The Sacramento Bee du lieu suivant : Sacramento, California • 16

METROREGION AL The Sacramento B4 Thcsday Apnlll i9ao Fourth daily train to Oakland starting Commuters sought on 5:30 am departure By Ted Bell Bee Staff Writer attractive to all kinds of travelers McKim said f- The long-awaited fourth daily train on Capitols line will begin service Sunday and officials are hoping that the extra run for daily commuters to the Bay Area will boost fare-box receipts enough to satisfy the financial benefactor The newest train on The Sacra-mento-San Jose run will depart Sacramento at 5:30 am Monday through Friday It is due to arrive in Oakland at 8 am On weekends and holidays the train will leave Sacramento at 7 am It will also serve Roseville on those days leaving at 6:30 am The return train will depart daily at 5:20 pm from Oakland and at 5:42 pm from Emeryville the connection point for San Francisco shuttle service The Capitols service is operated by Am-trak under contract from the California Department of Transportation which also provides most of the rolling stock The cost have been attracted to the trains in the (Sacramento-Bay Area) corridor for a number of McKim said the train offers travelers an alternative to driving on Interstate 80 which the train parallels and the trains are an economical comfortable way to travel between downtown Sacramento and the Bay Area The future is bright for the To celebrate the new fourth train Caltrans has scheduled ceremonies today at Amtrak stations in Oakland Martinez Suisun-Fairfield Davis (1:25 pm) and Sacramento (2:30 pm) The public is invited to walk through the train at each station The railroad also is offering free round-trip fares on weekdays from Monday until April 26 Round trips normally cost $17 except on holidays when they are $26 Oneway fares are $16 every day For more information on The Capitols' schedules call (800)-USA-RAIL of operating the line is subsidized by the California Transportation Commission The commission last year threatened to cut off $46 million in subsidies because The Capitols were not meeting a state requirement that passenger fares pay for 55 percent of the operating costs Caltrans officials have said that the trains are popular with about 350000 passengers per year but that more runs were needed to increase the fare-box revenues Conflicts with Southern Pacific railroad which owns the tracks and operates freight trains on them and problems with track maintenance and switching equipment have restricted The Capitols to three trains daily In January Caltrans and the SP reached an agreement that allows the fourth train The deal also calls for the state to provide approximately $57 million for track and signal improvements On Tuesday a bill to create a regional board to oversee The Capitols service was approved by the state Senate Transportation Committee The legislation by Assemblyman Tom Hannigan D-Fairfield would transfer oversight from the state Transportation Commission to a joint powers board consisting of representatives from counties and local agencies in the service area Cindy McKim Caltrans deputy director for rail transit and aeronautics said daily passenger traffic on The Capitols averaged more than 1100 during the first quarter of 1995-96 fiscal year and revenues were up 30 percent Fares provided 515 percent of revenues during the same period She said the new train will enable commuters to get to the Bay Area in time for the start of the business day and afternoon return times will be mqre convenient than in the past The rail service is becoming increasingly 10 charged in insurance fraud case By Edgar Sanchez Be Staff Writer Three Southern California doctors four chiropractors and three law-office administrators were charged Wednesday with participating in alleged kickback and phony-claim schemes that defrauded insurance companies out of millions of dollars authorities said It was the third round of charges resulting from the "Medlaw a statewide investigation being conducted by Sacramento-based agents of the FBI the Internal Revenue Service and the California Department of Insurance A total of 19 people have been snared so far on charges that they prompted more than $147 million in fraudulent insurance payments US Attorney Charles Stevens said Of that about $17 million in insurance payments resulted from the illegal activities of the 10 new suspects he said Hundreds of suspects are expected to be charged eventually Stevens said Three of the 10 defendants charged Wednesday live in San Diego and two live in Chatsworth Others live in cities ranging from Bakersfield to Bonita The defendants whose charges were announced Wednesday were allegedly involved in about $285 million in fraudulent kickbacks to lawyers said Assistant US Attorney Daniel Lin-hardt who will prosecute some of the cases In addition seven of the defendants are accused of failing to declare more tnan $33 million in income to the IRS he said Of seven defendants initially chaiged in September six have pleaded guilty and 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