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Train
Special
2008 Santa Barbara Car
Free Discount - 20 percent off travel to/from Santa Barbara
County stations on Amtrak® Pacific Surfliner® and San Joaquins®
(and associated thruway coaches)! Register on
this page to receive the promotion
code and all the info by
mail, and for details, see
this page!
Amtrak's Coast Starlight - New features! Rediscover the newly revamped train that travels from Los Angeles to Seattle in style! This legendary train features refurbished Parlour Cars (with a daily wine tasting featuring local selections and specialty coffee bar); plus renewed Coaches and Sleeping Cars; new Arcade rooms and enhanced amenities such as at-seat dining service. Also see Awards and Milestones below.
Take the train to the Santa Barbara Zoo and Sea
Center! See the News and
Promotions Page on this site.
2008 Package --
Hotel and activity discounts, see
Discover Santa Barbara Car Free
Experience
Package!
If you ride the Amtrak Pacific
Surfliner train to Santa Barbara, ask your train conductor for a
"Transit Transfer Pass". You will get passes for two
free rides on Santa
Barbara Metropolitan Transit District buses and shuttles (for links and info see
this page).
Check schedules with Amtrak (call 1-800-USA-RAIL, or look for "News" at www.amtrak.com)
See info on Amtrak California's Kids 'N' Trains program for Fall 2008-Spring 2009. .
Amtrak wins Tourism Star Award from the Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau & Film Commission in 2004 -- see Awards and Milestones below!
Santa Barbara lies along the West Coast Amtrak route. The train station is conveniently located in downtown Santa Barbara, an easy walk, or 25-cents shuttle ride from many downtown attractions. Additional stations are located nearby in Carpinteria and in Goleta near the airport.
The Amtrak Pacific Surfliner (formerly the San Diegan) offers five trains a day coming into Santa Barbara from the south, with two continuing to San Luis Obispo. Many are new trains boasting larger windows, at-seat audio and video, laptop outlets, reclining seats with footrests, and surfboard racks. Some trains will allow you to roll on your bike and lock it up. Other trains may require your bike to be boxed.
The Amtrak Coast Starlight runs from Seattle, Washington, through Oregon and Northern California, to Santa Barbara and on to Los Angeles. On this route, you can enjoy winetasting, gourmet meals, and on-board entertainment.
For more information on these train routes, schedules, and booking, and special amenities, see the links below.
| Taking the Train to Santa Barbara | ||
| Amtrak | Amtrak schedules and fares. Download latest schedules for Pacific Surfliner and Coast Starlight from this page. Or Call 1-800- USA-RAIL | |
| Amtrak California | A Partnership between Amtrak and the California Department of Transportation. | |
Awards and Milestones
On
June 10, officials, dignitaries, business leaders and Santa
Barbara Car Free partners gathered at the Santa Barbara
train station to re-launch Amtrak's Coast Starlight.
Speaking at the ceremony were (left
to right): Jonathan Hutchison, Amtrak Director of Government
Affairs, West; Mary Byrd, Project Manager, Santa Barbara Car
Free Project/Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control
District; Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum; Kathy
Janega-Dykes, President/CEO Santa Barbara Conference &
Visitors Bureau & Film Commission; Brian Rosenwald,
Amtrak Chief, Product Management; and Laura Kath, Santa
Barbara Car Free Promotions Coordinator.
Photo courtesy of Lynda Lang, Carpinteria Valley Chamber of
Commerce.
| Amtrak received a "Tourism Star Award" in July of 2004 from the Santa Barbara Conference and Visitors Bureau & Film Commission for outstanding partnership in promoting tourism. |
 Brian Hart (left) and Carol Crego (right) of Amtrak receive the award from Santa Barbara Mayor Marty Blum. |