The Caltrain Modernization Program, sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control system and electrified the main line
A Caltrain KISS electric trainset in revenue service in August 2024
Commuter rail service along the San Francisco Peninsula had been using diesel locomotives (EMD F40PH pictured above) since the early 1950s; they were replaced with electric train sets in the 2020s.
EMD AEM-7 electric locomotive, part of the equipment proposed in the 1992 Feasibility Study to electrify Caltrain. This AEM-7 is in revenue service with SEPTA.
The southbound platform of the Atherton station. The town of Atherton has backed litigation against Caltrain's electrification plans.
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California High-Speed Rail is a publicly-funded high-speed rail system under construction across California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority. The project was authorized by a 2008 statewide
Caltrain Modernization Program
…air and noise pollution. CalMod also enabled planning and implementation to proceed for The Portal, a planned tunnel to extend Caltrain and future California High-Speed Rail service approximately 1 mi (1.6 km) to downtown San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center. Commuter railroad service on the San Francisco Peninsula was…
San Joaquin River Viaduct under construction in 2019.
The same viaduct completed in February 2021.
The Fresno River Viaduct, part of the IOS, under construction, 2016.
The same location, 2017.