In our efforts to get festivalgoers back on track... Amtrak, Coachella Music & Arts Festival, and Global Inheritance present the Coachella Express.

This will be the first time ever that a music festival charters a free train for festivalgoers. Our goal is to reintroduce the train experience in the west, lower the number of cars on the road, and turn on those who never traveled on tracks. In the age of blackberries, iPhones, and PSPs, you constantly need both hands and eyes. Guess what? Riding the train is hands-free, and you can ride with matching black eye patches if that's your style. That means more time e-mailing, reading, and discussing with your neighbor whether or not the Apollo moon landing was staged!

Everyone loves the environment and saving major cash and time. Traveling by train provides all three. No rush hour traffic, road construction, or that annoying driver running out of gas in the number two lane. You can even enjoy a frosty cold one because the conductor is dead sober and your not responsible for getting yourself safely to your destination.

Coachella Express is exclusively for Coachella campers. If you're holding a festival ticket, if you're camping onsite, and if you're down to board a train with 500 of your Coachella friends... run - don't walk to your computer - and reserve your seat on the free Coachella Express.

The train will leave Thursday afternoon on April 24 from historical Union Station for Indio, California and return late Monday morning, April 28. Questions? E-mail us at coachellaexpress@coachella.com.

The 2008 edition of Coachella features the biggest and coolest music acts around including Prince, Roger Waters, Portishead, Hot Chip, Jack Johnson, Fatboy Slim, Kraftwerk, Death Cab For Cutie, and much more! For more info visit the Coachella website.