California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced that Caltrain Modernization would receive one of 14 grants awarded to projects that focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the state’s public transportation infrastructure.
The USD 20 million investment will be used to deliver the electrification project, which will replace Caltrain’s diesel equipment with high-performance electric trains that will deliver faster, more frequent service along the Peninsula corridor while significantly reducing emissions. Caltrain projects that the electrification project will reduce emissions by 97 percent by 2040, and reduce greenhouse gases by 176,000 metric tons of CO2 a year.
Caltrain electrification is projected to cost USD 1.98 Billion. USD 713 million of the total funding will be provided through the State / California High Speed Rail Authority.The program will also be funded through a combination of federal, regional and member agency contributions.
Caltrain’s congressional delegation announced that the electrification project was one of two projects accepted into the engineering phase of the Federal Transit Administration Core Capacity Program. That program is expected to provide USD 643 million towards the project.
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