SAN DIEGO — Work to protect the railroad tracks on an unstable slope in San Clemente now is expected to stop all passenger train service between San Diego and Orange counties through at least mid-December.
Metrolink and Amtrak both suspended service Sept. 30 after movement was again detected in the area of an old landslide just north of the San Diego County border that for years has caused periodic difficulties for the railroad.
Initially, transit officials said service would be restored in November, but Friday they announced a contract for emergency repairs had been awarded and that the work could keep passenger trains off the tracks through the end of the year.
