California San Diego North County Transit District Police Enforcement Office HTF

Description

California San Diego North County Transit District Police Enforcement Officer HTF
Light Rail Railway railroad
The
North County Transit District
(typically abbreviated as
NCTD
) is the agency responsible for
public transportation
in
Northern San Diego County
, California. The agency manages the
COASTER
commuter rail service between
Oceanside
and
San Diego
, the
SPRINTER
light rail service between
Escondido
and Oceanside, the BREEZE transit bus service, LIFT paratransit service, and FLEX on-demand and point-deviation service.
NCTD owns 62 miles (100 km) of mainline railroad track (the
Surf Line
) from the
Orange County
/
San Diego County
line to the
San Diego Santa Fe Depot
(used by COASTER,
Metrolink
, and
Pacific Surfliner
passenger trains along with
BNSF Railway
freight trains) along with the 22-mile (35 km)
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Escondido Branch (used by the SPRINTER and
BNSF
freight trains).
NCTD also works closely with the
San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
(MTS) which operates public transit services in Southern San Diego County, and the
San Diego Association of Governments
(SANDAG) which plans, develops, and constructs transit projects for both the NCTD and MTS. NCTD’s rail services are operated under contract by
Alstom
, while bus services are operated under contract by
MV Transportation
.
As of 2021, NCTD provides 5,062,800 passenger trips per year, or about 18,500 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2021. NCTD's geographic area is approximately 1,020 square miles (2,600 km
2
) with an approximate population of 842,000 people.
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