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List of US+Canada rail transit currently under construction
What this thread lists:
This thread attempts to track urban transit rail lines that are under construction only in the US and Canada. If your line is planned but not under construction yet, sorry but you don't belong. US lines are in black, Canadian are in blue. Intercity rail lines that are under construction are also included at the bottom, but with much less detail. How is the info compiled? For the most part, this is a crowdsourced list. The thread relies on users (that's you) posting replies to tell us when a new line begins construction, or finishes and opens to riders. I update the list at the top of the thread whenever something changes. That said, there are a couple of resources that people can use to help track things, most notably The Transport Politic's Transit Explorer and UrbanRail.Net's Now Open list. The list -- Under construction now:
Now opened, and therefore removed from the list: Listed alphabetically within each year.
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Isn't Honolulu considered somewhere in between Heavy and Light Rail. I was under the impression is very comparable to the Vancouver SkyTrain.
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Nothing: 0 miles total
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To make a correction, Houston's Uptown and University lines aren't being constructed yet, and might not be for some time (sadly), so that brings the milage total in Houston down from 28 miles to about 15.3 miles.
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San Diego is working on an 11-mile mid-coast extension for the trolley to UCSD and UTC, although I'm not sure if any actual construction has started yet since part of that project will be using an existing rail corridor.
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Dallas will start building a 2 mile streetcar line later this year, and is already extending about a 1/2 mile an existing streetcar line.
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Seattle will start the 2 mile First Hill Streetcar this month. This will connect the King Street / International District dual stations with First Hill (hospitals, housing, and Seattle U) and the new Light Rail tunnel station currently going in on Capitol Hill.
Won't run anywhere near often enough. Grrr. |
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But getting into the weeds of details like that would be a major headache, and would really go beyond the scope of this list. The projects have to be categorized somehow, and there are plenty of discrepancies. Seattle's light rail is also sort of in between because it operates more like heavy rail. There are also major differences in the quality of the commuter rail projects. Some of them (such as Denver) are going to run basically like light rail, whereas others will only be a few trains per day. |
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Commuter Rail: 233.4 miles total Denver East line - 23 miles Denver Gold line - 11.2 miles Denver NWES - 5.2 miles New Jersey Lackawanna cutoff - 7 miles New York LIRR east access - 4 miles Orlando - 31 miles Providence Wickford extension - 20 miles Salt Lake City Front Runner south - 44 miles San Francisco eBART lines - 80 miles Seattle Lakewood line - 8 miles |
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:previous: This. Chicago's infrastructure plans are very exciting, even if no new rail is being built.
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BART is now constructing 16 miles of heavy rail:
Transit and political leaders in San Jose to help break ground on BART extension April 12, 2012 San Jose Mercury News Dignitaries from across the country are gathering in San Jose today to break ground for the BART-to-San Jose extension. The $3.2 billion BART line from Fremont to East San Jose is the biggest public works project ever in Silicon Valley. The 16-mile extension will be fully completed in late 2016, with stations at Warm Springs, Milpitas and south of Berryessa Road. .... Here's a couple relevent graphics from yesterday's Mercury News: http://extras.mnginteractive.com/liv...lebart_200.jpg http://extras.mnginteractive.com/liv...33_bartmap.jpg http://www.mercurynews.com/traffic/c...gets-under-way ... |
What a cool list. Great news about the new BART line. I'm more intrigued by the 80 mile eBART stat.
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Also in the Bay Area, as of the 27th of this month, construction begins on the 37-mile initial segment of SMART (Sonoma-Marin Area Rapid Transit) commuter rail, between Santa Rosa and San Rafael.
SMART explains its rail construction plan Bob Norberg The Press Democrat April 10, 2012 The rail line from Santa Rosa to Petaluma will be a construction zone the next several months as the track is rehabilitated for commute trains. .... Construction will start April 27 near Third Street in Santa Rosa and work south through Rohnert Park, Cotati to Petaluma. .... |
And then there's SF's Central Subway, a 1.7 mile underground light rail extension to Chinatown. I'm not sure when to consider a project under construction--they're underground along the new route moving utilities and whatnot, but tunnel boring has not yet begun as far as I know. Wikipedia lists the Central Subway as under construction:
Wikipedia: The Central Subway is an extension of the Muni Metro light rail system in San Francisco, California, from the Caltrain commuter rail depot at 4th and King streets to Chinatown. The subway is the second phase of the Third Street Light Rail Project. Ground was broken for the new route on February 9, 2010, and is currently scheduled for completion by 2019. |
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There are 4 expansion proposals in this link 3 of them look good. But some fourmers are very passionate for hating the Starline proposal. Fine what ever, the other 3 should progress. When or if they get done? http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/ The 33-mile SouthEast Service (SES) is proposed to run along existing freight and passenger railroad tracks, enhancing Metra's commuter rail service between the south suburbs and downtown Chicago. The SES line would link close to 20 communities in south Suburban Cook and Will counties, providing new opportunities for travel to downtown Chicago and economic growth and development for the south suburbs. This new line would provide commuting opportunities for a fast growing, underserved corridor of the south suburbs. http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/i...ap09012010.jpg http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/ses.php http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/images/upw_map.jpg Improvements along the UPW Line would: ■Provide expanded service and more transit options for commuters traveling into Chicago's Central Business District ■Provide reverse-commuting options to address growing trends in public transportation ■Spur economic growth by attracting new jobs and businesses that wish to take advantage of transit-oriented development ■Eliminate bottlenecks, allowing for more efficient operation of trains and reduced delays resulting in commuter time savings ■Increase the line's core capacity to help serve the strong anticipated growth in employment http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/upw.php http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/images/upnw_map.jpg Improvements along the UP-NW Line would: ■Provide expanded service and more transit options for commuters traveling into Chicago's Central Business District ■Provide reverse-commuting options to address growing trends in public transportation ■Spur economic growth by attracting new jobs and businesses that wish to take advantage of transit-oriented development ■Allow for the construction of two new rail yards to permit more train capacity and consolidate operations thereby promoting cost efficiency and providing more travel options for commuters ■Increase the line's core capacity to help serve the strong anticipated growth in employment http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/upnw.php I am not going to look it up but the CTA also will be undergoing major improvements and I have heard possible plans on extending some of the lines some day. |
For Sacramento, hopefully we'll see the next phase of the Blue Line in the south part of town begin construction within the year, but haven't heard much on that in a while.
The Green Line starter segment should be running in another month or two. Extension to Natomas and the airport? More funding please. Planning for the streetcar from West Sac to midtown Sac has landed on a new route recently, taking it right past the site of the new intermodal terminal and arena. http://www.cityofsacramento.org/tran..._2011%29v2.pdf |
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So a better way to list these projects (not including the commuter rail or streetcar) would be "fully grade separated" or "non fully grade separated" Simply because that is the strict definition of a true metro, if it is fully grade separated or not. From there a grade separated rail can be split into light metro, heavy metro, automated, etc... So, Honolulu would be fully grade separated while Seattle's would not, due to its at grade crossings and running along the road in areas. Also, just as an fyi, places like Vancouver even further blur the "LRT" "HRT" border with the Canada line, which actually uses full HRT subway cars, but only runs 2 car train sets as of now (but automated). PS - Metro-Vancouver is building 11 km of new grade separated skytrain (RRT = rapid rail transit) this year, pre construction, such as clearing and prepping utilities has already started. |
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