SJRRC owns and operates ACE rail, which brings commuters from the San Joaquin Valley to the Silicon Valley. ACE operates four daily weekday roundtrips and two Saturday roundtrips between Stockton to San Jose, providing an alternative to the heavily congested I-580/I-680 corridor. More than 1.3 million riders take the ACE every year. Since 2011, ridership has doubled and is continuing to grow.
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With the ridership projected to increase to 1.65 million annual riders by 2025, SJRRC is planning major upgrades and expansion of the existing system in the coming decade. More than 25 capital projects that will improve ACE reliability and capacity and expand services to residents in several counties are in the works.
The project will extend the platform at Fremont station by 400 feet to accommodate longer 10-car trains. Currently, ACE runs six-car trains at its existing stations. Platform extensions to accommodate eight-car and 10-car trains are under development at four ACE-controlled stations. Fremont will be the fifth station to extend its platform length. LAN will provide scheduling, cost estimating, public outreach, and railroad coordination for the Fremont platform extension project.
Amtrak will open grant applications March 23 for community projects near the Frederick Douglass Tunnel alignment in Baltimore as part of a $50 million investment tied to the B&P Tunnel Replacement Program.
The Denmark Station $2.3 million construction investment project includes a new 280-foot concrete boarding platform, built eight inches above the top of rail, for improved accessibility for passengers with disabilities and families with small children and much more.
Caltrain and its partners have implemented safety improvements at specific locations in response to known risk conditions, operational needs, and available funding since the agency’s founding.
On a recent episode of METROspectives, METRO Magazine’s Executive Editor Alex Roman sat down with Ana-Maria Tomlinson, Director of Strategic & Cross-Sector Programs at the CSA Group, to explore a bold initiative aimed at addressing those challenges: the development of a National Code for Transit and Passenger Rail Systems in Canada.
Competitive FTA grants will support accessibility upgrades, family-friendly improvements, and cost-efficient capital projects at some of the nation’s oldest and busiest transit hubs.
The 3.92-mile addition will soon take riders west beyond its current Wilshire and Western station in Koreatown, continuing under Wilshire Boulevard through neighborhoods and communities including Hancock Park, Windsor Square, the Fairfax District, and Carthay Circle into Beverly Hills.
Under the plan, all long-distance routes will transition to a universal single-level fleet, replacing today’s mix of bi-level and single-level equipment.
