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Amtrak Thruway

Amtrak Thruway is a system of transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services, transit buses, vans, taxis, ferry boats and commuter rail trains.

Train and Thruway tickets are typically purchased together from Amtrak for the length of a passenger's journey and connections are timed for guaranteed transfers between the two services.

History and purpose

Amtrak operates the Thruway network to extend the reach of its train services, offering connections to destinations not directly served by Amtrak trains. The earliest incarnation was launched in January 1973, to provide a connection between Amtrak's Inter-American in Laredo, Texas, and the Aztec Eagle train run by N de M from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The following year, Amtrak launched an agreement with Greyhound allowing for passengers to buy combined bus and rail tickets for connecting services run by the two companies. These services were the predecessors of Thruway Motorcoach. The first Amtrak bus service to bear the name "Amtrak Thruway" was launched in California in 1993. Amtrak launched a significant expansion of Thruway Motorcoach services across the United States in 2014.

Routes

Northeast

East

Midwest

West

Pacific Northwest

California

  • Route 1: – – –
  • Route 1C: Bakersfield – –   – UCLA –
  • Route 3: – – – Stockton
  • Route 6: Stockton – – Santa Cruz (some Stockton – San Jose services operated by Altamont Corridor Express trains, San Jose – Santa Cruz operated as Highway 17 Express by Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District)
  • Route 7: – Napa – Santa Rosa – Arcata
  • Route 10: Santa Barbara – Bakersfield – Las Vegas, Nevada (through-ticketed Alvand Transportation route)
  • Route 15A: – Yosemite (through-ticketed Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System route)
  • Route 15B: – Yosemite (through-ticketed Yosemite Area Regional Transportation System route)
  • Route 17: – – Santa Barbara
  • Route 18: Santa Maria – San Luis Obispo – – Visalia (through-ticketed AmericanStar Trailways route)
  • Route 19: Bakersfield – Pasadena – –
  • Route 20: Sacramento – Colfax – /Sparks, Nevada
  • Route 20C: Sacramento – South Lake Tahoe (through-ticketed El Dorado Transit route)
  • Route 21: San Jose – San Luis Obispo – Santa Barbara (through-ticketed AmericanStar Trailways route)
  • Route 39: – – Coachella Valley
  • Route 40: San Jose – – Los Banos – Merced
  • Route 99: Oakland/ – San Francisco

As a result of a 2019 state law, most Thruway routes in California are available to passengers using only buses without connecting to an Amtrak train.

See also

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