Free test runs for SMART train service will include rides to and from fireworks shows at the Marin County Fair on July 1 and July 4.
The Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District is offering free preview rides on its train between Rohnert Park and the Marin Civic Center stations starting Thursday.
SMART trains will leave Rohnert Park at 8 and 10 a.m. and noon and 2 p.m. They will leave the Marin Civic Center at 4, 6 and 8 p.m.
The district also will run trains between the Sonoma County Airport station and the Marin County Fair at the Marin Civic Center on July 1 and July 4.
Trains from Sonoma County to the Marin County Fair on July 1 and 4 will leave the Airport station at 5 p.m., stop at seven stations in between and arrive at the Marin Civic Center around 6 p.m.
Trains will leave the Marin Civic Center after the fireworks at the fair on both days at 10:36 p.m. and arrive at the Airport station at 11:37 p.m. with seven stops in between.
The soft launch is in advance of full regular train service between the Airport station and downtown San Rafael. A starting date has not been announced.
SMART’s free preview ride destinations were selected after SMART received more than 1,000 responses from the public that identified the stations they will use and the days they want to ride.
In the coming weeks, SMART is offering preview rides between Rohnert Park and the Marin Civic Center, the downtown Santa Rosa Railroad Square station and Novato San Marin station, downtown Petaluma and San Rafael and between the Sonoma County Airport station and downtown Petaluma.
Space is limited for the free preview rides, which will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
More information about the free preview ride schedules can be found at SonomaMarinTrain.org/SMART-Preview.
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