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Carlsbad Village station is a
commuter rail Commuter rail or suburban rail is a Passenger train, passenger rail service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Central business district, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter town ...
station in
Carlsbad, California Carlsbad is a beach city in the North County area of San Diego County, California, United States. The city is north of downtown San Diego and south of downtown Los Angeles. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of ...
, that is on the NCTD COASTER commuter rail line. It is one of two COASTER stations in Carlsbad (the other being
Carlsbad Poinsettia station Carlsbad Poinsettia station is a commuter rail station in Carlsbad, California that is on the North County Transit District, NCTD Coaster (rail service), COASTER commuter rail line. The station serves the Poinsettia and La Costa communities of ...
about four miles to the south), and is the last station used for northbound COASTER trains before reaching the northern terminus of the Oceanside Transit Center. The 1887-built Carlsbad station, which was used by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport; at vario ...
until 1960, is located to the south. The former station now serves as the city's visitor center. It was listed on the
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in 1993 as the Carlsbad Santa Fe Depot. On October 7, 2013, the
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Pacific Surfliner The ''Pacific Surfliner'' is a 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 ...
'' began stopping at four COASTER stations: Carlsbad Village, Carlsbad Poinsettia,
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and Sorrento Valley. The Carlsbad Poinsettia and Encinitas stops were discontinued on October 9, 2017. The Carlsbad Village and Sorrento Valley stops were dropped on October 8, 2018, due to changes with the cross-ticketing arrangement with COASTER and NCTD. Along with Encinitas station, this is one of two single-track stations on the Coaster line, causing a bottleneck for rail traffic. The tracks at surface level also cause local traffic congestion and safety hazards. For that reason, the Carlsbad City Council has approved an agreement to build a trench for the tracks and complete double track through the Carlsbad Village area.


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COASTER Stations
North County Transit District stations Carlsbad, California Former Amtrak stations in California Railway stations in the United States opened in 1995 National Register of Historic Places in San Diego County, California Railway stations on the National Register of Historic Places in California {{California-railstation-stub