Union Pacific has announced that it will not allow any additional commuter trains on the Capitol Corridor. This letter was in response to the State of California offer of 200 million dollars in transportation bond fund to Union Pacific for additional rail service.
The new rail service would of included 4 trains a day to Auburn which would of stopped in Loomis. When I was on the PCTC I convinced the board to include the Loomis stops in any future expansion.
While Union Pacific has refused the offer for now, legislator both in California and Nevada will continue discussions with Union PAcific.
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I hope that they will change their minds. It seems kinda crazy to spend all of that money on restoring the Train Depot and then ever using it as an actual train depot. How did Rocklin get the commuter train to stop there? Maybe we can talk to some other towns about how things worked for them. If it helps for the public to contact Union Pacific, just let us know and we'll start a letter writing/phone calling campaign to make this happen. For as high gas is now it seems crazy not to do it.
Can you explain why UP was in agreement before, but now they are not?
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