Northern Californian music lovers don’t have to drive to Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park in San Jose to enjoy the AT&T San Jose Jazz Festival this weekend—they can board one of Capitol Corridor’s trains instead!  Capitol Corridor’s passenger train service is a smooth and affordable way to get to San Jose. With 16 stations in eight Northern California counties, …
Kids Ride Free on Weekends-Friday, too!
 The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) and J M Barrie’s Peter Pan have teamed up to offer a special discount aimed to help families on a budget this summer. “Instead of a single day, week or month of free weekend rides for kids, we’re partnering to offer an entire summer of weekend family fun,†CCJPA Board Chair Jim …
Capitol Corridor’s “Fight Hunger-One Stop at a Time†Food Drive Reaps Over Half a Ton of Donations
Oakland, CALIF., June 28, 2010 — The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority’s (CCJPA) “Fight Hunger-One Stop at a Time†food drive reaped over half a ton of food for Northern California food banks this month. From June 1 through June 15, the CCJPA sponsored the first multi-regional summer food drive at staffed stations along its corridor.  Of the seven …
Capitol Corridor Sacramento Valley Station to Receive $6.2 Million in Federal High-Speed Rail Funds
The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority is pleased that a portion of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s $80 million in Recovery Act High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail (HSIPR) funds, released on May 27, will go towards improving the Capitol Corridor train service. The $6.2 million award to the City of Sacramento will be used to help fund the $43 million track …
Capitol Corridor to Help Fight Hunger-One Stop at a Time
Capitol Corridor, in partnership with Amtrak and six northern California food banks, today launched the “Fight Hunger-One Stop at a Time†food drive. From June 1 to June 15, 2010, Capitol Corridor and Amtrak will have food collection bins at seven Amtrak/Capitol Corridor stations from Sacramento to San Jose. This is the first time these entities have joined efforts to …
