57-556: Surfliner may refer to: Pacific Surfliner Surfliner (railcar) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Surfliner . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Surfliner&oldid=1075130368 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
114-556: A four-year degree in 2000, about average when compared with the city and the county at large, and the percentage of those residents with more than a high school diploma was high for the county. San Pedro is served by the Los Angeles Unified School District . The area is within Board District 7. As of 2023, Tanya Ortiz Franklin represents the district. San Pedro High School , Mary Star of
171-472: A major waterfront food hall and park under development, slated to open in 2024. Warehouse 1, the largest warehouse west of Chicago at the time it was built in 1917, is now a California State Historical Landmark, while a historic naval warehouse built in 1944 houses Crafted at the Port of Los Angeles , a permanent craft marketplace. The Frank Gehry –designed Cabrillo Marine Aquarium had its origins in
228-537: A major city in Southern California. San Pedro was a township in the 1860 census. The township consisted of the present-day South Bay communities, Compton and western Long Beach . Census records report a population of 359 in 1860. The township was renamed Wilmington Township for 1870. In 1906, the city of Los Angeles annexed the Harbor Gateway , a long, narrow strip of land connecting
285-544: A major international seaport, is partially located within San Pedro. The district has grown from being dominated by the fishing industry, to a working-class community within the city of Los Angeles, to an increasingly dense and diverse community. The peninsula, including all of San Pedro, was the homeland of the Tongva for thousands of years, home to the village of Chowigna along and the nearby Suangna . In other areas of
342-469: A reduction in service from ten trainsets operating 27 daily trains to seven trainsets operating 20 daily trains. Trainsets used for regular service are composed from a fleet of 52 bi-level Surfliner coaches (39 owned by Amtrak and 13 by Caltrans ), plus nine leased Amtrak Superliner long-distance coaches modified for push-pull operation. These Superliners are called flex cars, as they can be used for additional business class or coach seating, depending on
399-597: A sub-base of Los Angeles Air Force Base , serves as privatized housing and an administrative annex for Department of Defense service members and dependents under the management of Tierra Vista Communities. The United States Coast Guard 's Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach is based at Coast Guard Base LA/LB on Terminal Island in San Pedro. Base LA/LB is home to many tenant commands including Aids to Navigation Team LA/LB , Maritime Safety and Security Team 91103 , Port Security Unit 311 , CGIS Pacific Region DET , CG Motion Picture Office, 4 Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters,
456-433: A vibrant Japanese immigrant community of about 3,000 people who lived in what had been described as a "typical Japanese Fishing Village" on Terminal Island (East San Pedro). These Japanese immigrants pioneered albacore fishing out of San Pedro Bay and harvesting abalone off White Point, thus leading the way in establishing a viable fishing industry in San Pedro. The 48-hour forced expulsion of these San Pedro residents and
513-678: Is 79 to 90 miles per hour (127 to 145 km/h). Much of the Pacific Surfliner ' s scenic route follows the Pacific coast , with the tracks being less than 100 feet (30 m) from the ocean in some locations. However, trains travel inland through expansive farmlands in Ventura County and industrial areas in the Los Angeles Basin , San Fernando Valley , and parts of Orange County . As of October 2023 ,
570-544: Is a public charter high school, fusing a college preparatory program with elective coursework in International Business and Maritime Studies. Such studies reinforce the significant impact of California's ports on the global economy and international trade. As of 2012, test scores tended to be higher in the area's elementary schools than in its middle and high schools. Under certain specific circumstances, residents of San Pedro may be admitted into schools in
627-453: Is considered highly diverse ethnically, with a diversity index of 63.0. In 2000, whites made up 44.2% of the population, Latinos were at 40.8%, blacks at 6.1%, Asians at 4.8% and others at 4.1%. Mexico and Italy were the most common places of birth for the 24.5% of the residents who were born abroad, considered a low percentage of foreign-born when compared with the city as a whole. The $ 57,508 median household income in 2008 dollars
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#1732779585493684-452: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pacific Surfliner [REDACTED] All stations are accessible The Pacific Surfliner is a 350-mile (560 km) passenger train service serving the communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo . The Pacific Surfliner is Amtrak's third-busiest service (exceeded in ridership only by
