Originally Posted by
mschwett
good correction! i knew richmond wasn’t ideal - on foot it’s the transfer to the capital corridor, on a bike emeryville for sure.
the ride up and over yerba buena island and down the bridge is fun, and the ferry to TI is comically short, maybe 5 minutes, as an alternative to jack london.
It would be nice if Amtrak added a Richmond stop to the Starlight and the Zephyr, but I do not hold my breath.
I forgot to mention the Berkeley/University Ave station. It really has no advantage over what I mentioned before--about a two mile ride from downtown Berkeley BART (though downhill!), currently no ferry service, only Capitol Corridor trains stop here (not even San Joaquins!)--except the fact that it's the only stop to still have a classic Southern Pacific station. The catch is the station is now a restaurant, so you have to wait on the platform.
