets shovel ready for a coastal railroad quiet zone
OCEANSIDE — Oceanside is putting all its ducks in a row to be shovel ready for a railroad quiet zone if funds become available....
Horns to toot a tad bit longer
DEL MAR — Beginning in mid-March, Del Marians may notice the wayside horn at the Coast Boulevard train crossing tooting a little bit longer....