From the 1970s to the beginning of the 1990s, three Amtrak intercity trains operated in the Bay Area: the long-distance "California Zephyr" (Oakland/Emeryville–Chicago) and "Coast Starlight" (Los Angeles–Seattle), and the regional "San Joaquin" (Bakersfield–Oakland). Of the three lines, only the "Coast Starlight" ran between San Jose and Sacramento—once a day in each direction, and at inconvenient times (southbound early in the morning, northbound in the evening). In 1977, Amtrak approved an additional Oakland–Sacramento round trip, the "Sacramentan"; the service was never operated.