Capitol Corridor
A Capitol Corridor train in Pinole, California, in 2011
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail, commuter rail
Locale	Northern California
First service	December 12, 1991; 32 years ago (1991-12-12)
Current operator(s)	Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, in partnership with Amtrak, BART, Caltrans and Transit Services America
Annual ridership	921,112 (FY23) 36.7%[a][1]
Website	capitolcorridor.org
Route
Termini	Auburn San Jose
Stops	17
Distance travelled	168 miles (270 km)
Average journey time	31⁄4 hours
Service frequency	15 round trips (weekdays) 11 round trips (weekends)
Train number(s)	520–553, 720–751
On-board services
Class(es)	Coach Class
Disabled access	Train lower level, all stations
Catering facilities	Café
Baggage facilities	Overhead bins, luggage racks
Technical
Rolling stock	California Car EMD F59PHI Siemens Charger
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Track owner(s)	UP, JPBX
Route map Capitol Corridor highlighted in black Show interactive map Legend California Zephyr to Chicago Colfax discontinued 2000 0 mi 0 km Auburn 14 mi 23 km Rocklin 18 mi 29 km Roseville Placer County Sacramento County American River San Joaquins to Bakersfield Coast Starlight to Seattle 35 mi 56 km Sacramento RT Light Rail to Historic Folsom Sacramento County Yolo County I Street Bridge over Sacramento River 49 mi 79 km Davis Yolo County Solano County Fairfield–Vacaville 75 mi 121 km Suisun–Fairfield Solano County Contra Costa County Benicia–Martinez Bridge over Carquinez Strait San Joaquins to Bakersfield 93 mi 150 km Martinez Hercules planned 112 mi 180 km Richmond Contra Costa County Alameda County Cerrito Creek 118 mi 190 km Berkeley 120 mi 193 km Emeryville Oakland–16th Street closed 1994 BART to San Francisco Oakland Maintenance Facility 125 mi 201 km Oakland–Jack London Square 130 mi 209 km Oakland Coliseum BART to Berryessa/​North San José, Dublin/​Pleasanton 138 mi 222 km Hayward Alameda Creek ACE to Stockton–Downtown Ardenwood 2026 150 mi 241 km Fremont planned reroute via Coast Line Alameda County Santa Clara County Coyote Creek Lick Mill (VTA) 161 mi 259 km Santa Clara–Great America Caltrain to San Francisco 165 mi 266 km Santa Clara VTA to Winchester Transit Center 168 mi 270 km San Jose 222 mi 357 km extension to Salinas │ VTA to Tamien 222 mi 357 km extension to Salinas ( currently served by the Coast Starlight ) Tamien VTA to Santa Teresa Morgan Hill Gilroy Santa Clara County Monterey County Pajaro/Watsonville planned Castroville planned Salinas Coast Starlight to Los Angeles All stations are accessible This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The Capitol Corridor is a 168-mile (270 km) passenger train route in Northern California operated by Amtrak between San Jose, in the Bay Area, and Auburn, in the Sacramento Valley. The route is named after the two points most trains operate between, San Jose (which was the first state capital of California) and Sacramento (the current capital, with the State Capitol building). The route runs roughly parallel to I-880 and I-80. Some limited trips run between Oakland and San Jose. A single daily round trip runs between San Jose and Auburn, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. Capitol Corridor trains started in 1991.

Like all regional trains in California, the Capitol Corridor is operated by a joint powers authority. The Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority (CCJPA) is governed by a board that includes two elected representatives from each of eight counties the train travels through. The CCJPA contracts with the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District to provide day-to-day management of the service, Amtrak to operate the trains, and Transit Services America to maintain the rolling stock (locomotives and passenger cars). The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) provides the funding to operate the service and also owns the rolling stock.

History

Former service

The First transcontinental railroad was completed to Oakland from the south in 1869. Following the completion of the California Pacific Railroad in 1879, most long-distance service of the Southern Pacific (SP) reached Oakland from the north. Long-distance service from the south ran to San Francisco via the Peninsula; some trains had Oakland sections. The Western Pacific Railroad (completed to Oakland in 1910) and Santa Fe Railroad (completed to Oakland in 1903 over the former California and Nevada Railroad track) ran primarily long-distance service with limited local stops. Commuter service around Oakland was largely provided by the electric interurban trains of the SP-owned East Bay Electric Lines (1911–1941) and Key System (1901–1958).

