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Originally Posted by Crawford
It's the second busiest Amtrak corridor, which is saying nothing, considering Amtrak has barely any passengers and half of them are riding a single corridor.
The LA-SD corridor is single tracked in significant portions, and even runs right on the beach. It's a joke compared to European standards. If in Europe, it would be electrified, four track, high-speed the whole way.
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Amtrak may run empty, subsidized trains in many parts of the country, but the passenger loads on the Amtrak trains (and commuter trains) between LA and SD are quite high. Personally I've had times where I've had to stand the entire ride. Amtrak doesn't run 12 trains a day between LA and SD for no reason.
Regarding your off topic post about tracking, there is a major project underway to double track the route where single track exists.