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That's already happening. Caltrain's finished electrifying their route and is currently conducting clearance testing of the electric rolling stock. Electric r
by inferiorhuman 4y ago
That's already happening. Caltrain's finished electrifying their route and is currently conducting clearance testing of the electric rolling stock. Electric revenue service is expected is by Autumn 2024. The other big upgrade Caltrain got out of HSR is that a number (all?) of the at-grade crossings were removed. That's a huge win.
- trthomps 4y agoThe next major investment is the capital corridor route needs to be purchased by the state and then electrified between San Jose and Sacramento via Oakland. That would give CAHSR a route to run on between SF and SAC once there's a second transbay tube with standard gauge tracks.
- pstuart 4y agoOk, that's a start. But my point is that US rail treats passenger traffic as a second class citizen and it doesn't have to be that way. Mandating Positive Train Control and adding in track to allow better multiplexing of traffic could be done for a fraction of the HSR budget. I think this should be done at a national level (nationalize the rail lines and invest in infrastructure to better utilize a very constrained resource). Yeah, crazy talk.