Classic route
Capitol Corridor
San Jose → Auburn · United States
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Amtrak’s fourth-busiest route, along San Pablo Bay from Silicon Valley to the Sierra foothills; one daily train runs the full climb to Auburn.
Stations
- 0 kmSan Jose/Diridon
- 4 kmSanta Clara
- 11 kmSanta Clara-Great America
- 31 kmFremont
- 50 kmHayward
- 63 kmOakland-Coliseum/Airport
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- 71 kmOakland-Jack London Square
- 79 kmEmeryville
- 82 kmBerkeley
- 91 kmRichmond
- 122 kmMartinez
- 151 kmSuisun-Fairfield
- 159 kmFairfield-Vacaville
- 194 kmDavis
- 215 kmSacramento Valley Station
- 243 kmRoseville
- 250 kmRocklin
- 270 kmAuburn-Conheim
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 8472908 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Amtrak · CCJPA — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Capitol Corridor?
The Capitol Corridor runs 270 km from San Jose to Auburn.
How long does the Capitol Corridor take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 3 h 15 min for the 270 km. That is an average of 83 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 127 km/h.
Who runs the Capitol Corridor?
Amtrak and CCJPA, with California Car, Siemens Charger.
How old is the Capitol Corridor?
The line has been in service since 1991. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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