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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.
Caltrain awarded the electrification and EMU contracts at the July 7, 2016, PCJPB board meeting to Balfour Beatty and Stadler Rail, respectively, [54] signaling the start of modernization efforts that will make Caltrain more akin to rapid-transit services such as Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) than traditional commuter services, and allow the ...
Caltrain's CEMOF replaced an old 22-acre (8.9 ha) Southern Pacific Railroad maintenance yard formerly located on the same site. The entire facility includes a central control building, a three floor , 58,800-square-foot (5,500 m 2 ) maintenance shop building, a machine to wash trains, one 3,000 sq ft (279 m 2 ) water treatment plant , a fueling ...
Part of this project was the construction of the Vasona Light Rail extension which included a VTA light rail platform at the Diridon train depot. [11] The official opening date for this light rail extension was October 1, 2005, however, revenue service at the San Fernando and Diridon Stations began on July 29, 2005 to accommodate attendees of ...
A draft of the Caltrain Extension to Monterey County Alternatives Analysis was first published in 2006 and updated in 2007; [5] four alternatives were analyzed, with most assuming inter-county commuter rail service provided by Caltrain, extended from Gilroy to either Castroville or Salinas, connecting to Monterey via Marina on a new intra ...
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Dreamstar Lines is a privately-owned passenger railroad company based in Newport Beach, CA. Dreamstar is planning a nightly inter-city service between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The train would share the same routes as Amtrak, Metrolink, and Caltrain. Service is anticipated to launch as early as 2025, succeeding the Lark that ended in 1968 ...
Construction was substantially complete by May 2004 when Caltrain began running "test" trains on the weekends to shake down the system and gain crew experience, [17] [21] and the Baby Bullet trains entered revenue service on June 7, 2004; the first northbound Baby Bullet discharged over 600 passengers upon its arrival in San Francisco at 6:45 a ...