Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit is a commuter rail service and bicycle–pedestrian pathway project in Sonoma and Marin counties of the U.S. state of California. When fully built, the system will span a
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.
A SMART train at Larkspur station, January 2025
South portal of Cal Park Hill Tunnel showing rails and path, November 2018
The Northwestern Pacific Railroad is a 271-mile mainline railroad from the former ferry connections in Sausalito, California north to Eureka, with a connection to the national railroad system at Schel
Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit
…construction. A citizen-led initiative qualified a 30-year sales tax extension for the June 2026 ballot. The last passenger rail service along the Northwestern Pacific Railroad south of Willits was discontinued in 1958 as automobile travel along U.S. Route 101 in California increased in popularity. The SMART District was…
NWP #1922 running freight near Petaluma, California; October 21, 2011
Train at Santa Rosa, California in 1911
Northwestern Pacific Railroad Route in 1931