(Source: Air Quality Matters, December 6, 2016)
Amtrak Capitol Corridor trains hit the rails running, as it were, on Dec. 12, 1991. Such marked the first time since 1974 in California that a “new” regional Amtrak passenger-rail service was established – the regional San Joaquin trains getting their start that same year in March. When begun, the state-supported and Amtrak-operated Capitols provided a sorely needed service between Sacramento and San Jose and proved to be just what the doctor ordered. Today, trains operate daily between those two metropolises, a 168-mile distance. Just a handful of the roughly three-dozen daily runs extend to Roseville and Auburn to Sacramento’s northeast.
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