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Freight traffic was heavy as the lower Russian River valley was a major source of redwood lumber for rebuilding San Francisco after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The NWP narrow-gauge obtained additional freight cars from the South Pacific Coast Railroad (SPC) as the SPC was converted to standard gauge between 1907 and 1909.
There were two basic options for the Initial Operating Section (IOS): extend the San Joaquin Valley segment, where construction had started, northward toward the San Francisco Bay Area (the IOS-North option, San Francisco to Bakersfield), or southward to Southern California (the IOS-South option, Merced to San Fernando Valley). In the 2012 and ...
The San Francisco Bay Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail that will eventually allow continuous travel around the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. As of 2016, 350 miles (560 km) of trail have been completed, while the full plan calls for a trail over 500 miles (800 km) long that link the shoreline of nine counties, passing through 47 cities ...
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
The extension's approval represents a significant step in making California's high-speed bullet train between L.A. and San Francisco a reality.
The Bay Area hosts several regional commuter rail operations, as well as inter-city rail. Commuter and intercity. Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) [2] Amtrak (California Zephyr, Capitol Corridor, Coast Starlight, and San Joaquins) [3] Caltrain [4] Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit [5] Rapid transit. Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) [6] Light rail ...
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California.BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles (211 kilometers) of track, including eBART, a 9-mile (14 km) spur line running to Antioch, and Oakland Airport Connector, a 3-mile (4.8 km) automated guideway transit line serving Oakland International Airport.
A second rail line was completed in 1880, connecting the city to the San Francisco Bay Area via a narrow-gauge railway built by the South Pacific Coast Railroad over the Southern Coast Ranges. Both companies were acquired by the Southern Pacific by 1887, which began offering Suntan Special excursion service from San Jose to Santa Cruz via the ...