California State Rail Plan 2007-08 to 2017-18

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2007-08 – 2017-18 California State Rail Planthe projected demand for Caltrain service will exceed vehicle capacity in fiveyears. The capital improvement plan, incorporated into Caltrain’s Project 2025,will address the infrastructure requirements necessary to accommodate demand,by allowing flexibility and future expansion in service.The goal of the capital program is to maintain the infrastructure and to provide thecapacity that will allow operating flexibility and future increases in capacity andtrain frequency. Capital improvements support capacity expansion in severalways: by improving throughput to support future service levels, reliability tomaintain on-time performance, safety, or by adding passenger amenities.The major capital improvement program categories are:• State of Good Repair• Systems• Facilities• ExpansionThe State of Good Repair program consists of replacement and rehabilitationactivities for equipment and infrastructure that have reached the end of their‘useful’ life or requires rehabilitation. It includes the replacement of vehicles atthe end of their lifecycle, but not the addition of new rolling stock that is acquiredto increase fleet size. One of the primary goals of the capital improvementprogram is to keep the railroad in a constant state of good repair, and appropriatelybalance the investments in replacement and rehabilitation activities withenhancement-type improvements. The State of Good Repair program will be acontinuous and integral part of all future capital activities as it is the primarymeans through which large capital projects can be enabled. The priorities forreplacement and rehabilitation may shift every 5 to 10 years depending on thecondition or lifecycle of the equipment and infrastructure and the timetable forensuing capital investments.Systems include rolling stock, signal, and communications improvements, as wellas electrification. The vehicle technology and size of the fleet have a majorimpact on throughput, since they determine how many passengers can be carriedat any given moment. The vehicle selection for electrification is critical becausethe design or need for major capital improvements depends on this decision. It isalso critical in terms of being able to add cars to the fleet in response to near-termmarket demand. The signal system also heavily influences throughput because itcontrols the ‘flow’ of train traffic through the system. Communicationsimprovements will be required to manage data and voice communications for allvital and non-vital systems from signals and power provision to ticket vendingmachines and passenger information systems at stations.156
Chapter IX – Commuter Rail ServicesFacilities include terminals, stations, maintenance and storage facilities and gradeseparations. Terminals and stations are unique because they are where trains andpassengers interface, and thus, have many opportunities to negatively impacttravel time. A long-term goal is to provide some form of level-boarding at stationsto facilitate rapid boarding of trains. Terminals can be designed to optimize endof-lineoperations and minimize the number of trainsets required to operate peakhourservice. Grade separations generally do not improve throughput andreliability, but provide the most benefit in terms of improving community safetyand reducing impacts on local vehicular traffic and pedestrian access withinstations.Expansion includes any increase in track capacity and physical extensions beyondthe existing Caltrain route. Line and junction capacity improvements directlyinfluence throughput and reliability since they impact the number of trains, andtherefore the number of people, that can travel end-to-end during a given timeperiod. Delivery of future increased service levels is dependent on the ability toincrease or improve line capacity and junction movements. Extension projectsbroaden the geographic area and population that have access to Caltrain service.Three proposed extensions that are addressed in this document are DowntownSan Francisco to the Transbay Terminal, Dumbarton Rail Corridor to theEast Bay, and Monterey/Salinas.PROPOSED SERVICE EXTENSIONSDowntown San FranciscoIn 2001, the City and County of San Francisco in collaboration with otherBay Area transportation agencies agreed to build a new multimodal transportationterminal in San Francisco. The new center, to be located at the existing TransbayTerminal at First and Mission Streets in downtown San Francisco, will be one ofthe largest multimodal transportation centers on the west coast. When completed,the terminal will allow a subsurface extension of Caltrain commuter service fromits current location at Fourth and King Streets to Downtown San Francisco.The new center will also serve AC Transit, Golden Gate Transit, SamTrans,Greyhound, Amtrak feeder buses, Muni buses and light rail, and BART.Dumbarton Rail CorridorThe former SP discontinued rail freight service in the 1980s on the 20.5-mileDumbarton Rail Corridor between Redwood Junction and Newark Junction.A 1991 San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA) long range studyto determine the feasibility of operating commuter rail service in the corridorrecommended a rail service option. As a result, the SamTrans purchased theROW in early 1994. Funds were programmed for the Dumbarton Rail Corridor inthe MTC’s Regional Transportation Plan, and a project study report on the railcorridor was completed in February 2004.157
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