If you're ticketed to depart from the Old Town Station on the Surfliner, can you board at the downtown station instead?

If you have any questions about train departure times, you can call the Sante Fe Station downtown. You can also use your "ask Google" if your phone has that capability. It's functionalities are simply beyond anything I've ever imagined. A transit operator-at 511- should also direct you in the right direction. Don't chance boarding a train without the right station to station boarding pass ; chances are

I dont think so. but give it a try i dont see nothing wrong with it its just one stop away 5 mins tops. Sometimes the conductor doesn't check tickets till they reach O.T.