California High Speed Rail Thread

[plinko]

I'm sure pictures of these have been posted before, but here are a few of the viaducts and bridges around Fresno as I was driving through about a month ago...


IMG_1769 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_1770 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_1775 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_1779 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr


IMG_1783 by Michael Stroh, on Flickr

[202_Cyclist]

Thank you for posting these photos. I would expect that as more people see the actual construction and infrastructure, support for this investment in modern, efficient, transportation will continue to increase.

[homebucket]

Nice photos. Thanks for the update!

[LAsam]

I drove up the 99 a couple of months ago and it was interesting seeing all the infrastructure around Fresno, first hand. Feels very abstract down her in Southern California until you see it in-person.

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by veep

CAHSR will run on the already existing Caltrain tracks. There is one new station coming at the Salesforce Transit Center in Downtown San Francisco that will be the northern terminus for both Caltrain and CAHSR. There will also be two other shared stations at Millbrae and San Jose.

San Jose and Millbrae stations will have to have their platforms raised to support level boarding. The underground train platform at Salesforce Transit Center isn't built yet, but when it is, it will also have high platforms to support level boarding. Caltrain will have two sets of doors on each train to serve both high and low platform stations.

Thanks veep. I've looked into it a bit more, but I still don't have a great picture of how much of the new electrification infrastructure will be used or needs to be modified to accommodate CAHSR, and how much work in adding passing tracks, etc., will need to be done.

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by Busy Bee

^Start with the CHSRA website. Pretty much anything you'd want to know is on there. There's also a couple channels on Youtube with enthusiast explainers, updates and drone videos of under construction and completed sections and structures.

Thanks, I did go a bit deeper there which was helpful. Their maps could be much better though.

[HusBy]

Originally Posted by craigs

He could also go to the SF Bay Area transportation thread, where the shared route with Caltrain has been discussed extensively.

Thanks. Although it's 119 pages! lol