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The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
By April 2011, Caltrain's board had approved a budget with fare increases to take effect on July 1, 2011, and no service cuts. The budget gap would be closed with another $0.25 fare increase, a $1 parking fee increase to $4, and additional money from other transit agencies and the MTC. [19] [20]
Caltrain had initially proposed trimming the schedule from 86 trains per weekday to 48 trains only during peak hours to close a budget gap in 2011, [48] later refining the proposal to 76 trains per weekday and eliminating Baby Bullet service. [49] However, one-time funds were diverted from other sources and no service cuts were made in 2011. [50]
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, more commonly known simply as the Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), is a special district responsible for public transit services, congestion management, specific highway improvement projects, and countywide transportation planning for Santa Clara County, California.
The 49 miles (79 km) [12] bookend from San Francisco to San Jose used by Caltrain is scheduled to be electrified by 2024. The existing Caltrain track can only support maximum train speeds of 79 miles per hour (127 km/h) due to track curves, so since the HSR trains will be sharing track, in places the track will need to be redone in order to ...
The Central Valley Training Center (located in Selma, California) is an organization supported by the Authority and local non-profit and governmental organizations.Since 2020 it has provided hands-on, free, 12-week pre-apprenticeship programs in 11 trades to prepare Central Valley veterans, at-risk young adults, minority, and low-income populations for construction jobs on the CAHSR project.
CalTrain was a short-lived commuter rail system in the Los Angeles area which operated between 1982–1983. It connected downtown Los Angeles's Union Station with Oxnard in Ventura County , using the tracks of the Southern Pacific Railroad .
The Governor did include $14.3 million in the 2006-07 budget for the California High-Speed Rail Authority, enough for it to begin some preliminary engineering and detailed study. [1] The proposition was delayed again from 2006 to 2008 to avoid competition with a large infrastructure bond , Proposition 1B, which passed in 2006.