Amtrak Thruway Motorcoach

A Van Hool C2045L Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach at the Bakersfield, California, station
An Amtrak California Express Thruway Motorcoach in Sacramento
Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach used for San Joaquin trains

Thruway Motorcoach is Amtrak's system of Amtrak-owned intercity coaches, locally contracted transit buses, through-ticketed local bus routes, and taxi services to connect Amtrak train stations to areas not served by its railroads, or stations which are disconnected temporarily due to service delays or track maintenance issues. Train and Thruway Motorcoach tickets are purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey, and the connections are timed for convenient dedicated and guaranteed-reliable transfers between the two services. In addition to providing connecting service to unserved areas, some Thruway Motorcoaches operate as redundant service along well-established passenger rail corridors to add extra capacity.

Due to California state law[1], tickets for California routes are sold only as part of train journeys.[2]

Amtrak establishes temporary Thruway Motorcoach service when normal rail service encounters disruptions.[3]

Thruway Motorcoach routes

Schematic map of Amtrak routes. Thruway Motorcoach routes appear as thin black lines.

Northeast

East

Midwest

West

Pacific Northwest

California

Passengers boarding a YARTS bus at the Merced, California station operating as Amtrak California Thruway Motorcoach route 15 to Yosemite.

(also serving Santa Clarita, Van Nuys, Glendale, Fullerton, Anaheim, Santa Ana, Long Beach, Irvine, Laguna Niguel, San Juan Capistrano, Oceanside, and Solana Beach)

  • 1b: Bakersfield – Los Angeles – Long Beach

(also serving Santa Clarita, Van Nuys, Glendale, and San Pedro)

(also serving Santa Clarita, Burbank, Van Nuys, UCLA, Westchester, and El Segundo)

(also serving Lodi, Elk Grove, Marysville, Oroville, Chico, Red Bluff, and Redding)

  • 3b: Stockton/Sacramento

(also serving Lodi, Elk Grove, and Davis)

(also serving Lathrop/Manteca, Tracy, Vasco Road, Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton, Fremont, and Santa Clara)

(also serving Benicia, Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, Napa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Ukiah, Willits, Laytonville, Leggett, Garberville, Rio Dell/Scotia, Fortuna, Eureka, and Arcata)

(also serving Barstow and Primm, Nevada)

(also serving Fillmore, Santa Paula, Oxnard, Ventura, and Carpinteria)

(also serving Tehachapi, Mojave, Lancaster, Palmdale, Littlerock, and Adelanto Junction)

(also serving El Portal, Midpines, and Mariposa)

(also serving San Francisco, San Jose, Salinas, King City, Paso Robles, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, Grover Beach, Santa Maria, Solvang, and Buellton)

(also serving Lemoore, Kettleman City, Paso Robles, Atascadero, San Luis Obispo, and Grover Beach)

(also serving Goshen Junction)

(also serving La Crescenta, Pasadena, Claremont, Ontario, Riverside, San Bernardino, Moreno Valley, Perris, and Sun City)

  • 19b: Bakersfield – Indio

(also serving La Crescenta, Pasadena, Claremont, Ontario, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Palm Springs)

(also serving Roseville, Rocklin, Auburn, Colfax, and Truckee)

(also serving Placerville, Stateline, Nevada, and Kingsbury Transit Center)

(also serving Gilroy, Salinas, King City, Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo, Grover Beach, Santa Maria, Solvang, and Buellton)

(also serving Lodi, Livermore, Dublin, Oakland, and Emeryville)

(also serving Scotts Valley) [connects with 6]

(also serving Monterey)

Substitution for Amtrak trains

Thruway Motorcoaches are also substituted in place of an Amtrak California train on the following unnumbered segments:

Thruway Motorcoaches can also be used as an alternative to the Amtrak Downeaster on the following segments:

  • Boston (North Station) to Dover, Exeter, or Durham/UNH – one northbound (Bus 8619) and one southbound (Bus 8618) (C&J bus)- this segment can be reserved through Amtrak ticketing systems
  • Boston (South Station) to Portland, Maine – Portland/Boston Flexpass is valid on Concord Coach or Downeaster runs between Portland and Boston – no reservations required (The Downeaster serves Boston-North Station, while Concord Coach serves Boston-South Station)

Replaced Thruway Motorcoach service

Thruway Motorcoach service has been replaced by through-ticketed local transit on the following California segments:

References

  1. ↑ SB 804 (Perata) 1999
  2. ↑ "California Thruway Buses Reach Hot Vacation Spots". Amtrak. Retrieved 18 June 2013.
  3. ↑ "Thruway Motorcoach Service and Accessibility." Amtrak. Accessed July 27, 2008.
  4. ↑ Berlin and Conway, NH, Concord Coach Lines. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  5. ↑ Littleton and Plymouth, NH, Concord Coach Lines. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  6. ↑ Vermont Shires Connector, Vermont Translines. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  7. ↑ Route 5, Piedmont Authority for Regional Transit. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
  8. ↑ Vacations in North Carolina by Train and Thruway Bus, Amtrak. Retrieved 2017-08-25.
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