A new Surfliner schedule will take effect on 10/14/19. There were minor timing changes to some trains, but a new round-trip 578/591 was added. (Instead of numbering the new north-bound run as 589, they numbered it 591 and renumbered the existing 591 as 593.) It's nice that they tried to fill a gap in the late afternoon schedule, but I wonder how these trains will interact with the notoriously late 774/785.
578 is scheduled to depart just 45 minutes after 774. If 774 is late enough (which is not uncommon), you'll get two southbound trains running minutes apart. Of course, if 774 is really late (which unfortunately is also not uncommon), they could just send the 578 equipment out as 774 south of LA like they currently do.
I'll be watching this carefully. At the very least, I hope it helps the overcrowding issue with 785 by some passengers choosing to shift over to the new 591.
https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/plan-your-trip/schedules/schedule-change/
578 is scheduled to depart just 45 minutes after 774. If 774 is late enough (which is not uncommon), you'll get two southbound trains running minutes apart. Of course, if 774 is really late (which unfortunately is also not uncommon), they could just send the 578 equipment out as 774 south of LA like they currently do.
I'll be watching this carefully. At the very least, I hope it helps the overcrowding issue with 785 by some passengers choosing to shift over to the new 591.
https://www.pacificsurfliner.com/plan-your-trip/schedules/schedule-change/