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Project 2025
“We have an opportunity to create a world-class mass transit
rail system right here in the Bay Area,” said Caltrain Director
of Rail Transportation, Engineering and Construction Robert Doty.
In the wake of its reinvention, Caltrain began to explore what it
would take to move to the next level of rail service, offering more
trains, faster commute times, more frequent connections and
better, more efficient infrastructure and equipment. The result
of this evaluation is a 20-year plan, called Project 2025, which
provides a comprehensive look at each project Caltrain has in
progress or in the planning stages. It focuses on infrastructure
and capital improvement to allow for expanded operations in the future.
With an array of major capital projects to complete, Project
2025 looks at the next two decades over increments of time
and helps to outline specifically where the agency will be five,
10 and 20 years from this point. While high-profile projects
obviously draw a lot of attention, such as the electrification
of the system or new terminal facilities, none of those can be
achieved without the successful completion of so many other
fundamental but less-heralded projects like additional
crossovers, improved bridges, communications infrastructure
and other smaller but equally important projects.
Project 2025 provides a comprehensive road map of what the
agency must do to continue to be a vital commuter rail system
throughout the 21st century.
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