By 2023, the company publicized plans for an overnight “hotel train” as an alternative to flying, reviving a service that had discontinued 55 years prior.

[5] That month, Dreamstar signed a memorandum of understanding with Union Pacific Railroad to operate trains on its right-of-way.

Onboard amenities include two sleeping arrangements; private rooms with lie-flat beds and premium bedrooms; a lounge with open seating and bar, as well as breakfast delivery.

[2] Portions of Dreamstar’s planned route also coincide with Metrolink’s Ventura County Line between Los Angeles and Montalvo, and Caltrain’s corridor between Gilroy and San Francisco.

Dreamstar’s service retraces Southern Pacific’s Lark that ran from 1910 to 1968, as well as Amtrak’s short-lived Spirit of California.