"Amtrak Connection" (Thruway) Route 3R (Redding-Chico) to be replaced by new Route 5 (Redding-Sacramento)
As is typical, there doesn't seem to be any official announcement a few days out, but starting this Monday (August 10) the RABA-operated, Redding-Chico segment of Route 3 is gone from Amtrak.com and their GTFS feed.
Instead the long-planned (since 2021? earlier?) Redding-Sacramento Route 5 "Salmon Runner" is available, with two daily round trips and intermediate stops at Red Bluff, Orland, Williams, and Sacramento Airport. Bus-only travel is allowed.
The operator is shown as "Amtrak Chartered Vehicle," though past news indicated it would also be operated by RABA (and Route 3R is still shown as "Amtrak Chartered" despite that segment being split off almost two years ago). It's also unfortunately shown as a "Connecting Van," which I hope is in error...
Both round trips connect to/from both the San Joaquins Gold Runner and Capitol Corridor, except for southbound bus 8514 (which from the number and timing seems clearly meant to connect to Gold Runner 714 via Sac-Stockton bus 3814, but doesn't).
Additionally, "station" data is still missing for OLD, WMD, and SAA, so ticketing isn't actually available yet for those new stops. Same issue as Los Banos when the Merced-San Jose route began, so should be fixed in due time.