Caltrain at Board of Directors Meeting, Electrification and Railroad Alignment

Cynthia Cai
Cynthia Cai
Reporter
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Caltrain met with the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) Board of Directors on August 2 to discuss and provide updates on the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP), rail alignment, and benefits study.

PCEP was first planned in 1999 and achieved environmental clearance in 2015. According to the project fact sheet the electrification infrastructure construction began in 2017 and is expected to be complete by 2020.