Caltrain starts 18-month-long station improvement project in Santa Clara

The northbound platform at the Santa Clara, Calif., Station will be demolished this week. All passengers will board the train from a temporary platform. Passengers are asked to observe all posted signs and follow direction from identified ambassadors in the station. The temporary platform will be in use for approximately six months.

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. A new pedestrian
underpass will connect the two platforms, allowing two trains to pass through
the station at the same time and improving safety for pedestrians in the
station.

Scheduled train stops at
the station will not be affected by the construction. Tickets can still be
purchased at the existing ticket vending machines.

Work continues on a VTA
project that will improve safety at eight grade crossings in Sunnyvale,
Mountain View and Palo Alto. Aug. 22-26, crews will work at Mary and Sunnyvale
avenues. Work will include grading, trenching, pouring new concrete and
installing new pedestrian gates.

Boarding platform C at the
San Jose Diridon Station will be closed Friday, Aug. 20-21 for the installation
of new visual message signs. The new signs will allow two lines of text to be
displayed. During the work, temporary signs will direct passengers to the
correct boarding platform.

Aug. 22-26, crews will
replace crossties on the tracks between the Millbrae and Hayward Park stations.
Aug. 20-23, crews will replace rails on the tracks between Burlingame and San
Mateo stations. Crews will perform additional work installing track panels and
spikes from Monday, Aug. 23-26.

Aug. 22-26, crews will weld
and resurface the tracks between the Belmont and California Avenue stations. On
Aug. 22, crews will weld the tracks near the San Jose Diridon station.