Caltrain Construction and Maintenance: Jan. 26 – Feb. 3, 2012

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January 26, 2012

Construction

San Bruno Grade Separation Project

Saturday, Jan. 28 to Friday, Feb. 3, day work will take place between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. This work will include asphalt and concrete work at the San Bruno and San Mateo avenues intersection, track work, and sanitary sewer relocations. Motorists should expect delays. Relocation of sanitary sewers will primarily occur at Huntington Avenue and may require temporary lane closures. Traffic cones and flaggers will direct motorists and pedestrians around the affected areas.

Night work will take place from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m., outside of peak passenger service hours. This work will include grading, track and signal work. Digging work will require the use of a backhoe, mini-excavator and jackhammer. At times, noise levels could be as high as 75 decibels. Crews will use generators to power portable light towers. Night work will be done in accordance with Caltrain and city agreements and ordinances.

The $147 million project will elevate the Caltrain tracks above three existing at-grade street crossings at San Bruno, San Mateo and Angus avenues. A new elevated Caltrain station between San Bruno and San Mateo avenues will replace the station at Sylvan Avenue.

San Jose Diridon and Santa Clara Stations Improvement Project

Caltrain will “single track” at the Santa Clara station from Thursday, Jan. 26 to Saturday, Jan. 28 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 7 a.m. “Single tracking” is when trains run in both directions on the same track. Ambassadors, station announcements and signs will direct passengers where to board trains.

Monday, Jan. 30 to Friday, Feb. 3, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., crews will continue work on the final “punch list” of items for the San Jose Diridon and Santa Clara Stations Improvements Project.

At the Santa Clara station a new southbound platform allows two trains to pass through the station at the same time, eliminating a bottleneck in the Caltrain system. The new pedestrian underpass also improves safety at the station.

In San Jose, two new platforms and four new tracks will improve train movement at this busy station that also serves ACE, Amtrak, Capitol Corridor and Union Pacific trains.

For additional information on Caltrain construction projects, call the construction outreach information number at 650.508.7726 or visit us online.

Maintenance

Caltrain will perform routine maintenance at several locations next week. To avoid delays to passengers, the work will take place Sunday through Thursday from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. There will be some construction noise from equipment used to accomplish the work, but crews will work as quietly as possible. For more information about this type of work, click here.

San Francisco to Bayshore
Sunday, Jan. 29 to Thursday, Feb. 2, crews will weld tracks between the Bayshore and South San Francisco stations.

San Mateo to Mountain View
Monday, Jan. 30 to Thursday, Feb. 2, crews will resurface tracks between the San Mateo and San Antonio stations.

Sunnyvale to San Jose
Sunday, Jan. 29 to Thursday, Feb. 2, crews will replace cross ties and resurface tracks between the Sunnyvale and College Park stations.

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