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I took the San Joaquin from Oakland to Fresno yesterday and unbeknowst to me they had had a ceremony to mark the renovation of the station there, as reported here. The station looks like a very nice example of a Spanish design, and is certainly an improvement over the current cramped quarters.

There's an interesting article about possible expansion of VRE to Charlottesville here. The Charlottesville to DC proposal looks viable to me. The Bristol to Richmond route, although perhaps a noble idea, will struggle to get passengers, I think.

I saw on Amtrak's website that they have information on Explore America passes. I'd seen this in print, but not on the website before. (Perhaps it was there and I just didn't see it.) Is this program always in effect?

I'm thinking of getting a California Rail Pass at the end of this summer and familiar with most of the routes included except the Coast Starlight north of Sacramento amd the bus line north of the Bay Area toward Eureka. My question for those more familiar with these areas is: What stop or...