California State Rail Plan 2005-06 to 2015-16

2005-06 – 2015-16 California State Rail Plan
Amtrak Strategic Plan. The initiative assumes an 80 percent Federal, 20 percent
state match Federal intercity passenger rail capital grant program is initiated. The
program was developed by the State and the CCJPA based on reasonably expected
State funds to satisfy the 20 percent State match over the next five years. Funding
programs include the State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) [Public
Transportation Account (PTA) and State Highway Account (SHA)], Traffic
Congestion Relief Program (TCRP), and the remaining funding from Proposition
116. The State funds included have been programmed, appropriated, allocated, or
reserved, but not yet expended. (See Chapter XI for more detail on the State
Corridor Initiatives and proposed Federal intercity rail capital grant programs.)
For the Pacific Surfliner Route, the second five-year increment of the program
(2011-2015) is based on the LOSSAN Corridor Strategic Plan (Los Angeles to
San Diego) and the LOSSAN North Corridor Strategic Plan (both of which are
discussed below in more detail). For the San Joaquin Route, until the Route
Strategic Plan is completed (see below for more detail), no new projects are
anticipated beyond the first five-year increment. For the Capitol Corridor, the
second five-year increment was based on the CCJPA’s Vision Plan updated
June 2005.
Receipt of a large portion of the Federal funding and/or receipt of funds from tax
credit bonds is critical for timely implementation of this $3.1 billion ten-year
capital program. If such Federal funding is unavailable, implementation of this
capital program will have to be delayed to reflect the level of State funding made
available from future STIP programming cycles, as supplemented by any other
available funding sources.
Figure 2A
Route
Ten-Year Intercity Rail Capital Program Project Costs
FY 2006-07 through FY 2015-16
($ in millions)
Track and
Signal
Stations
Grade
Crossings
Rolling Stock
and
Maintenance
Facilities
Total Cost
EXISTING ROUTES
Pacific Surfliner - North $ 497.0 $ 18.0 $ - 1 $ 515.0
Pacific Surfliner - South $ 725.4 $ 46.7 $ 295.6 $ 110.6 $ 1,178.3
San Joaquin $ 298.9 $ 45.2 $ - $ 43.8 $ 387.9
Capitol Corridor $ 216.0 $ 105.8 $ 60.0 $ 56.0 $ 437.8
Subtotal $ 1,737.3 $ 215.7 $ 355.6 $ 210.4 $ 2,519.0
PROPOSED ROUTES 2
Coast $ 494.2 $ 9.4 $ 16.4 $ 30.0 $ 550.0
TOTAL $ 2,231.5 $ 225.1 $ 372.0 $ 240.4 $ 3,069.0
1 Included in Pacific Surfliner - South.
2 Based on Amtrak's California Passenger Rail 20-Year Improvement Plan.
Capital Costs for other proposed routes (Redding, Reno, and Coachella Valley) were not
studied in the Amtrak Plan, and current comparable cost estimates are not available.
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