California State Rail Plan 2005-06 to 2015-16

CALTRAIN COMMUTER RAIL (SAN FRANCISCO–GILROY)
PRINCIPAL 2005-06 TO 2015-16 ROUTE OBJECTIVES:
• Evaluate and fine-tune the newly inaugurated Baby Bullet service.
• Increase parking at stations impacted by initiation of Baby Bullet service.
• Increase employer bus shuttles as demand grows.
• Implement Translink regional ticketing system.
• Reduce costs and gain productivity and performance through automated ticket
purchasing and track and system capital improvements.
• Plan and design service extensions to downtown San Francisco, across the
Dumbarton Bridge, and to Salinas.
• Complete Centralized Maintenance Facility.
• Improve operations capacity at targeted stations and other route locations, including
outside boarding platforms and additional crossovers.
• Complete customer service improvements, including improved station access, and
amenities at selected stations.
• Improve right-of-way by designing various grade separations in San Mateo County,
and rehabilitate bridges, culverts, tracks, and tunnels.
• Prepare design plans, specifications and estimates to electrify the route between
San Francisco and Gilroy.
• Implement Dumbarton and Salinas extensions.
ALTAMONT COMMUTER EXPRESS (STOCKTON–SAN JOSE)
PRINCIPAL 2005-06 TO 2015-16 ROUTE OBJECTIVES:
• Continue service improvements.
• Improve on-time performance.
• Increase ridership on existing routes.
• Improve service coordination with other service providers such as BART, Caltrain,
Capitol Corridor, and shuttle service providers.
• Acquire right-of-way, perform engineering work, and begin construction of rail
maintenance and layover facility in San Joaquin County.
• Upgrade signal system between Stockton and Fremont.
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Executive Summary California State Rail Plan 2005-06 to 2015-16
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