Tours

You must be registered for the California Passenger Rail Summit and show your event badge at check-in in order to attend each of the below tours. If you have not yet registered and received a registration confirmation for the 2019 California Passenger Rail Summit, then please CLICK HERE to register now.

If you are an Event Sponsor, Speaker, Moderator, Panelist, or Invited Guest and have not yet received your Registration Confirmation, then please email to steve @ CaliforniaPassengerRailSummit.com your full name, title, and company or organization. You should receive your Registration Confirmation within 24 hours. If you are a Student, please click here to request registration at the student discount price.

Once you have received a Registration Confirmation email for the 2019 California Passenger Rail Summit then please go ahead and register for the below tours. If you have already received your Registration Confirmation email, then you can go ahead and register for the tours now.

Two tours will commence at the Oakland Jack London Station at 7:15 am and 8:15 am respectively. The Group 1 Tour is from 7:30 AM to 9:30 AM with check-in at 7:15 AM. The Group 2 Tour is from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM with check-in at 8:15 AM. Please register for ONLY ONE of the two Oakland Maintenance Facility Tour Groups.

Tour participants will be transported to and from the Oakland Maintenance Facility via a chartered bus. For the safety of all participants, closed-toe shoes are required, and long pants are preferred. A safety orientation and safety gear (hats and glasses) will be provided. A maximum of 25 participants can be accommodated on each tour.

Constructed in 2004 through a partnership between Amtrak and the State of California, the 52,439-square-foot Oakland Maintenance Facility (OMF) features a service and inspection area, fueling station, train washer facility, office space, and two parking lots. The $53 million facility provides preventive maintenance for 28 locomotives and 106 rail cars used on the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin train routes; daily turn-around servicing for the Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trainsets; and daily servicing for the Amtrak long distance California Zephyr (11 cars and two locomotives). Approximately 140 employees work to maintain the facility which is in operation 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Group 1 : 7:15 AM to 9:30 AM  -  CLICK HERE to Register.

Group 2 : 8:15 AM to 10:30 AM  -  CLICK HERE to Register.

Check-in for the tour is at 2:20pm at the Amtrak Jack London Oakland Station. The tour goes from 2:30pm to 5:30pm.

Highlighting developments in Richmond and Emeryville

The tour begins at the Richmond Transit Village, located at the Richmond Intermodal Station, which represents a partnership between the City of Richmond and San Francisco Bay Area Rapid transit. The Richmond Transit Village presently includes a new station entrance; a welcoming new plaza, paseo and transit facility; a 769-space consolidated parking structure; 10,000 square feet of retail, and 132 market-rate and affordable for-sale townhome units on the westside of the station. The next phase of the Richmond Transit Village will will involve the development of the former BART parking lot and adjacent City property on the east side of the station, which will include 100 new residential units.

The tour concludes at EmeryStation, a collection of seven commercial and residential properties surrounding the Emeryville Amtrak station on the east side of the rail line, the first of which were built in the late 1990s. The Terraces, to the south of the station, is a residential condominium building, while the other buildings, to the east and north of the station, are office and laboratory buildings. The most recent building, EmeryStation West/Transit Center, immediately north of the station, also includes parking for Amtrak customers and bus bays for Amtrak buses, enabling passengers to step across the rail platform directly to their transit connections.

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If any of the above tours reach their registration limit before you are able to register then you will be given the option to be placed on a waiting list. You will be notified by email or phone call if any spaces become available.