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<br /> - <br /> ~ I ~,~1~~~/il~i1'iT~.I.r <br /> OCTOBER 5, 1994 <br /> Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> CONTACT: Ed Bergeron, Lane Transit District, 741-6100 City of Eugene <br /> Glen Potter, City of Eugene, 687-5177 858 Pearl Street <br /> Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 687-5523 (503) 687-5262 <br /> FOR IlVIlVIE IATE RELEASE <br /> NEW PASSENGER TRAIN SERVICE BEGINS OCTOBER 31 <br /> Amt ak's Mount Rainier passenger train will add a daily, round-trip service between <br /> the southe Willamette Valley and Seattle, beginning Monday, October 31. The new service <br /> will also in Jude connecting station-to-station bus service and discounted introductory fares. <br /> The ount Rainier will be the second train serving Eugene-Sprin field on a dail <br /> g Y <br /> basis. The oast Starlight currently stops in Eugene on its West Coast run. The northbound <br /> Mount Rain er train will depart Eugene daily at 6:10 a.m., and will return at 11:45 p.m. each <br /> day. The ast Starlight departs Eugene at 12:40 p.m. daily on its northbound run. The <br /> southbound Coast Starlight departs Eugene at 4:22 p.m. daily, continuing south to California. <br /> "We are very pleased and excited to have two trains per day leaving Eugene for points <br /> north," Eug ne Mayor Ruth Bascom said Tuesday at a news conference held to announce the <br /> enhanced tr in service. "I think many people will end that it is a pleasant and convenient <br /> way to tray 1, for both business and leisure." <br /> T further improve commuter transportation, Amtrak is adding two special Thruway <br /> buses with tops in Eugene. The northbound buses leave the Amtrak station in Eugene at <br /> 2:55 p.m. d 6:55 p.m. daily. Bus service from Seattle and Portland arrives in Eugene at <br /> 2:05 p.m. d 6:40 p.m. daily. <br /> (move) <br /> i <br /> I <br /> <br />