Talks underway about constructing new train station in heart of Camp Pendleton

CAMP PENDLETON (Wire Service) - Transit officials and the Marine Corps are holding early talks about building a new train station in the heart of sprawling Camp Pendleton to extend Coaster commuter train runs onto the military base, it was reported today.

The train station, which might also serve as a stop for Metrolink and Amtrak trains to Los Angeles and Orange counties, would be built to serve 70,000 employees and 34,000 Marines and family members who live on the camp.

The North Coast Transit District is about to spend $334,000 for preliminary planning and design for the train station, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

The newspaper reported there is also talk of extending the Coaster's southern terminus from Santa Fe Station at Broadway south, to the Convention Center or possibly to the 32nd Street Naval Station, providing through-train

service between the two military bases.