I, too, am impressed with the Capitol's success. It proves that people will ride trains if they are available, convenient and comfortable. If we can do it here in California, land of the freeway, home of the drive, it can be done anywhere. Unfortunately those 10 trains only go between Sacramento and Oakland. Until the line south is double tracked, only four trains can get to San Jose and all those business travelers in Silicon Valley.
I want them to extend a couple of those San Jose trains to Monterey. I think that would be more useful than the proposed Monterey-SF service (which is progressing painfully slowly). Because Monterey was California's first capitol, the Capitol could be promoted as offering "capitol to capitol service."
It has also been suggested that the Capitols be extended to Reno on the east end. I think that is a terrific idea. In my dream world the corridor should extend from Monterey to Reno. It would require an act of the legislature to expand the range of the train, though.
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