OAKLAND – Responding to customer demand, California passenger rail partners and Amtrak are today launching free Wi-Fi service on all three state-supported routes. The launch coincides with “Cyber Monday,” the busiest Internet holiday shopping day of the year, allowing passengers onboard to shop online. Using any laptop computer or Wi-Fi enabled device, passengers traveling on the Capitol Corridor (Auburn-Sacramento-Emeryville/SF-Oakland-San Jose), …
CC Rail Mail – November 18, 2011
CC Rail Mail – November 18, 2011 1. Service Advisory: Potential Train Delays November 19-20 2. Thanksgiving Travel Advisory ******************************************************************* 1. Service Advisory: Potential Train Delays November 19-20 Union Pacific track crews will perform a signal improvement project between the Emeryville and Oakland Coliseum stations on Saturday, November 19th and Sunday November 20, 2011. As a result, passengers traveling aboard …
Thanksgiving Travel Advisory
Extended Train Service for Train 553 On Wednesday, November 23rd, Capitol Corridor will run extended train service between the Sacramento (SAC) and San Jose (SJC) stations. Train 553 will stop at all stations between Sacramento and San Jose, giving passengers who travel from Sacramento to the Bay Area an additional evening travel option. The extended schedule for this train is …
Sacramento Valley Station Track Project Gets Carl Moyer Grant
The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) received welcome news at its November 16 Board Meeting. The Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District provided the CCJPA a $320,000 Carl Moyer Fund award to purchase standby power units to run locomotives as they layover at Capitol Corridor/Amtrak Sacramento Valley Station. This award will provide an additional four cleaner power units bringing …
Service Advisory: Potential Train Service Delays November 19-20, 2011
Union Pacific track crews will perform a signal improvement project between the Emeryville and Oakland Coliseum stations on Saturday, November 19th and Sunday November 20, 2011. As a result, passengers traveling aboard Capitol Corridor trains may experience delays of 15 to 20 minutes between the Emeryville and Oakland Coliseum stations. This work is part of the Interstate 880 freeway retrofit …