The Amtrak California e-store is owned by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and operated by PRIDE Industries, which sells Amtrak California products to the public.

ABOUT PRIDE INDUSTRIES

PRIDE Industries operates the official California Department of Transportation, Amtrak California online retail store. For more than 40 years, small businesses, Fortune 500 companies and government agencies have turned to PRIDE Industries for high value outsourcing solutions. Whether it’s facility maintenance and services, manufacturing and logistics, or vocational rehabilitation, PRIDE Industries consistently delivers comprehensive and valuable solutions. As a not-for-profit corporation, PRIDE's unique social mission--to create jobs for people with disabilities— is realized through a social enterprise business model that allows them to be self-sufficient. With over $150 million in annual revenue, PRIDE ranks as the 3rd largest manufacturing and service company in the greater Sacramento region. For more information on PRIDE Industries, click here.

ABOUT AMTRAK CALIFORNIA

Since 1976, the State of California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has been promoting intercity passenger rail service in California by augmenting Amtrak’s basic system of interstate trains. The State of California provides capital grants and support for station and track improvements, signaling, locomotives and passenger rail cars, connecting Amtrak Thruway bus service, and operating assistance for the Pacific Surfliner®, San Joaquin® and Capitol Corridor® routes.

These routes, collectively referred to as Amtrak California, operate in addition to Amtrak’s own interstate trains - the Coast Starlight, California Zephyr, Southwest Chief, and Sunset Limited - connecting California with the rest of the country. Amtrak California is a Caltrans and Amtrak partnership.

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THE CALTRANS DIVISION OF RAIL

The Caltrans Division of Rail manages and coordinates intercity rail passenger services to improve the state’s air quality and reduce highway congestion and fuel consumption. More than 5 million passengers used Amtrak California in 2008.

The Pacific Surfliner®, the second most popular route in the country, has 11 weekday and 12 weekend round trips from San Diego to Los Angeles. Five round trips extend north to Santa Barbara. Of those, two round trips daily extend to San Luis Obispo. Pacific Surfliner trains connect to Amtrak long distance trains at Los Angeles and Fullerton.

The San Joaquin® is the sixth busiest route in the Amtrak system, operating six round trips from Oakland or Sacramento to Bakersfield. An extensive network of Amtrak Thruway bus routes connects this route to many other regions of the state such as the North Coast, Shasta Cascades, Gold Country, High Sierra, Central Coast, Deserts and Southern California, and to Amtrak California’s Pacific Surfliner® Route and long distance Amtrak routes in Los Angeles (the Sunset, and the Southwest Chief). The San Joaquin route also connects to long distance trains (Coast Starlight and the California Zephyr) in Sacramento and the Bay Area.

Amtrak Dedicated Thruway Buses, also funded by Caltrans, are managed by Amtrak to supplement train routes and extend the service to locations where trains do not operate.

In addition, the Caltrans Division of Rail performs long-range planning, coordinates with Amtrak on operations issues, administers the state rail program marketing contract, procures and manages the rehabilitation of equipment and works with local agencies to manage the capital program for projects on the San Joaquin, Pacific Surfliner and Capitol Corridor routes which includes track and signal projects resulting in increased train frequencies, reduced travel times and improved on-time performance.

THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR

The State of California also provides operations funding to the Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority, which oversees the Capitol Corridor® route running between San Jose/Oakland and Sacramento/Auburn.

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