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LOSSAN politics have destroyed Train 761. No more through trips from points south of L.A. in the morning. Passengers arriving in L.A. at 7:03 AM will no longer have a one seat ride to points north. They will now wait until 9:11 AM for the first train north, arriving in Santa Barbara at 11:41 AM. A new train 759 will now leave L.A. at 4:09 AM, arriving in Santa Barbara at 6:47 AM. This "commuter" train will fail within a year. At least they left 1761 alone on weekends so that there's still a one seat ride in the morning, arriving in Santa Barbara at 10:10 AM. If this is what "local control" is going to do to the state intercity rail service, perhaps the state should start running it again ! See the LOSAAN Agenda page for more details.