A Thursday morning update on COVID-19-related transit and commuter rail changes in California:
— The Altamont Corridor Express has suspended its pilot program offering Saturday service, is reducing train size as of today, and will suspend westbound Train 07 and eastbound Train 10 as of Monday. Details are available here. With much of the San Francisco Bay area under shelter-in-place orders, Ace ridership has dropped by almost 85%.
— San Francisco Muni has suspended cable car and historic streetcar operations, replacing them with buses. More details here.
— Santa Clara County’s Valley Transportation Authority has shortened some light rail trains to two cars where ridership is lowest but continues to operate its bus and light rail services.
— Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit has announced additional service cuts, suspending one morning and one afternoon train in each direction. Details are available here.
— Los Angeles area commuter railroad Metrolink has postponed the planned start of new Saturday service on its Ventura County Line, KCLU radio reports. No new date for the start of service has been determined.
