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An HSR corridor alternative to the Los Angeles/San Francisco corridor line.
Use the Redwood City/Lathrop proposed HSR corridor instead of the present one planned between Gilroy and Merced. This HSR corridor layout can handle direct trains from the Salesforce Transit Center “SFCTA.” to Lathrop and on to Los Angeles. Also, this same HSR corridor can handle direct trains from SFCTA to Lathrop, Stockton, Sacramento and on to Vancouver BC. The entirely electrified HSR corridors will allow high-speed transit, conserve energy, reduce pollution, and bring big economic benefits to the whole I-5 region.
The required tunnel miles for the Redwood City/Tracy division corridor are 16.6 (two sections) and 26 miles (one section) for the Gilroy/Merced planned tunnel.
The passenger demand for transporting people for the Redwood City/Lathrop corridor is much higher than for the Gilroy/Merced line. This corridor is exclusive double tracked for the HSR, no impeding of freight traffic. Some of existing rail corridor segments are in use, and some under new mountainous land.
Use tunnel muck for corridor fill and other uses as well as to establish housing land.
Estimated travel time on the HSR corridor for the Intercity Express “ICE.” from San Francisco to Sacramento 1 hour and 20 minutes, travel time from Emeryville to Sacramento (Amtrak Route) I hour and 35 minutes plus 30> minutes from San Francisco to Emeryville.
Use the Redwood City/Lathrop proposed HSR corridor instead of the present one planned between Gilroy and Merced. This HSR corridor layout can handle direct trains from the Salesforce Transit Center “SFCTA.” to Lathrop and on to Los Angeles. Also, this same HSR corridor can handle direct trains from SFCTA to Lathrop, Stockton, Sacramento and on to Vancouver BC. The entirely electrified HSR corridors will allow high-speed transit, conserve energy, reduce pollution, and bring big economic benefits to the whole I-5 region.
The required tunnel miles for the Redwood City/Tracy division corridor are 16.6 (two sections) and 26 miles (one section) for the Gilroy/Merced planned tunnel.
The passenger demand for transporting people for the Redwood City/Lathrop corridor is much higher than for the Gilroy/Merced line. This corridor is exclusive double tracked for the HSR, no impeding of freight traffic. Some of existing rail corridor segments are in use, and some under new mountainous land.
Use tunnel muck for corridor fill and other uses as well as to establish housing land.
Estimated travel time on the HSR corridor for the Intercity Express “ICE.” from San Francisco to Sacramento 1 hour and 20 minutes, travel time from Emeryville to Sacramento (Amtrak Route) I hour and 35 minutes plus 30> minutes from San Francisco to Emeryville.