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Modified Schedule - 2/20/2012 / President's Day

Be sure to mark down our modified train schedule for Monday, February 20, 2012 / President's Day:

We will run trains ACE 3 and ACE 5 in the morning.

We will run trains ACE 4 and ACE 6 in the evening.

ACE 1 in the morning and ACE 8 in the evening will not be running on this day.

Our administrative office will also be closed on 2/20/2012 to observe the holiday.  For any questions in regards to the schedule, please contact marketing@acerail.com

Construction @ the Lathrop/Manteca Station

Roadway Engineering Works will begin installing conduit underground, around the platform area, and along the perimeter-driveway of the Lathrop/Manteca Station as part of the new security camera system.

Please notice that there will be periods of time when parking stalls are blocked to allow work to be done on preparing light poles for the cameras.

In addition, there will be trenched areas marked off limits.  Please be cautious and aware of the construction taking place between February 6 - February 24th.

Any questions or comments about this project can be sent to Steve Walker at steve@acerail.com.

 

ACE Video Surveillance System - START UP

Construction on the long awaited ACE Video Surveillance System will begin at Stockton's Cabral Station the week of December 12, 2011.

The estimated completion date for this piece is the end of January, 2012.  During this time there will be large pieces of equipment on the property and certain parking areas adjacent to the bus lanes, and in both gated lots, will be temporarily unavailable.  Affected areas will be posted.

This is the first station of many stations that will see cameras installed from Stockton to Pleasanton.  As the project moves west to the other stations, information will be communicated to our customers at those locations.

Overall the entire project is expected to last until mid-August 2012.  Its a long awaited prjoect to designed to bolster safety and security.  We ask for your patience during the construction of this state-of-the-art surveillance system that will increase the safety and security of passengers, employees, and property.

For questions and/or comments, please contact Steve Walker at steve@acerail.com

Christmas & NYE Holiday Schedule

Please see our holiday schedule for Christmas and NYE for the Altamont Commuter Express train service:

December 23rd and December 30th

We will run trains ACE 1 and ACE 3 in the morning.

We will run trains ACE 4 and ACE 6 in the evening.

 

We will be closed on December 26th, 2011 and January 2nd, 2012 to observe the holidays.  No trains will be operating on these two days. 

If there are any additional questions or comments, please contact us at marketing@acerail.com

Train Delays

We've had some train delays lately, and we apologize for the hazzle.  ACE has been working on increasing the communication to passengers and in the same time we've been trying to increase our communication with the freight railroad - our landlord.

Well our landlord has been conducting "Operational Testing" throughout its entire system to ensure incidents like what occurred at Jack London Square in Oakland a few weeks ago won't happen again.

The communication about these subsequent intermittent delays hasn't been great, and we will work on making it better.  Thank you for your patience, and thanks for riding ACE.

Looking Ahead to 2012

ACE riders - we need your feedback!

We are working on putting together the calendar of ACE operating days for the 2012 calendar years and we need some help in determining whether or not we will have any riders on the days before Christmas and New Years.  Christmas in 2012 falls on a Tuesday and New Years Day a week later also falls on a Tuesday; that means Christmas Eve and New Years Eve are both on Monday's. 

So the question is, frankly, who's going to be on the train on December 24, 2012 and December 31, 2012?

Comment here or send an email to me.

Rideshare Week is October 3 - 7

Pledge to rideshare during Rideshare Week and be eligible to win prizes!  Rideshare Week is the annual statewide campaign that promotes carpooling and transportation alternatives to ease traffic congestion and improve air quality.

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