We have an opportunity to start electrifying the Capital Corridor, Surfliner and the San Joaquin as well as carving out more dedicated rights of way to enhance existing rail corridors and improve travel times.
There’s also an opportunity to move to obtain dedicated rights of way.
There’s a great article in the Sacramento Bee this morning about the opportunity to connect the Capitol Corridor directly to the new Transbay Terminal via the proposed second tunnel.
How trains under the bay - not high-speed rail - may connect Sacramento and San Francisco
BY TONY BIZJAK
FEBRUARY 20, 2019 12:58 PM
For decades, train riders from Sacramento to San Francisco have been forced to get off in the East Bay and take a bus or BART into the city, adding time and hassle to what should ideally be a one-seat ride all the way.
Now, Northern California train and transit officials are proposing a dramatic upgrade.
Capitol Corridor train officials have joined with Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to explore building a second transit tunnel under San Francisco Bay that would carry additional BART trains – as well as Capitol Corridor trains directly into San Francisco job centers.
Those trains, most of which start in downtown Sacramento, could continue down the peninsula, taking riders to San Francisco International Airport and San Jose.
Read:
https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/a...226474345.html