By John Holland, The Modesto Bee; May 7, 2018
Amtrak on Monday launched a new train that gets San Joaquin Valley residents to Sacramento by the start of each business day.
Dozens of Modesto-area leaders took part in the inaugural run, which stopped at the local station just before 6 a.m. They hailed the addition to the service, which previously reached the capital close to midday or midnight .