Caltrain construction, maintenance update Nov. 28-Dec. 3
Written by jrood
Work will continue on the new pedestrian underpass at the Santa Clara station. The underpass will connect the north- and southbound platforms, allowing two trains to pass through the station at the same time and improving safety for pedestrians in the station. Passengers at the station are boarding the train from a temporary platform. The temporary platform will be in use for approximately six months.
Scheduled train stops at
the station will not be affected by the construction. Tickets can still be
purchased at the existing ticket vending machines. The work is part of an
18-month station improvement project that will add a new wider, longer
center-boarding platform and extend the southern platform 150 feet.
Construction on a VTA
project that will improve safety at eight grade crossings in Sunnyvale,
Mountain View and Palo Alto continues. Nov. 28-Dec. 2 between the hours of 8
p.m. and 4 a.m., crews will work at the Castro Street and Rengstorff Avenue
crossings in Mountain View.
Nov. 29-Dec. 3, crews will
replace switch timbers in the San Francisco train yard. Nov. 29-Dec. 1, crews
will resurface the tracks between the Bayshore and Hayward Park stations while
other crews will weld on the tracks between the Millbrae and Belmont stations.
Nov. 29-Dec. 2, crews will
weld, resurface the tracks and replace crossties between the Sunnyvale and
Santa Clara stations.
