Caltrain Gets Financial Green Light for Electrification
Caltrain is one step closer to receiving the electrification and modernization officials say the system desperately needs.
An agreement between the California High-Speed Rail Authority and more than half a dozen Bay Area public agencies will entirely fund an upgrade to the system, which includes modernization, agency spokeswoman Christine Dunn announced in a statement Thursday morning.
That's good news for commuters to and from Mountain View, the Caltrain's system third busiest station after San Francisco and Palo Alto.
According to Dunn, the funding agreement uses local, regional and federal dollars to leverage hundreds of millions of dollars matched by the high-speed rail authority.
The electrification and modernization of Caltrain have been in the works for more than a decade, and are "critically-needed improvements that will dramatically improve the service and help ensure the long-term viability of the commuter rail system," Dunn said in the statement.
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This is a good use of high-speed rail investment.
