The Desert Line Mirage Lives on — for Now
There is a 70-mile stretch of defunct rail line along the Mexican border in southeastern San Diego County known as the Desert Line. It’s a leg of the “Impossible Railroad,” a nickname earned decades...
View ArticleMTS Almost Got Off Easy on the Desert Line
A company under increasing scrutiny nearly made life easy on county transportation officials this month, when a missed lease payment almost negated its contract to rebuild a cross-border freight line....
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3 Projects That Could Dramatically Change Cross-Border Travel
Slow-moving cross-border travel may finally accelerate if a handful of makeover plans ever materialize. This week Congress voted to set aside $216 million for the final phase of the bustling San Ysidro...
View ArticleAgency Says Business Plan for ‘Impossible Railroad’ Is None of Your Business
Do you want to know how a controversial company tasked with rebuilding a rail line along the Mexican border is actually going to construct and finance that line? Your guess right now is pretty much as...
View ArticleHow San Diego Wound Up on the Wrong Side of the Tracks
The effort to revive the Desert Line is on a lot of San Diego leaders’ minds lately. One local congressman is keeping a wary eye on the project. Civic leader Malin Burnham is pushing to move it...
View ArticleSan Diego Explained: The Impasse of the ‘Impossible Railroad’
A long, winding stretch of railroad cuts through southeastern San Diego County, traveling 70 miles from the Mexican border to Plaster City. But no trains run on the tracks. The defunct Desert Line, a...
View Article‘I Saw an Opportunity to Regain Control of the Desert Line’
Perhaps no big transportation project in San Diego County is getting as much attention – and scrutiny – as the Desert Line. And that surprises Paul Jablonski, CEO of the Metropolitan Transit System,...
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