The U.S. Department of Transportation provided Caltrain a USD 18.7 million grant for the completion of PTC on rail corridor’s signal system.
The corridor will be equipped with enhanced safety features that will monitor train movements and, if necessary, intervene to reduce the possibility of safety risks caused by human error.
“Rail safety is always a top priority for us at Caltrain, and we are 100 percent committed to implementing PTC so that we can continue to provide a safe rail system for Caltrain riders and the communities we serve,” Jeannie Bruins, Chairman of Caltrain Board of Directors said.
In March 2018, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board of Directors approved a contract with Wabtec Railway Electronics to complete the PTC project. The Wabtec contract was awarded and funded for the remainder of the project. The staff identified a USD 30.4 million gap for the overall PTC programme to fund project support costs and potential changes to the contract. This grant, along with other previously identified funds, will reduce the funding gap to USD 6.4 million.
Caltrain expects additional PTC funding grants opportunities in the future and will continue to strategize the best approach on those efforts.
Caltrain originally awarded a contract to complete the project to Parsons Transportation Group in 2011, but later terminated that contract for nonperformance in 2017 after many months of delay and repeated failure by the contractor to correct performance issues.
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