Fall 2004 Vol 1 No 1 Take the Train to the Game A Sweet Deal for Hey CAL fans, do you hate game day traffic more than you hate Stanford? Then take the train to CAL Capitol Corridor Riders football games this year! Coach Tedford and the Golden Bears are poised to once again make it to the Maybe you’ve noticed our bright blue car covered with gigantic postseason after last season’s Insight Bowl victory scoops of ice cream on trains this summer. We just couldn’t resist against Virginia Tech. Enjoy great college football, announcing one sweet deal for our passengers — Kids Ride Free on awesome views of the Bay Area, and the spirit and Weekends! This fall is the perfect time to get away for some great tradition of Memorial Stadium. Home games include family fun. Take the train to a football game and spend an afternoon New Mexico State, UCLA, Arizona State University, cheering on the California Golden Bears. Or, get your thrills on the Oregon, and Stanford. roller coasters at Six Flags Marine World and Great America. Go Getting to the stadium play at ZEUM, or Children’s Discovery Museum, two great interac- from Capitol Corridor is tive museums designed for kids. easy. Take Capitol Corridor When you take the train you’ll get there relaxed, stress free, and to the Richmond station and well fed. Each Capitol Corridor train has a Café Car for snacks and transfer to BART by walking, or taking the elevator, down- beverages. stairs. You can purchase discounted BART tickets And since Kids Ride Free on Weekends, you’ll get there with aboard Capitol Corridor trains in the Café Car. BART more money in your pockets too. will drop you off at the Downtown Berkeley station. For more information about Kids Ride Free on Weekends or The stadium is an easy 10-minute walk through other great destinations, visit www.capitolcorridor.org. Some campus, or you can catch the Bear Express, a free restrictions may apply. shuttle to the stadium. Stay tuned for updates on “Capitol Corridor Day” at CAL on our website. For more information, visit the Capitol Corridor website www.capitolcorridor.org or check out www.calbears.com. Santa Cruz Metro – A New Way to get to the Beach Thanks to the new Santa Cruz Metro Highway 17 Express Bus Service, getting between San Jose and Santa Cruz is much more convenient. The transfer of San Jose-Santa Cruz Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach service to Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District’s Highway 17 Express bus service provides expanded service levels, increased connections to the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin train lines, and lowers bus From left to right, CCJPA’s Eugene Skoropowski, David Kutrosky, Priscilla fares for Capitol Corridor passengers. Kalugdan, and Mari Hirabayashi continued on page 5 In This Issue Wi-Fi Expansion Getaway to Monterey School Group Discounts page 4 page 3 page 5 Upcoming Events OCTOBER Holiday Tree Lighting, Oakland Spookomotive, Sacramento On Friday, November 26 join the official lighting of the Jack Halloween-themed “Spookomotive” trains run October 16–31. London Square holiday tree. From noon to 8pm there will be live Join the “skeleton crew” for a fun 40-minute, 6-mile roundtrip ride entertainment, an arts & crafts fair, and family fun. For more infor- along the Sacramento River. Contact the California State Railroad mation, visit www.jacklondonsquare.com/eventsframe.html Museum for more information at (916) 445-6645 or online at How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the Oakland Station. Jack London Square is just two blocks away. www.californiastaterailroadmuseum.org How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the Sacramento Station. The station is just a block from Old Town Sacramento and the California State Railroad DECEMBER Museum. Follow the signs from the platform to Old Sacramento. Lighted Yacht Parade, Oakland Sacramento Art & Wine Festival The Encinal Yacht Club with the support of the Oakland Yacht Right in the heart of Sacramento on Capitol Mall, the Club will be sponsoring the Lighted Yacht Parade on Saturday, Sacramento Art & Wine Festival features the work of 200 Northern December 11th. Starting at 5pm decorated yachts parade down California artisians as well as a wine garden, kids’ activities, and the estuary. Jack London Square has one of the best views for live music. The festival takes place the weekend of October 9–10 watching this great show. For more information, visit: www.jack- and is free to the public. For times and more information, visit londonsquare.com/eventsframe www.sacfestival.com How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the Oakland Station. Jack London Square is just two blocks away. How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the Sacramento station. Capitol