On Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 9:37:57 PM UTC-4, Phil Kane wrote:   
   > On Tue, 9 Apr 2019 23:51:42 +0100, "hounslow3@yahoo.co.uk"   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >I believe that they also ferry passengers to downtown San Francisco from   
   > >the Zephyr's terminal at Oakland.   
   >   
   > The Zephyr terminates at the barn-like depot in Emeryville, not   
   > Oakland.  There are connecting buses from EMY to points in SF for   
   > arriving or departing Zephyr passengers and for Coast Starlight   
   > passengers going to or arriving from the north.  For Starlight   
   > passengers going to or arriving from the south, the connection is made   
   > in Oakland (Jack London Square).   
      
   Sadly, the Southern Pacific got a bad grudge against passenger   
   trains, even when they were still making money*.  They cut   
   back connections and terminals wherever they could and we're   
   paying for that today.   
      
   * See Fred Frailey's excellent "Twilight of the Passenger Train".   
      
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