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Old Posted Jul 26, 2007, 6:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BTinSF View Post
Do you have any idea how much longer it would take to get to Sacramento by train starting in SF? Several hours. You'd have to be crazy to do that vs. a 20 minute bus ride to Emeryville. Although even better is to take BART to Richmond and cross platform there to AMTRAK. Unfortunately, AMTRAK dropped Richmond as a stop for some of the long-distance trains like the Zephyr but I think the Capital Corridor still stops there. Anyway, it should.
An Amtrak train from TransBay to Sacramento, if more underground tubes and tunnels were built, would be quicker than sitting on a bus in the parking lot that is the east bound bay bridge. It takes me 2 hours (at least) round trip if I want to drive to Oakland or Berkeley from my house in the Sunset, if I leave after 2pm on any given weekday. Weekends aren't any better. I stand by my claim!
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