Mall is a short walk from the train station. Open House, Tree Lighting, Children’s Parade, Davis Arboretum Plant Faire, Davis Enjoy some holiday cheer in Downtown Davis December 2 The UC Davis Arboretum is a public garden with over 4,000 from 6:00pm – 8:30pm. Listen to local musical groups, take a kinds of trees and plants, as well as a living museum. At the Plant free carriage ride, and meet Santa Claus at this annual free event. Faire on Saturday, October 2, a variety of beautiful plants will be For more information, visit www.davisdowntown.com or call available for sale from 10:00 am – 4:00pm. For more information, (530) 756-8763. visit www.arboretum.ucdavis.edu How to get there: Take the train to Davis. From the station, walk along G street and throughout downtown Davis to partake in the festivities. How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to Davis. Take the A line on Unitrans to Shields Library. The Arboretum is just a few blocks walk from the library. Take Unitrans for free with Capitol Corridor’s Transit Transfer program. Just ask the train conductor for a 2-part Transit Transfer, which will get you on the bus for free, both ways. NOVEMBER The Great Wine Escape Weekend, Monterey The Monterey County Vintners’ Association shows off its Did You Know…? members’ wines during this full weekend, November 11-14. • You can get real time updates on the website at Events include a wine-pairing seminar and luncheon, winemaker www.capitolcorridor.org? dinners, tastings, open houses, and Monterey wine country tours. • $10 BART tickets are available for sale on board in Visit the website for a detailed schedule www.montereywines.org the Café Car for only $8? How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the San Jose Station and transfer to a Metro Highway 17 Express bus.. • Amtrak has a Guest Rewards program where you could be earning points toward travel and entertain- Capitol Corridor Day at CAL Football ment deals every time you ride the train? Come cheer on the California Golden Bears as they battle • Our CC Rail Mail newsletter can be delivered to your Division rival Oregon on November 6 at Memorial stadium in e-mail inbox to keep you abreast of all upcoming Berkeley. Capitol Corridor riders will be able to buy reserved news and events? Visit our website to join. tickets for the game. For more information on taking Capitol • Free Transit Transfers are available for easy transfer to Corridor to Cal Football games, visit www.capitolcorridor.org local connecting services? Just ask your conductor. How to get there: Take Capitol Corridor to the Richmond Station and then trans- • Other great travel tips and more information about fer to BART by walking, or taking the elevator, downstairs. Buy discounted BART taking Capitol Corridor is available on the website, tickets aboard Capitol Corridor trains in the Café Car. BART will drop you off at the Downtown Berkeley station. The stadium is an easy 10-minute walk through www.capitolcorridor.org the beautiful Cal campus, or you can catch the Bear Express, a free shuttle to the stadium from the BART station Getaway this weekend to Monterey The magnificent Monterey Peninsula has been called the greatest Some great activities you can enjoy in meeting of land, sea, and sky and serves as an ideal vacation or Monterey include: business destination. This beautiful seaside community offers the Bike Rentals charm of small town America, but provides a wealth of activities to Outlet Shopping keep you entertained. With historic Fisherman’s Wharf and Cannery Wax Museum Row, seventeen world-class golf courses, the world’s best aquarium, Old Time Portraits a unique variety of shops and galleries and a spectacular assortment Hot-Air Balloon rides of parks and natural areas there’s something for everyone to enjoy. Glass-bottom boat rides Whale Watching tours Monterey is a relaxing place for your next getaway, and you won’t Monterey Art Museum even have to stray too far from home! Monterey County Youth Museum It’s easy to get to Monterey. Take Capitol Corridor to the San Jose Wine tasting station. From there you can transfer to Metro HIghway 17 Express Vision Quest Ranch – Safari Bed and Breakfast Service to one of the Monterey locations, or to Salinas. Some of our favorite places are: Cannery Row Get to the Bay Area on BART www.canneryrow.com Specialty shops, great restaurants, nightclubs and The Richmond Intermodal Station makes traveling around the Bay beautiful hotels. During summer months look for signs Area a snap! directing you to take the free WAVE visitor shuttle True to our tagline “Travel made Simple”, Capitol Corridor is connecting Cannery Row and downtown Monterey. proud to announce that with so many transit connections, traveling throughout the Bay Area has never been easier.