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Originally Posted by jmecklenborg
Yeah this is definitely a battle royale between San Jose being on the mainline -- and getting 12 trains per hour per direction - vs. the Altamont route, which at-best puts San Jose on a spur.
If HSR is rerouted via Altamont to a new Transbay tube from Oakland, the possibility exists for HSR spurs to both San Jose and to Palo Alto via a rebuilt Dumbarton Bridge. They could do a train split where two half-length trains, one originating in Palo Alto and another from San Jose join to form a full-length train in Fremont and then head downstate as a full double-length train.
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Or just run it Modesto-Tracy-Pleasanton-Fremont-Redwood City-SFO-Transbay, take the $3 billion in savings, and give ~$1 billion to VTA for LRT along Stevens Creek or something as compensation.