Comments on: Should there be special trains for Oakland Raiders games? http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/ TrainBlog - Blogging about passenger trains, high-speed rail, Amtrak, Caltrain, VTA, railroads, transit, public transportation, passenger rail advocacy and related politics. Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:25:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: lazytom http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-19 lazytom Fri, 05 Aug 2005 20:20:00 +0000 http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-19 I think this is one of the problems with trains in this country ... there's lots operators everywhere, but most of them are limited in scope and can only run from A to B. So it appears that the only one that would be allowed to run these trains would indeed be Amtrak. This is silly, isn't it? If I wanted to charter a bus to go from A to B, there would be no problem, since roads are public and everybody can go whereever he/she wants. But the railroads (most of them) are privately owned, so somebody can't just run a train. I think this is one of the problems with trains in this country … there’s lots operators everywhere, but most of them are limited in scope and can only run from A to B. So it appears that the only one that would be allowed to run these trains would indeed be Amtrak.

This is silly, isn’t it? If I wanted to charter a bus to go from A to B, there would be no problem, since roads are public and everybody can go whereever he/she wants. But the railroads (most of them) are privately owned, so somebody can’t just run a train.

]]> By: lazytom http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-18 lazytom Fri, 05 Aug 2005 19:55:00 +0000 http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-18 Caltrain says "Caltrain operates trains on the Peninsula only and has no traffic rights in the East Bay." Caltrain says “Caltrain operates trains on the Peninsula only and has no traffic rights in the East Bay.”

]]> By: lazytom http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-17 lazytom Thu, 04 Aug 2005 16:47:00 +0000 http://trainblog.com/2005/08/should-there-be-special-trains-for/#comment-17 Gregg Baxter, Director of Operations for ACE, responds with the following: Unfortunately we do not have trackage rights to operate to the Coliseum to go the Raiders Game. Since this is a normal route for the Capitol Corridor it would be best to discuss expanded service with them. Gregg Baxter, Director of Operations for ACE, responds with the following:

Unfortunately we do not have trackage rights to operate to the Coliseum to
go the Raiders Game. Since this is a normal route for the Capitol Corridor
it would be best to discuss expanded service with them.

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