SMART launches ‘date night train’ on Friday and Saturday nights

The new service is called the Starlighter train and will run Friday and Saturday evenings.|

Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, is offering a new service the agency is calling a “date night train.”

The Starlighter train, runs on Friday and Saturday evenings. Officials describe it as “ideal for (everything from) leisure trips to enjoy dining, entertainment and evening events.”

On Fridays, it is scheduled to depart southward from the Sonoma County airport station at 7:41 p.m. The northbound train will leave Larkspur at 9:10 p.m.

The Saturday schedule begins at 8:02 p.m. at the airport and 9:30 p.m. in Larkspur.

The train will pass through Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Cotati, Petaluma, Novato, San Rafael and Larkspur.

Beginning on Monday, Trip 38 northbound will depart from Larkspur at 8:15 p.m., officials said.

You can reach Staff Writer Colin Atagi at colin.atagi@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @colin_atagi.

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