741-617: Is the Battleship Iowa museum and attraction, the Los Angeles Maritime Museum (the largest maritime museum in California), and the museum ship SS Lane Victory (a fully operational Victory ship of World War II and National Historic Landmark ). Ports O' Call Village , a tourist destination, which provided shopping venues, waterfront eateries, was demolished in 2019 to make way for West Harbor ,
798-743: The Northeast Regional and Acela ), and the busiest outside the Northeast Corridor . Like all regional trains in California, the Pacific Surfliner is operated by a joint powers authority . The LOSSAN Rail Corridor Agency is governed by a board that includes eleven elected representatives from the six counties the train travels through. LOSSAN contracts with the Orange County Transportation Authority to provide day-to-day management of
855-528: The Dalmatia (especially the islands of Brač , Hvar , Vis and Korčula ) region, has been present in San Pedro since the settlement began more than 200 years ago. The City of Los Angeles even named a stretch of 9th Street "Croatian Place" in honor of the city's old Croatian community. The Norwegian presence can be felt at the Norwegian Seamen's Church . Until February 1942, San Pedro was home to
912-697: The Emergency Shipbuilding Program , including the SS Lane Victory , now a designated a U.S. National Historic Landmark museum ship in San Pedro. The neighborhood is bordered to the north by the fellow Los Angeles City neighborhood of Harbor City and the city of Torrance , to the east by the Los Angeles City neighborhood of Wilmington and the city of Long Beach , to the south by the Pacific Ocean , and to
969-473: The Hawaiian Islands to deter Japanese aggression until the attack on Pearl Harbor . The fleet post office , supply depot, fuel depot, degaussing range, ECM repair facility, and naval training schools for small craft, fire fighters, merchant ship communications, and anti-submarine attack remained at San Pedro through World War II; but the battle fleet never returned. San Pedro was selected as
1026-1011: The LADOT DASH San Pedro line travels up and down Western, and the LADOT Commuter Express travels west to Downtown Long Beach. Line 950 of the Los Angeles Metro Busway 's J Line terminates in downtown San Pedro. The line runs north to Downtown Los Angeles following the Harbor Freeway (I-110) and Harbor Transitway before following the El Monte Busway along the San Bernardino Freeway (I-10) east to its northeastern terminus in El Monte . Heading south from Harbor Beacon Park & Ride along Beacon Street,
1083-537: The Los Angeles Basin archeological sites date back to at least about 10,000 years old. The Tongva used seafaring plank canoes or te'aats , found all throughout the coastline, to travel to and from the Channel Islands and along the coastline. The boats are still constructed by the Tongva today and retain a cultural significance. First contact with Europeans occurred in 1542 with Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ,
1140-523: The Pacific Surfliner operates ten daily round trips between Los Angeles and San Diego. Five round trips continue north of Los Angeles: two run all the way to San Luis Obispo , and three run to Goleta (near Santa Barbara), with Amtrak Thruway motorcoach service over the rest of the route to San Luis Obispo. Thruway motorcoach connections are also available to San Pedro ; to Palm Springs and Indio ; and to San Jose or Oakland (with connections to Capitol Corridor trains) via Paso Robles . Because
1197-628: The Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District located in the neighboring Palos Verdes Peninsula ; specifically they may attend Miraleste Intermediate School and Palos Verdes High School . This admittance is only granted if a student's parent or guardian is enlisted in the US military , has a parent or guardian employed within the Palos Verdes Peninsula, has a grandparent residing within
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#17327795854931254-795: The Spanish Crown deeded Rancho San Pedro , a tract of over 75,000 acres (300 km ), to retired soldier Juan José Domínguez, who helped explore California with the Portolá expedition in 1769–1770. Rancho San Pedro was the first land grant in the Alta California portion of the Province of Las Californias in New Spain . When New Spain won its independence from the Spanish Empire and Alta California became part of Mexico,
1311-617: The USCGC Argus Offshore Patrol Cutter, USCGC George Cobb Coastal Buoy Tender, CG Boat Station LA/LB, as well as supporting marine units of U.S. Customs and Border Protection , Los Angeles County Lifeguards , and LA Sheriffs . The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates the Federal Correctional Institution, Terminal Island on Terminal Island and in San Pedro. Just 23.8% of San Pedro residents aged 25 or older had completed
1368-418: The "Rail 2 Rail" reciprocal pass program with Coaster , while Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo and Orange were served under a similar program with Metrolink . Ridership on the Pacific Surfliner peaked in fiscal year 2017, when it served nearly 3 million passengers. The Pacific Surfliner uses push-pull trainsets with a diesel locomotive at one end and a cab car at the other. The COVID-19 pandemic saw
