California State Rail Plan 2005-06 to 2015-16

2005-06 – 2015-16 California State Rail Plan
Capitol Corridor
• Three new sets of train equipment
• Grade separation and crossing projects in Alameda County
• Sacramento-Roseville-Auburn track improvements
• Solano County track improvements
• Embarcadero (Oakland) third main track
• Hayward double-track
• Dumbarton Rail Project/Union City Intermodal Station
• Santa Clara double-track
• San Jose fourth track
• New Hercules, Swanston (Sacramento light-rail connection) and
Fairfield/Vacaville (Peabody Road) stations
• Station improvement projects
CORRIDOR STRATEGIC PLANNING
Pacific Surfliner Route
In November 2003, the Department released the LOSSAN Corridor Strategic Plan
Los Angeles to San Diego Proposed Rail Corridor Improvement Studies.
This Plan analyzes rail improvements from a corridor wide perspective and is
meant to complement the Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact
Statement (EIR/EIS) process discussed below. The Plan included background on
the corridor and served as the project screening process to determine which
alternatives and design options should be examined in the EIR/EIS.
The work on the EIR/EIS started in 2002, when the Department, in cooperation
with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), California High-Speed Rail
Authority (CHSRA), Amtrak and regional and local planning agencies,
participated in technical studies that analyzed alternatives and opportunities for
rail corridor improvements between Los Angeles and San Diego. As part of these
studies, the Department and FRA jointly undertook a program level EIR/EIS to
evaluate potential rail corridor improvements. The EIR/EIS was completed in the
Spring 2005. This document will facilitate environmental reviews of specific
project improvements under both the California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).
In June 2005, the Draft LOSSAN North Corridor Strategic Plan was prepared;
it covers the Route from Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo. The Department,
in cooperation with regional planning agencies, Amtrak, Southern California
Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA), Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and other
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