Decreased fares mean increased opportunity to take the Amtrak Pacific Surfliner.

As of May 1, train fares between Guadalupe, Grover Beach and San Luis Obispo dropped by 75 percent.

SLOCOG

“We're just working with the existing train schedules and we recognize that we could buy down the cost of the fares,” explained Peter Rodgers, Executive Director of the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG).

SLOCOG is working with the Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor on a pilot program to reduce fares and improve traffic with help from State Transit Assistance funding.

While the organizations are hoping the new rates encourage more people to ride the train, local resident Ryan Cruz said traveling by rail can also help keep you out of traffic along the Highway 101 corridor

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