HEALDSBURG, Calif. - SMART Train , the first California transit system to get back to pre-pandemic levels, is starting another expansion to the major but charming tourist attraction of Healdsburg. Another bonus: the Golden Gate Ferry ties the city of San Francisco to more of Marin and Sonoma county wine tasting and tourism on SMART.

SMART, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit board, has approved the first $22 million of an almost quarter billion-dollar extension of the system to the wine and tourist Mecca of Healdsburg.

"Passenger rail service has not served Healdsburg since 1958. So, when we open by the end of 2028, it will be 70 years since the last train was there," said SMART General Manager Eddu Cumins.

The nine-mile extension's biggest hurdle is the Russian River, which has a li

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