Construction Celebration WHO: Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, California Department of Transportation, Union Pacific Railroad and Amtrak. WHAT: Will hold a ceremony and news conference to signify the start of construction of a second mainline railroad track project at the Yolo Causeway. WHEN: Monday, September 15, 2003 beginning at 9:00 a.m. WHERE: The construction site is located off I-80 at …
Issue 14, September 3, 2003
“When is my travel time on the train going to improve (get shorter)?” The answer is: on April 26, 2004. You will see the “first fruits” of the capital investment program when travel time between Sacramento and Oakland is reduced by 10 minutes. So, how are we doing this? It is a three-pronged approach involving 1) completion of construction work, …
Issue 13, July 3, 2003
From Me to You – What Is Happening To Our Capitol Corridor Train Service? Performance After a good start in March, most of you have experienced a dramatic and steady decline in “on-time” reliability. Since mid-April, I personally received more than twelve hundred e-mails (yes, that’s 1,200!) “communicating” to me your disappointment, frustration and anger over the situation. Service performance …
Issue 12, June 25, 2003
From Me to You – What Is going on with our trains? I need not tell you that service has deteriorated along the entire Capitol Corridor Route during the last several weeks, with an all time low of 45% on-time reached yesterday (June 24), and today is not looking much better. And these stats include the 10-15 minutes of “recovery …
Capitol Corridor Increases Service to 24 Weekday Trains
Oakland, CA – The popular Amtrak Capitol Corridor route has added two additional weekday trains to bring to 24 the total trains on weekdays and 19 on weekends, offering travelers a more frequent and versatile schedule. The new weekday trains include #533, departing Sacramento at 10:40 a.m. and arriving in Oakland at 12:50 p.m. and train #526 departing Oakland at …