Berryessa Extension Milpitas Station Fact Sheet pdf

Berryessa Extension Milpitas Station Fact Sheet

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BART Silicon Valley involves a program of transportation improvements in the SVRT corridor that generally extends from the southern boundary of Alameda County in the City of Fremont through the cities of Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara in Santa Clara County. These improvements include a planned 16-mile, six-station extension of the existing San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) system into Silicon Valley. The BART Silicon Valley program also includes other related projects and activities required to prepare the rail corridor for BART, such as relocation of existing UPRR tracks and utilities, drainage improvements, and grade separation projects within the alignment that are funded through other sources. BART Silicon Valley is being managed by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in cooperation with BART. BART Silicon Valley will be constructed in phases. The Berryessa Extension is the first phase.The Berryessa Extension consists of the design, construction, and future operation of an approximate 10-mile extension of the BART system into Santa Clara County.

The Berryessa Extension will connect to the track south of the planned BART Warm Springs Station in Southern Fremont (under construction and opening in 2015) and proceed in the former Union Pacific Railroad corridor through Milpitas to the Berryessa District of San Jose, near Las Plumas Avenue. The alignment is a combination of at-grade, open cut, and aerial guideway configurations, and includes a retained-cut passenger station in Milpitas (Milpitas Station) and an above-ground passenger terminus station in San Jose (Berryessa Station

• Creator/s: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
• Date: 2012
• Book Topics/Themes: BART, Train, Trains, Bay Area Rapid Transit, California, San Francisco, Public Transportation

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