Caltrain Awards Contract for South San Francisco Station Improvement Project

The Caltrain Board of Directors approved award of a $32.1 million contract to Oakland-based Proven Management Inc. for the South San Francisco Station Improvement Project at its August meeting.

Construction on the project is scheduled to begin in November 2017 and is expected to be completed by summer 2019.

Caltrain, in coordination with the City of South San Francisco, is preparing to replace the existing South San Francisco Station with a new center boarding platform connecting to a pedestrian underpass. The project consists of track work, signal work, a new 700-foot center board platform with amenities and connectivity to a new pedestrian underpass from the platform to Grand Avenue/Poletti Drive.

The $61 million project also improves safety by eliminating the hold-out rule and will provide increased connectivity along Grand Avenue for the City of South San Francisco. The improvements will also make the station fully compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

For more information on the project, please visit www.caltrain.com/ssfstation.

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