1425-618: The F59PHI locomotives) are painted in a blue and silver livery that is unique to the Pacific Surfliner . Additional Amtrak-owned cars are added (up to 12-car consists) during periods of high demand, including San Diego Comic-Con , the San Diego County Fair , events at the Del Mar Racetrack , and after the 2018 Southern California mudflows closed Highway 101 . For 150 mph (241 km/h) or more in
1482-608: The Pacific Coast and beyond aboard cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean and Crystal Cruises , as well as a ferry to Catalina Island via the Catalina Express . San Pedro anchors the southern end of Los Angeles City Council District 15 , which has long been represented only by residents of San Pedro. The neighborhood, according to the Los Angeles Times, "despite accounting for less than one-third of
1539-507: The Palos Verdes Peninsula, or if the student simply lives in a closer vicinity to a PVPUSD school than any other LAUSD schools. Private schools in San Pedro include: The Los Angeles Public Library operates the San Pedro Regional Branch Library at 931 South Gaffey Street. The late Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley attended its opening in 1983. San Pedro News-Pilot , a newspaper, closed in 1998. San Pedro
1596-456: The Sea is a prominent landmark with a steeple-top statue overlooking the harbor. On 28th Street, between Gaffey Street and Peck Avenue, is a steep section of public roadway. For about 50 feet (15 m), the street climbs at a 33.3% angle, although the rest of the street is less steep. Ethnically diverse San Pedro was a magnet for European immigrants from various countries for years, reflected in
1653-603: The Sea High School , and the Port of Los Angeles High School are the primary high schools within the region. San Pedro High School is home to the protected landmarks in the form of The English Language Arts and Administration Buildings (c. 1939, 1936, resp.). The school celebrated its 100-year anniversary in 2003. It is home to both the Marine Science and Police Academy Magnet programs. Port of Los Angeles High School
1710-531: The Spanish explorer who noted the extensive presence of the plank boats of the neighboring Chumash . San Pedro was named for St. Peter of Alexandria , as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain, the day on which Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo discovered the San Pedro Bay in 1542. Santa Catalina Island , named after Catherine of Alexandria , was claimed for the Spanish Empire
1767-602: The US, see High-speed rail in the United States San Pedro, California San Pedro ( / s æ n ˈ p iː d r oʊ / san PEE -droh ; Spanish for ' Saint Peter ') is a neighborhood located within the South Bay and Harbor region of the city of Los Angeles, California , United States. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles ,
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1824-555: The city to the northern border of Wilmington , and in 1909, the larger city consolidated with Wilmington and with San Pedro. In 1929, the city experienced the Sunken City Disaster , where an earthquake caused multiple homes to slide off a cliff into the sea. In 1888, the War Department took control of a tract of land next to the bay and added to it in 1897 and 1910. This became Fort MacArthur in 1914 and
1881-576: The cross-ticketing arrangement with Coaster. A 13th daily round trip was added on October 14, 2019. On September 30, 2022, all rail service between Irvine and Oceanside was suspended due to coastal erosion under the track in San Clemente . Emergency repairs were expected to take at least 90 days. Full Pacific Surfliner service resumed on April 17, 2023. Service south of Irvine was again suspended on April 27 due to further erosion at Casa Romantica . Service resumed on May 27, 2023. Service
1938-600: The demand. A typical six-car set has a business class car; one Superliner car; two coach cars; a coach/café car with food sales on the lower level; and a coach/baggage/cab car equipped with coach seating, a checked baggage space on the lower level, and engineer's operating cab. LOSSAN has expressed interest in acquiring bi-level cars from a variety of sources, such as purchasing Surfliner and Superliner cars from Amtrak, as well as receiving bi-level cars from other Amtrak California services. The Surfliner cars were introduced in 2000–02, and were designed specifically to handle
1995-622: The demands of the nation's third-busiest rail line. They replaced the California Cars which had been introduced on the San Diegan in 1996, and had been fraught with problems in the latter part of the 1990s. A dedicated fleet of 16 Caltrans-owned Siemens Charger locomotives began entering service in late 2018. The Chargers replaced a fleet of 15 Amtrak-owned EMD F59PHI locomotives, which were sold to Metra in 2019. The Surfliner cars and Charger locomotives (and previously
