Oceanside, CA - NgoLwesine, ngoFebhuwari 27, 2020 kuzoba yiminyaka engu-25 yokusebenza kweSan Diego isitimela sabagibeli, i-COASTER. Ukuze sigubhe iminyaka engama-25 sigibela, abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-33 abaye banikezwa iminyaka edlule, futhi ukubonga amakhasimende ethu nabasebenzi, iNorth County Transit District (NCTD) iphonsa iqembu ngamagibela amahhala ku-COASTER ngoFebhuwari 27, ukupha, amakhekhe wamahhala, nokuningi!
Ngo-1982, kwaqala ukuhlelelwa insizakalo yabagibeli besitimela i-Coast Express Rail. NgoJuni 2, 1994, iBhodi labaPhathi be-NCTD yakha inkampani engenzi nzuzo ebizwa ngeSan Diego Northern Railway (SDNR) ukugcina, ukuthuthukisa, nokusebenza lokho manje okwaziwa ngokuthi yi-COASTER. NgoFebhuwari 27, 1995, insiza yeCASASTER yaqala ngezitimela zasekuseni eziyisithupha nezitimela zakusihlwa eziyisithupha. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu kamuva, i-COASTER iqhubeka ne-Oceanside yayo eya enkabeni yedolobha iSan Diego ngezitimela zaphakathi nesonto ezingama-22 nezitimela zangempelasonto eziyisishiyagalombili ezinikeza izitobhu eziyisishiyagalombili endleleni kufaka neziteshi eCarlsbad, Encinitas, Solana Beach, eSorrento Valley nase-Old Town San Diego.
Namuhla, i-COASTER ine-ridership yaminyaka yonke engaphezu kwezigidi eziyi-1.4 kanye nesilinganiso sosuku lwesonto cishe esingu-4,900. I-COASTER inikeza insizakalo esiza imvelo, inikeze inketho yokuhamba edingekile kubagibeli abaningi, futhi isebenza ukudambisa isiminyaminya emigwaqeni ezungezile. Kuyo yonke iminyaka engu-25 isebenza, i-COASTER inciphise ukuhamba emigwaqeni yethu eminyene futhi yehlise ukungcola okuyingozi ngokuhambisa amakhasimende ngaphezu kwamakhilomitha abagibeli abayizigidi ezingama-927.
I-NCTD njengamanje isebenza ngenqwaba yezitimela eziyisikhombisa eSan Diego Subdivision yomgwaqo weLos Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) ukuxhasa ukusebenza kwe-COASTER. Le mikhumbi yakhiwe ngamakhanda esitimela amabili e-F-59 nezitimela ezinhlanu ze-F-40. I-NCTD izokwamukela izitimela ezintsha ezinhlanu ekupheleni kwe-2020 futhi ihlela ukuthenga izitimela ezine ezengeziwe, izimoto zabagibeli ezintsha eziyi-11, nokuqedela ukukhishwa kwemikhumbi yamanje yezimoto zesitimela ukuxhasa ukukhulisa inani lezitimela eziqhutshwa kusuka ezitimeleni ezingama-22 kuye kwezingu-42 usuku ezinyangeni ezingama-36 ezizayo. Ama-locomotives amasha anobungani bemvelo futhi azosiza i-NCTD ifinyelele umgomo wayo wokubambezeleka kwabagibeli.
Umgubho we-COASTER 25th Annivers festival uzoqala ngoLwesine, ngoFebhuwari 27 ngomcimbi obengeziwe e-Oceanside Transit Center kusukela ngo-7: 00- 12:00 pm kanye nokugibela amahhashi usuku lonke kubagibeli be-COASTER (Rail 2 Rail not integrated). NgoLwesihlanu, ngoFebhuwari 28, imikhosi izoqhubeka ngokunika okuvela kwaNCTD nasemisakazweni yendawo iSunny 98.1 kanye ne-ALT 94.9 esiteshini saseCarlsbad Village COASTER nesiteshi se-Encinitas COASTER kusuka ngo-7: 30 ekuseni - ngo-10: 30 am unyaka wonke, i-NCTD izogubha umkhosi Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engu-25 se-COASTER nemicimbi njalo ngenyanga eziteshini ze-COASTER.
"I-COASTER iyingqophamlando emphakathini wethu ohlinzeka ngoxhumano oluthembekile ngaphakathi eSan Diego County," kusho uSihlalo weBhodi le-NCTD kanye nelungu lomkhandlu wase-Encinitas uTony Kranz. “Sijabule kakhulu ukugubha lo mgubho nomphakathi ngokunikela abagibeli bamahhala! Uma uyikhasimende elijwayelekile noma uzama nje okokuqala, woza ugibele i-COASTER bese uthola ubuhle bendawo enhle nezinsizakalo ezisezingeni eliphakeme ezinikezwa yi-NCTD nsuku zonke. "
"I-NCTD iyakuthokozela ukugubha lesi sikhathi esiyingqophamlando neSan Diego," kusho uMqondisi Omkhulu we-NCTD uMatthew Tucker. "Futhi, njengoba sibheke esikhathini esizayo, i-NCTD izokhulisa kakhulu ukuhamba kwamasevisi ku-COASTER, isebenzise imininingwane yesikhathi sangempela, futhi ithuthukise ukuxhumana okuqala nokwokugcina kokuxhumana okuya kwiziteshi ze-COASTER. Le minyaka embalwa ezayo izojabulisa kakhulu! ”
Ngeminye imininingwane ngokugibela kwamahhala ku-COASTER kanye ne-COASTER 25th Anniversary, vakashela IGoNCTD.com/COASTER25.
