STOCKTON, Calif. — Amtrak will begin offering bus-only tickets on some routes in California, following approval of the plan by the agency which oversees San Joaquin train service.
KGET-TV reports the San Joaquin Joint Powers Authority voted at a Friday meeting to allow the passenger railroad to sell bus-only tickets on its Bakersfield-Oxnard-Santa Barbara and Bakersfield-Lancaster-Victorville, Calif., routes. The move became possible when Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill last year ending the requirement that trips by Amtrak bus include at least a partial rail trip.
Other routes are likely to be added, but the authority said the service would need to be phased in over time.
