Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) is a rail line and bicycle-pedestrian pathway project in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California. When completed, the entire system will serve a 70-mile (110 km) corridor between Cloverdale in northern Sonoma County and Larkspur Landing in Marin County. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 749,700, or about 2,700 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
A SMART train at Santa Rosa Downtown station in 2018
A northbound SMART train crosses the Petaluma River on a drawbridge previously used on the Galveston Causeway in Texas. Note US 101 on the taller bridge in the background.
SMART connects with ferries bound for San Francisco at Larkspur Ferry Terminal
South portal of Cal Park Hill Tunnel showing rails and path, November 2018
Rails with trails (RWT) are a small subset of rail trails in which a railway right-of-way remains in use by trains yet also has a parallel recreational trail. Hundreds of kilometers of RWTs exist in Canada, Europe, the United States, Australia, and the United Arab Emirates.
One of the railroad crossings along the Camp Chase Trail, a rails with trails in the United States. The trail has seven crossings, the most of any rails with trails in the U.S.A.
Rail with trail, Switzerland
Bicycle and freight train
