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Posted by WillD on Tue Mar 30 15:45:00 2010, in response to Re: CALTRAIN Electrification, posted by timz2 on Tue Mar 30 14:58:34 2010. Some people hope for four tracks total, including the two HSR tracks.I would hope so. I haven't seen any plan for the corridor which had anything less than 4 tracks from South San Francisco through San Jose. Some plans appear to advocate for a stacked arrangement, with two Caltrain/Freight tracks at grade level and the two high speed rail tracks above. But IMHO this is a dangerous arrangement which could ultimately result in an increase in crashes due to reduced sight distances caused by the elevated structure. I just really hope they keep Caltrain and the HSR compatible. It would be completely foolish to put the HSTs on the Caltrain ROW and then restrict the ability of Caltrain to operate express service between SJ and SF. 70 minute local trips between San Fran and San Jose are a great improvement, but is still 12 minutes slower than the Baby Bullets. The HSTs will undoubtedly help with the passengers going directly to San Jose, but no high speed train will stop at Mountain View, Sunnyvale, or Palo Alto. |
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