Talk:Capitol Corridor
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[edit] Really the third busiest line?
This article conflicts with the Pacific Surfliner article in its first paragraph because it claims the Capitol Corridor is the third-busiest Amtrak route after the Northeast Corridor and the Pacific Surfliner.
However, the Pacific Surfliner article claims in its lead paragraph that it, also, is the third busiest route, behind the Northeast Corridor and the Keystone Service.
I'll try to do some research to find out the true ranking, and then I reckon I'll try my first significant edit as a Wikipedian. :-)
Anyway, this is also me trying out the talk page. Hope everyone is well! Comodude 01:27, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
- I think Capitol Corridor is the third busiest Amtrak route, because I found one article said that the Keystone service had a ridership of 1,068,572 in FY2005 [1] and Capitol Corridor had the ridership of 1,260,249 in the same fiscal year [2]. So we can safely and correctly say that the Capitol Corridor is the third busiest Amtrak route. --Will74205 08:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
- I looked at Amtrak's January 2006 report [3] on page 26 and confirmed that Pacific Surfliner is indeed number two and the Capitol Corridor is number three, so I'll make an edit on the Pacific Surfliner page with a correction. - Comodude 03:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Length?
I have a schedule right in front of me that says the length of th eline is only 170 miles, not the longer distance stated in the article. That seems more reasonable for San Jose to Auburn anyway--does anyone know the reason for the discrepancy? -- SCZenz 20:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- I believe it is from Sparks, NV to San Jose, CA, as listed on the simplified Amtrak schedule on Amtrak's website. Should we just list the length between the stations that have regular train services? --Will74205 21:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bus connections
I don't think listing bus agencies that serve the different stops is in the best interest of the article, if we were to do that we would have to add AC transit to Fremont, and Coliseum, and VTA to Diridon, as well as likely several more changes, I added BART and Caltrain connections because I figured they were notable. I don't think AC transit connection is notable and I suggest we remove it. --JVittes 09:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] Maximum Speed of the Trains
No mention is made of the speed of the trains on this line. 71.139.18.11 17:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
- Would need to find a good source to add it to the article, but I recall reading that the maximum speed along a few stretches is 79 mph. There was talk of the state of California funding some signaling improvements to increase the amount of trackage with that limit, but no serious talk as far as I know of supporting maximum speeds above that. For the core Sacramento<->San Jose route, the average speed (including stops) is 43 mph, according to the fastest published itinerary (133 miles in 3 hours, 5 mins). --Delirium (talk) 20:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
