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UP’s Premium Corridor: Coast Starlight Improvements on the Way?
Commentary by Jarrod DellaChiesa Director, RailPAC / Project Coordinator, Coast Starlight Communities Network Union Pacific is investing $12,900,000 in track improvements to their Coast Line this month. The right-of-way between Watsonville and San Lucas is a 76-mile long staging area, with more than 82,000 railroad ties waiting to be installed, along with new rail and 42,000…
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Announcing our Annual Conference!
Pre-registration is over, but GREAT NEWS! You can still pay at the door! CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION!
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TAMC Rail Policy Committee Meeting Report
January 10, 2011 Meeting Reported by Chris Flescher, Associate Director
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RailPAC 2011 Annual Meeting
CITIZENS FOR RAIL CALIFORNIA, INC. A California Non-Profit Corporation (#813820 4/26/1977) d..b.a. The Rail Passenger Association of California & Nevada NOTICE OF 2011 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING The annual membership meeting of CITIZENS FOR RAIL CALIFORNIA, INC. will take place on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. at the board room at the headquarters building of…
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KCBS Caltrain Report
Caltrain Turns To Another Agency For Possible Bailout Our own Art Lloyd and Bruce Jenkins are interviewed by KCBS!
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Why You Need to Attend Steel Wheels of California 2011
To say that the situation regarding passenger rail financing and policy making is fluid would be an understatement. Looking back over thirty years of advocacy I find it hard to recall a time when passenger trains were such an ideological issue. But I won’t get into a political discussion in this forum. Instead let’s think…
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January CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: January 2011 Performance Report) The Capitol Corridor achieved amazing performance results for January 2011. Ridership in January soared a remarkable 11 percent compared to January 2010. A record-breaking 130,863 passengers rode Capitol Corridor trains, making January 2011 ridership and revenue thresholds the highest January results in the history of the…
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Caltrain Summit Meetings: RailPAC was there
By Bruce Jenkins, RailPAC Director, Sunnyvale Two very successful “summit meetings” were held on the San Francisco Peninsuls in January to address the fiscal crisis of Caltrain. Caltrain is the only transit system in the state of California that does not have a dedicated funding source for it’s operating costs. In all it’s operating years…
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NCTD: Lower Fares and Longer Service Hours
North Coast Transit District is happy to announce lower fares and longer service hours take effect this week on all of our modes (Coaster and Sprinter). Below is a printable PDF with the new COASTER price matrix and new SPRINTER schedule with late-night trains. SPRINTER-COASTER Schedule – January 2011 NCTD – More Reasons to Ride
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December CA Intercity Passenger Rail Performance
Reported by David B. Kutrosky, Managing Director, CCJPA (Download: December 2010 Performance Report) In December, Capitol Corridor was given the gifts of impressive ridership, revenue and on-time performance thresholds, ending the calendar year with an abundance of positive performance results. Ridership was up 5 percent compared to the same period last year, revenue was up 10 percent and the Capitol…