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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Pacific Surfliner crossing trestle at Arroyo Hondo, May 2018: Glenn Beltz from Goleta, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Amtrak Pacific Surfliner - Pacific Business Class: Braniff747SP· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. 566 Pacific Surfliner, Oceanside, 2016-09-12, 2. Amtrak Coachclass 000: Xnatedawgx· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 6306 Coach-Cafe, Surfliner, ARTIC, night: Xnatedawgx· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Amtrak 51 at with the Pacific Surfliner at Santa Fe Depot, December 2012: vxla from Chicago, US· CC BY 2.0
- 6. Amtrak surfliner santa barbara: Nabukodinosaure· CC0
- 7. Pacific Surfliner @ San Clemente CA.: Steve Wilson· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. Pacific Surfliner and San Clemente Beach, December 2017: Prayitno / Thank you for (12 millions +) view from Los Angeles, USA· CC BY 2.0
- 9. Pacific Surfliner at First Street (15648262523): Charles Fulton· CC BY 2.0
- 10. Pacific Surfliner at First Street (16266348271): Charles Fulton· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The Surfliner is a family of bi-level intercity railcars derived from the California Car. Like its predecessor, it is derived from the Superliner in design, and operated on Amtrak California's intercity routes in California. They are owned by both Amtrak and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- Top speed is 1.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 14 minutes.
- 25.9 m long: about 6 cars parked nose to tail.
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- —
- number built
- 62
- kind
- multiple unit
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- Alstom
- operators
- Amtrak, Amtrak California
- top speed
- 177 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- single car
- length
- 25.9 m
- capacity
- 90 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q16985180, Wikipedia: Surfliner (railcar) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.