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The Spirit of California was a short-haul sleeper service that ran between Los Angeles and Sacramento via the Coast Starlight routing. The train lasted under two years from 1981 to 1983. The train lasted under two years from 1981 to 1983.
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
The segment from Burbank to Los Angeles (LA Union Station) is 14 miles (23 km). [39] Non-stop design speed for this segment is about 7 minutes. The one-way fare between Burbank and Los Angeles is expected to cost $26 in 2013 dollars. [15] [40] The Burbank to Los Angeles route was approved in January 2022. [41]
The state asked Amtrak to add a second round-trip between Oakland and Bakersfield and to extend the service south over the Tehachapi Pass to Los Angeles. [12] Amtrak added the second train on February 4, 1980, but attempts to extend the train over the Tehachapi Loop failed due to Southern Pacific's opposition. [13] [14] [15]
An additional train, the Spirit of California, ran the section of the route between Sacramento and Los Angeles on an overnight schedule from October 25, 1981, to September 30, 1983. [10] From November 10, 1996, to October 25, 1997, through coaches were transferred between the Coast Starlight and San Diegan at Los Angeles. [11] [12] [13]
The train was discontinued north of Sacramento in 1949 in favor of the Shasta Daylight and Cascade. [2] The last section of the West Coast between Los Angeles and Sacramento continued to operate until December 1960, when it was permanently discontinued. [3]
Amtrak President Roger Harris speaks in front of the first Amtrak Airo train car at the Siemens Mobility manufacturing facility in Sacramento on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023.
(Los Angeles) CWT Pacific Surfliner: 38,353 Los Angeles Department of Transportation: Metrolink: Ventura County: Chico^ Chico: CIC Coast Starlight: 25,250 City of Chico Amtrak Thruway: 3 Colfax^ Colfax: COX California Zephyr: 5,214 Amtrak Thruway: 20 Colonel Allensworth State Park: Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park: CNL San Joaquin: No data