Sacramento, California

=== Rail service ===
[[File:Sacramento Valley Station (cropped2).JPG|thumb|The historic [[Sacramento Valley Rail Station]], utilized by [[Amtrak California]], is a gateway to the [[Sacramento Valley]].]]

[[Amtrak]] provides passenger rail service to the city of Sacramento. The [[Sacramento Valley Rail Station]] is on the corner of 5th and I streets near the historic Old Town Sacramento and underwent extensive renovations in 2007. The station serves as a [[Sacramento RT Light Rail|Sacramento Regional Transit District Light Rail]] terminus.

[[Amtrak California]] operates the ''[[Capitol Corridor (Amtrak)|Capitol Corridor]]'', a multiple-frequency service providing service from the capital city to its northeastern suburbs and the [[San Francisco Bay Area]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-02-25 |title= |url=http://www.amtrakcapitols.com/included/docs/ccjpa/businessplan_0704.pdf |access-date=2023-04-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225151236/http://www.amtrakcapitols.com/included/docs/ccjpa/businessplan_0704.pdf |archive-date=February 25, 2009}}</ref>

Sacramento is the northern terminus of the [[Amtrak California]] ''[[San Joaquins]]'' route which provides direct multiple-frequency passenger rail service to California's Central Valley as far as [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]]; [[Amtrak Thruway]] connections are available from the trains at Bakersfield to [[Southern California]] and Southern [[Nevada]]. An additional service under this banner is expected to be routed through Midtown in 2020.<ref name=ModestoACE />

Sacramento is a stop along Amtrak's ''[[Coast Starlight]]'' route which provides scenic service to [[Seattle]] via [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]] and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]] to the north and Los Angeles via [[San Luis Obispo, California|San Luis Obispo]] and [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] to the south.
[[File:Sacramento WP station, October 2006.jpg|thumb|right|The historic [[Sacramento station (Western Pacific Railroad)|Sacramento Western Pacific station]] was served by the ''[[California Zephyr (1949–1970)|California Zephyr]]'' until 1970.]]
Amtrak's ''[[California Zephyr]]'' serves Sacramento daily and provides service to the east serving [[Reno, Nevada|Reno]], [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake]], [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]], [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]], and intermediate cities.

[[Sacramento Valley Station]] provides numerous Amtrak Thruway routes. One route serves the cities of [[Marysville, California|Marysville]], [[Oroville, California|Oroville]], [[Chico, California|Chico]], [[Corning, California|Corning]], [[Red Bluff, California|Red Bluff]], and [[Redding, California|Redding]] with additional service to [[Yreka, California|Yreka]] and even [[Medford, Oregon]]. A second serves the cities of [[Roseville, California|Roseville]], [[Rocklin, California|Rocklin]], [[Auburn, California|Auburn]], [[Colfax, California|Colfax]], [[Truckee, California|Truckee]], Reno, and [[Sparks, Nevada|Sparks]]. The third and final Amtrak Thruway route serves [[Placerville, California|Placerville]], [[Lake Tahoe]], [[Stateline, Nevada|Stateline]] Casinos, and [[Carson City, Nevada]]. Each of these routes provides multiple frequencies each day.

Sacramento has the second busiest Amtrak station in California and the seventh busiest in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/CALIFORNIA17.pdf |title=Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017 – State of California |publisher=Amtrak |date=November 2017 |access-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222050923/https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/statefactsheets/CALIFORNIA17.pdf |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Altamont Corridor Express]] [[commuter rail]] service is expected to be routed through Sacramento in 2020.<ref name=ModestoACE>{{cite news|last1=Holland|first1=John|title=Expanded train service coming to Modesto, Merced; what it means for commuters|url=https://www.modbee.com/news/article209941964.html|access-date=April 28, 2018|agency=Modesto Bee|date=April 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804083744/https://www.modbee.com/news/article209941964.html|archive-date=August 4, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> This service will utilize the [[Union Pacific]]'s [[Sacramento Subdivision]], the route of the original ''California Zephyr'', where additional passenger capacity is available.<ref name=NewService>{{cite news|last1=Bizjak|first1=Tony|title=Catch an Amtrak toward L.A. from midtown Sacramento? Train officials propose new service.|url=http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article177028481.html|access-date=May 7, 2018|agency=Sacramento Bee|date=October 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614045124/http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/transportation/article177028481.html|archive-date=June 14, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Sacramento is expected to serve as the northern terminus of the [[California High-Speed Rail]] system.