2052-637: The district's population has enjoyed outsize influence as the district's traditional base of political power." The United States Postal Service operates the San Pedro Post Office at 839 South Beacon Street and the Eastview Post Office at 28649 South Western Avenue. The USPS also operates the Seafarers Post Office at Suite A at 93 Berth in close proximity to the San Pedro Post Office. Fort MacArthur , now
2109-660: The final home port of the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) . The Iowa now serves as a museum ship and memorial recognizing "the positive contributions of this battleship and its crew at critical moments in American history". Additionally, the United States Maritime Commission commissioned private San Pedro and Long Beach shipbuilders such as the Calship to build attack transports , Liberty ships, and Victory ships during World War II under
2166-409: The line turns west along First Street, then south along Pacific Avenue down to its southern terminus at 21st Street. Heading back north, the line turns west on 22nd Street, north on Gaffey Street, and finally east onto 19th Street before once again meeting Pacific Avenue and turning north. Downtown San Pedro stops include: The Port of Los Angeles is a seaport located in San Pedro Bay and together with
2223-512: The local agencies administering the service rather than Caltrans. California Senate Bill No. 1225, passed in 2014, allowed LOSSAN to amend the joint powers agreement and become the sponsor of state-supported intercity passenger rail service in the corridor. In mid-2015, LOSSAN assumed oversight for the Surfliner. They are also working with Caltrans to assess rail operations from Los Angeles to San Diego to develop better connections, close gaps in
2280-607: The nearby Channel Islands of California . The heavy cruisers of the Scouting Force were transferred from the Atlantic to San Pedro in response to the 1931 Japanese invasion of Manchuria . By 1934, 14 battleships, two aircraft carriers , 14 cruisers, and 16 support ships were based at San Pedro. On April 1, 1940, the Pacific Fleet battleships sailed to Hawaii for annual fleet exercises. The battleships remained in
2337-572: The neighboring Port of Long Beach, is promoted as "America's Port" and consistently ranked as the top one and two busiest ports in the Western Hemisphere. The port has 25 cargo terminals, 82 container cranes, 8 container terminals, and 113 miles (182 km) of on-dock rail within 7,500 acres (3,000 ha) of land and water with 43 miles (69 km) of waterfront. The port's top three trading partners were China (including Hong Kong), Japan, and Vietnam. The World Cruise Center offers cruises up and down
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2394-405: The next day, on her feast day, November 25. In 1602–1603, Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548–1624) officially surveyed and mapped the California coastline, including San Pedro Bay, for New Spain . The anglicized pronunciation is "san-PEE-dro". European settlement began in 1769 as part of an effort to populate California, although trade restrictions encouraged more smuggling than regular business. In 1784,
2451-566: The number of restaurants representing diverse cuisines, especially Croatian , Portuguese , Mexican , Italian , Irish and Greek . San Pedro is home to the largest Italian-American community in Southern California, centered on the "Via Italia" (South Cabrillo Avenue). San Pedro is also considered the heart of the Croatian and Norwegian communities in Los Angeles. The Croatian community, originally composed of seafarers and fishermen from
2508-452: The old Cabrillo Beach Marine Museum which was located in the historic Bath House at Cabrillo Beach . The Point Fermin Light , a Victorian-era structure built in the late 19th century, is a museum and park on a bluff overlooking the ocean. The Korean Bell of Friendship is a massive bronze memorial bell donated by South Korea in 1976 to the people of Los Angeles. The church of Mary Star of
2565-612: The razing of their homes and shops, as part of the Japanese-American internment during World War II, is described in Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston 's memoir Farewell to Manzanar . A total of 80,065 people lived in San Pedro's 12.06 square miles, according to the 2000 U.S. census—averaging 6,640 people per square mile, near Los Angeles' total population density. The median age was 34 in the San Pedro neighborhood, considered average for Los Angeles. San Pedro
2622-583: The schedule, and optimize the assets of the railroad. The route is the successor of the San Diegan , a Los Angeles –San Diego service operated since 1938 by the Santa Fe Railway . It had been one of the Santa Fe's premier routes until Amtrak took over operations in 1971. Initially there were three daily trips, but the schedule was expanded to six round trips during the 1970s with funding from
2679-639: The service and with contracts with Amtrak to operate the service and maintain the rolling stock (locomotives and passenger cars). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) provides the funding to operate the service and also owns all of the locomotives and some of the rolling stock; with Amtrak owning the rest. Portions of the line in southern Orange County have been suspended four times between 2022 and 2024 due to coastal erosion . The 350-mile (563 km) San Luis Obispo–San Diego trip takes approximately 8 hours, 52 minutes at an average speed of 38.9 miles per hour (63 km/h); maximum track speed
