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The following is a list of public transportation systems and facilities in San Diego County. Note: Due to San Diego County's massive size, the following information is focused mainly on "coastal", " North County ", and "inland" (inland is generally referred to as "East County") communities and not so much on "Mountain" or "Desert" cities. Please help expand. =Location terminology
RAIL SERVICES San Diego Trolley See Also: San Diego Trolley The San Diego Trolley is a Light Rail that serves the metropolitan area including downtown, East County, South Bay, and San Ysidro. San Diego Coaster See Also: COASTER The San Diego Coast Express Rail, or '''Coaster''' is a commuter rail that connects the North County area to the Metro area. Most riders are commuters who live in North County and work downtown . Amtrak ''Pacific Surfliner'' See Also: Pacific Surfliner The ''Pacific Surfliner'' is a 350-mile (563 km) Amtrak Passenger Train route serving communities on the coast of Southern California between San Diego and San Luis Obispo With stops in Los Angeles . Metrolink See Also: Metrolink Orange County Line Metrolink (Southern California) Metrolink is a Commuter Rail network connecting major cities in Southern California including San Diego via transfers at Oceanside , Anaheim , Los Angeles, and Riverside. Metrolink does not serve the immediate San Diego area. Sprinter (2007) See Also: SPRINTER The Sprinter is a Light Rail line under construction between Oceanside and Escondido, California . The service will use the existing 22-mile long Escondido Branch trackage of the San Diego Northern Railroad . Station platforms are under construction for the line's fifteen stops serving the cities of Oceanside (western terminus), Vista , San Marcos , and Escondido (eastern terminus). Sprinter service will be operated with Siemens Sprinter Diesel Multiple Unit s manufactured in Germany , where they are widely used. BUS SERVICES Buses in San Diego County are operated by five agencies. MTS The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), is an umbrella organization that operates and manages bus service. San Diego Transit directly operates routes in the urban core, with route numbers between 1 and 210. Inland San Diego County routes, lower ridership community routes, and rural routes in the 800 and 900 route series are Outsourced to Veolia Transport and are under the MTS banner. The cities of Chula Vista and National City also operate transit service, with routes in the 700 and 600 series, respectively. NCTD The North San Diego County Transit District 's (NCTD) "BREEZE" operates 53 bus routes in the northern portion of the county from Del Mar, Escondido, and Ramona, to the Orange County and Riverside County lines. {Link without Title} Routes are in the 300 and 400 series (with the exception of route 101). Bus Passes and transfers may be used both on MTS and NCTD services including the bus and the trolley, but use of the COASTER may require and upgrade. In addition, express buses from the Riverside Transit Agency connect Temecula with Oceanside. ROAD SERVICES Public roads San Diego County has an extensive network of public roadways that allows vehicle drivers and Bicyclist s convenient direct access to all practical destinations in the county. Bikeways Public Bikeway s in San Diego County consist of Class 1 Bike Path s, which are separate from the public roads, Class 2 Bike Lane s, which are demarcated space on the roadways designated to be used primary by bicyclists, and Class 3 Bike Route s, which are regular surface streets designated as being particularly attractive to bicyclists. SANDAG publishes a map which shows all of these bikeways in the greater San Diego Metropolitan area annually, and it is available at most local bike shops. AIR SERVICES See Also: San Diego International Airport San Diego International Airport is the second busiest single- Runway commercial airport in the world, with approximately 600 departures and arrivals carrying 40,000 passengers each day, and over 17 million passengers a year. However, it occupies a much smaller footprint compared to other airports in the United States. As a result, recently, numerous plans have been proposed to either add another airport in the area, or relocate it entirely. FERRY SERVICES The Coronado Commuter Ferry takes morning and afternoon commuters across San Diego Bay from the San Diego Broadway Pier , to the Naval Air Station North Island , and the San Diego Broadway Pier . The San Diego Harbor Excursions operates ferry shuttles directly to and from the San Diego Broadway Pier and the San Diego Broadway Pier. EXTERNAL LINKS
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