Please see below to view the live stream of the SJRRC March Board meeting. The meeting begins at 8am and the agenda can be found here.
Congratulations to the Bay Area Commuter Appreciation Day Contest Winners! The Commuter Appreciation Day was sponsored by 98.1 Kiss FM and all commuters at the Great America station received a gift bag. There was also a raffle contest for a February monthly pass. The winners are below.
Stephen Grant
Alexandra Busse
Chanise Woodall
Uncle Andy's is now selling food and beverages at the Tracy ACE station for all morning trains. Please be sure to stop by, grab some coffee and say hello to Uncle Andy.
Take a look below at the ACE Rail Locomotive Tour video. Thanks to Steve Walker for putting this together!
The next SJRRC board meeting is Friday January 8th and you can view the online broadcast by clicking here. If you have any questions, please contact Thomas Reeves at thomas@acerail.com.
We have listened to your feedback
All train sets return to six cars by January 11!
Please click on the calendar below to view the ACE Holiday Train schedule. The train will not operate on November 27th, 28th, December 25th and January 1st. ACE will operate on a modified schedule on December 24th and December 31st. On the days of the modified schedule, only ACE 01 & 03 will operate in the morning and only ACE 04 & 06 will operate in the evening.
Please click here for information to view the live broadcast of the San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission Board meeting on November 6th, 2009. The meeting begins at 8am and if you have any questions please contact Thomas Reeves.
For the bus 3911 and 3901 in the morning, after picking passengers up at the Stockton station, unless there is anyone on the bus getting off the bus at the stations downline, the bus driver will not stop and pick up any passengers elsewhere along the line until they get to San Jose. AMTRAK will accept ACE tickets on these routes. The AMTRAK bus operator will collect one-way tickets and validate multi-ride tickets by writing the bus route number and date. Please contact ACE customer service at 1-800-411-RAIL for any questions.
At the conclusion of the 30 day public comment period, the Rail Commission approved the suspension of the 4th round trip train, effective November 2, 2009. With an average of 50 passengers one way and a cost of nearly $800,000 annually, it is not cost effective in these economic conditions to operate this train. It is important to note that the 4th round trip train will be reinstated once economic conditions improve.
Would you like to win a free year of transit? All you have to do is participate in the Dump-The Pump Video Contest. The first 25 qualifying video submissions will receive a $25 VISA cash card. The contest ends September 18, 2009 so get those videos in. You can check out videos that have been submitted here.
The next San Joaquin Regional Rail Commission board meeting is August 7th at 9:00am and the meeting will be broadcast live online. Please click here to find out how to register to view the broadcast. If you have any questions please contact Thomas Reeves.
ACE Passenger Advisory Council (ACEPac)
If you are looking to become more involved with ACE, the ACEPac is looking for two new members. This is a great opportunity to meet with agency staff and provide input on ACE services. If you are interested in becoming a member please contact Robert Wheeler.