2736-564: The southern terminus of Interstate 110 , beginning at Gaffey Street heading 20 miles north to Downtown Los Angeles and beyond to Pasadena via the Arroyo Seco Parkway. California State Route 47 heads west from San Pedro across the Vincent Thomas Bridge, connecting San Pedro, Terminal Island, and Wilmington, to Long Beach and beyond. The LA Metro Bus 205 line travel North from 6th and Harbor up to Willowbrook,
2793-588: The state of California. In 1988 the service was extended to Santa Barbara to provide the Central Coast with an additional train to Los Angeles, followed in 1995 with one trip a day going all the way to San Luis Obispo. To better reflect the route's extent, it was renamed the Pacific Surfliner in 2000. The route is named after the Surf Line , which now comprises the route's busiest section from Los Angeles to San Diego. A stop at Old Town Transit Center
2850-811: The station. The ongoing North Coast Corridor project plans to increase rail capacity on the route of the Surfliner in North San Diego County . Local agencies along with the host railroads formed the Los Angeles–San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN) in 1989. The Pacific Surfliner is operated by Amtrak under the Amtrak California brand with funding provided by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). Serious discussions were held in 2009 regarding
2907-521: The stations at the ends of the line do not have wyes to turn equipment, trains are operated in push-pull mode. The locomotive is at the rear of the train, pushing the train from Goleta, San Luis Obispo or San Diego to Los Angeles. At Los Angeles, the train reverses at the station, and the locomotive pulls the train to San Diego or Goleta/San Luis Obispo, respectively. Run-through tracks are under construction at Union Station in Los Angeles to ease congestion and reduce time spent waiting to enter or depart
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#17327795854932964-793: The trade restrictions were lifted, and the town flourished. Under United States control after 1848, when the United States defeated Mexico in the Mexican–American War , the harbor was greatly improved and expanded under the guidance of Phineas Banning and John Gately Downey , the seventh governor of California after the Free Harbor Fight . In 1868 Banning created the Los Angeles & San Pedro Railroad , Southern California's first railroad and used it to transport goods from San Pedro Bay to Los Angeles , which soon became
3021-404: The west by Rancho Palos Verdes and the city of Lomita . San Pedro, Wilmington, and Terminal Island are the locations of the Port of Los Angeles . The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (457 m) suspension bridge linking San Pedro with Terminal Island and named after California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas . (It is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California.) Nearby
3078-539: Was a coastal defense site for many years. Woodrow Wilson transferred 200 United States Navy ships from the Atlantic to the Pacific in 1919 when tension arose between the United States and Japan over the fate of China. San Diego Bay was considered too shallow for the largest ships, so the battleships anchored in San Pedro Bay on August 9, 1919. Local availability of fuel oil minimized transportation costs, and consistently good weather allowed frequent gunnery exercises off
3135-451: Was added in 2004. Stops at Orange and Laguna Niguel/Mission Viejo were added in 2007 but dropped in 2012. On October 7, 2013, stops were added at Coaster stations at Carlsbad Village , Carlsbad Poinsettia , Encinitas and Sorrento Valley . The Carlsbad Poinsettia and Encinitas stops were dropped on October 9, 2017, due to low ridership. The Carlsbad Village and Sorrento Valley stops were dropped on October 8, 2018, due to changes with
3192-405: Was average for the city and county. Renters occupied 56.1% of the housing units, and homeowners occupied the rest. In 2000 there were 3,394 families headed by single parents, or 17.5%, a rate that was average for the county and the city. In the same year there were 6,559 military veterans, or 11% of the population, considered high when compared to the city and county as a whole. San Pedro serves as
3249-633: Was suspended again on June 5 due to continued erosion at Casa Romantica and resumed on July 19. Service was suspended on January 25, 2024, due to a landslide at San Clemente. The state declared an emergency on February 1, allowing the Orange County Transportation Authority to access emergency funding. Limited service through the landslide area resumed on March 6, 2024, followed by full service on March 25. The Pacific Surfliner runs on track owned by several private railroads and public agencies: Carlsbad Poinsettia , Carlsbad Village , Encinitas and Sorrento Valley stations were previously served under
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