Caltrain construction, maintenance update Sept. 24 -30

Written by jrood

Work will be done on the new pedestrian underpass at the Santa Clara, Calif., 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.

Work continues on a VTA
project that will improve safety at eight grade crossings in Sunnyvale,
Mountain View and Palo Alto.

Sept. 27-30, between the
hours of 8 p.m. and 4 a.m., crews will work at Mary Avenue crossing in
Sunnyvale and at the Castro Street crossing in Mountain View.

Sept. 26-30, crews will
replace cross ties and resurface the tracks between the Millbrae and Hayward
Park stations. On Sept. 24 and 25, crews will weld the tracks and replace rails
between the San Jose Diridon station and the Tamien station.

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