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Lead Service Attendant
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2010
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Includes the "Morning Express" (which makes all stops) service from Fresno to Sacramento, and cuts the first train from and last train to Bakersfield to ending at Fresno (with bus service to Bakersfield and Los Angeles). The Bakersfield people are not happy and have mocked up a schedule that skips half the stops but allows for a train to leave Bakersfield at 4:30 am and arrives in Sacramento at 9 AM.
http://sjjpa.com/getattachment/Home/Final-Board-Packet-SJJPA-September-22nd,-2017-(1).pdf
Schedule Changes*
Northbound: 1. Train 703 (which currently leaves Bakersfield at 6:25 pm and arrives Sacramento at 11:40 pm) will become Train 701, departing from Fresno at 4:25 am and arrives in Sacramento at 7:41 am. 2. Train 701 will stay in same slot but shall become Train 703 (departing Bakersfield at 6:00 am and arriving in Sacramento at 11:15 am). 3. The last four trains from Bakersfield to Bay Area leave about an hour or so later to provide better spacing (last train to Bay Area provides a good connection to Coast Starlight at Martinez).
Southbound: 1. Train 702 (which currently leaves Sacramento at 6:35 am and arrives in Bakersfield at 12:00 pm) will have a later start at 12:41 pm and arrive at Bakersfield at 6:06 pm 2. Train 704 will stay in the same slot (departing Sacramento at 5:30 pm and arriving in Bakersfield at 10:45 pm). 3. Train 714 (which currently leaves Oakland at 12:35 pm and arrives in Bakersfield at 6:49 pm) will become Train 710, moving into the early slot and leaving Oakland at 5:35 am and arriving in Bakersfield at 11:52 am. A Thruway bus connection at Stockton is made from Sacramento to this train which originates in the Bay Area. 4. Train 718 (which currently leaves Oakland at 5:55 pm and arrives in Bakersfield at 11:58 pm) will continue to leave Oakland at 5:55 pm, but will terminate at Fresno at 9:52 pm (this train would then lay over in Fresno and become the early morning train to Sacramento the following morning).
*Departure and arrival times could change slightly prior to the January 8, 2018 start-date, but will not change significantly.
SJJPA and Amtrak have modified the Thruway connecting buses to accommodate the new train times and coordinated timed connections to Pacific Surfliner and Capitol Corridor.
http://sjjpa.com/getattachment/Home/Final-Board-Packet-SJJPA-September-22nd,-2017-(1).pdf
Schedule Changes*
Northbound: 1. Train 703 (which currently leaves Bakersfield at 6:25 pm and arrives Sacramento at 11:40 pm) will become Train 701, departing from Fresno at 4:25 am and arrives in Sacramento at 7:41 am. 2. Train 701 will stay in same slot but shall become Train 703 (departing Bakersfield at 6:00 am and arriving in Sacramento at 11:15 am). 3. The last four trains from Bakersfield to Bay Area leave about an hour or so later to provide better spacing (last train to Bay Area provides a good connection to Coast Starlight at Martinez).
Southbound: 1. Train 702 (which currently leaves Sacramento at 6:35 am and arrives in Bakersfield at 12:00 pm) will have a later start at 12:41 pm and arrive at Bakersfield at 6:06 pm 2. Train 704 will stay in the same slot (departing Sacramento at 5:30 pm and arriving in Bakersfield at 10:45 pm). 3. Train 714 (which currently leaves Oakland at 12:35 pm and arrives in Bakersfield at 6:49 pm) will become Train 710, moving into the early slot and leaving Oakland at 5:35 am and arriving in Bakersfield at 11:52 am. A Thruway bus connection at Stockton is made from Sacramento to this train which originates in the Bay Area. 4. Train 718 (which currently leaves Oakland at 5:55 pm and arrives in Bakersfield at 11:58 pm) will continue to leave Oakland at 5:55 pm, but will terminate at Fresno at 9:52 pm (this train would then lay over in Fresno and become the early morning train to Sacramento the following morning).
*Departure and arrival times could change slightly prior to the January 8, 2018 start-date, but will not change significantly.
SJJPA and Amtrak have modified the Thruway connecting buses to accommodate the new train times and coordinated timed connections to Pacific Surfliner and Capitol Corridor.