By the end of the 1930s, the SP operated five daily local round trips plus a number of long-distance trains between Oakland and Sacramento. The Oakland Lark and an unnamed local train (an Oakland connection for the Coast Daylight) provided local service between Oakland and San Jose on the Coast Line. The inland Niles Subdivision was served by a daily Oakland–Tracy local and a commute-timed Oakland–San Jose local (which ran via Centerville and part of the Coast Line on the northbound trip and Milpitas southbound).^[2]

The increasing prevalence of auto ownership and improvements in local roads meant that numerous commuters began to drive their own vehicles rather than take the train. The decline in ridership resulted in SP discontinuing the Oakland–San Jose trip on the Niles Subdivision on September 29, 1940, followed by ending the Oakland–Tracy trip in 1941.^{[3]: 37, 40} The two Oakland–San Jose trips on the Coast Line were discontinued on May 1, 1960.^[3]: 7 The last local service between Oakland and Sacramento was the Senator, discontinued by the SP on May 31, 1962 (though long-distance service continued).^[4]: 140

Capitols

From the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, three Amtrak intercity trains operated in the Bay Area: the long-distance California Zephyr (Oakland/Emeryville–Chicago) and Coast Starlight (Los Angeles–Seattle), and the regional San Joaquins (Bakersfield–Oakland).

Of the three lines, only the Coast Starlight ran between San Jose and Sacramento—once a day in each direction, and at inconvenient times (southbound early in the morning, northbound in the evening). In 1977, Amtrak approved an additional Oakland–Sacramento round trip, the Sacramentan; the service was never operated.^[5]

In 1990, California voters passed two ballot propositions providing $105 million to expand service along the route. The new service, named Capitols, debuted on December 12, 1991, with three daily round trips between San Jose and Sacramento. Of these, a single round trip continued to Roseville, an eastern Sacramento suburb.^[6][7]

One of the ballot propositions, Proposition 116, provided the name Capitol Corridor—so named because it links the location of California's first state capital, San Jose, with the current capital, Sacramento. State Capitol buildings were operated in each city.^[3]: 7 The service was known as the Capitols until April 29, 2001, when Amtrak renamed it the Capitol Corridor.^[8][9]

Service changes

The Capitols originally ran via the Coast Line from Elmhurst to Santa Clara, with no stops between Oakland and San Jose. In 1992, after the completion of track and signal work, the Capitols were rerouted onto the Niles Subdivision further inland between Elmhurst and Newark. The new route allowed the addition of infill stations at Fremont in 1993 and Hayward in 1997.^[3]: 33 The Oakland 16th Street station, which had been damaged by the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, was closed in 1994. It was replaced by new stations at Emeryville in 1993 and Oakland-Jack London Square in 1995.^[3]: 33 Additional infill stations were added at Santa Clara – Great America in 1993, Oakland Coliseum (with a close connection to BART) in 2005, the Caltrain station in Santa Clara-University in 2012, and Fairfield–Vacaville in 2017.^[10]

After financial concerns in the mid-1990s, service was gradually increased from the original three daily round trips. A fourth round trip was added in April 1996, a fifth in November 1998, and a sixth in February 1999.^[11][12] One daily round trip was extended east to Colfax via Rocklin and Auburn on January 26, 1998. The trip was cut back to Auburn (with the Rocklin stop retained) on February 27, 2000.^[3]: 73

Installation of positive train control along the route was completed by November 2018.^[13] In response to low ridership as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Capitol Corridor schedule was reduced to five daily trips on March 21, 2020, with discontinued Auburn service and many trips ending in Oakland. Three runs were added back on June 1 and Auburn service restored.^[14]

Proposed expansion

New stations

Additional stations have been proposed along the route at Hercules, Benicia, and Dixon.^{[citation needed]}

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