RailPAC: Rail Passenger Association of CA & NV

RailPAC welcomes Bob Hope Airport Transit Center – calls for improved Metrolink service to make it work

RailPAC welcomes Bob Hope Airport Transit Center – calls for improved Metrolink service to make it work The Rail Passenger Association of California, an early supporter of the project, congratulates the Bob Hope Airport Authority and supporting agencies on the groundbreaking for the Regional Intermodal Transportation Center. The Burbank Bob Hope Airport has the unusual…

July 6, 2012
eNewsletter for July 2, 2012

The simple fact is the Surfliners have the worst on-time record of any of the intra-California passenger trains… The San Joaquin and Capitol Corridor trains have a much better on time record than the Surfliners. The equipment for these trains are owned by the State of California and while Amtrak maintains the equipment, Caltrans monitors and…

July 6, 2012
Coaster and San Diego Trolley June 2012 Trip Report

Report and Pictures by Noel T. Braymer I amazed myself by getting up and out the door before 9 AM on my day off to catch the 644 Coaster out of Oceanside at 9:22 AM. This gave me almost 4 hours in San Diego so I could still get home early enough to take care…

June 30, 2012
Enewsletter for June 25, 2012

California bullet train faces tough vote in Senate Los Angeles Times – Jun 24, 2012 Gov. Jerry Brown is requesting $6 billion to start construction in the Central Valley, but some senators hope to distribute the funds elsewhere geographically. The issue isn’t over not spending the money, but where it will be spent. Some Democratic…

June 29, 2012
Why a Republican may be the savior of California High Speed Rail

Analysis and photos by Noel T. Braymer The California High Speed Rail Project has been a bi-partisan project since 1996 from the very start. The High Speed Rail Authority was created by Republican Governor Pete Wilson and Republican Governor Schwarzenegger placed the Prop 1A measure on the ballot in 2008 which has the bonds central…

June 23, 2012
eNewsletter for June 18, 2012

In order to get a time slot during morning rush hour in the opposite direction of rush hour train traffic, Caltrans and Amtrak had to borrow an existing Metrolink slot to start up service to San Luis Obispo. As part of the deal train 761 is a joint Amtrak/Metrolink train and Metrolink tickets are accepted…

June 22, 2012
Can Metrolink be a Thruway Bus?

Opinions by Noel T. Braymer Train 761 is the only Amtrak Train to travel north of Los Angeles that doesn’t have either a connecting train or origination from San Diego. Train 761 travels to San Luis Obispo and has connecting Thruway Bus service there to San Jose. The plan is to extend the 761 all…

June 15, 2012
eNewsletter for June 11, 2012

The problem with overnight service on the Coast Line isn’t lack of potential riders, it is getting cooperation from the UP and equipment from Amtrak. Just trying to get the morning train to San Luis Obispo extended to San Francisco and back has been going on for over 10 years. The best solution for overnight…

June 15, 2012
Californians Want Good High Speed Rail Service

Opinion By Noel T. Braymer Recently the Los Angeles Times ran a story about a USC Dornsife Poll it helped pay for claiming that The Majority of Californians now oppose High Speed Rail and Most people want a revote on High Speed Rail. So where are the mobs of angry citizens with their torches and…

June 9, 2012
eNewsletter for June 4, 2012

It is no secret that the old low level equipment is slow getting people on and off the train and they spend a long time at stations when a crowd shows up. …If the older equipment can’t be replaced just yet, what can be done is to add some bi-level commuter cars to low level…

June 8, 2012