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opening the following year. This allowed direct passenger leisure services to run from San
Francisco. The line came under the auspices of Southern Pacific proper in 1888 and was extended west past Pacific Grove to a facility at Lake Mejella. By the 1950s, sand made the bulk of freight moved along the
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Transportation Authority for Monterey County (TAMC) in 2003 for $ 9.3 million ($ 14.9 million in 2023 adjusted for inflation).
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1984–89 Rail passenger development plan. Amtrak declined to operate such service, but operations under
Southern Pacific (by then running state-subsidized services) were studied with ridership forecast developed. The TAMC opted to initiate
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705:California
452:Sand City
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734:History
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