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[KevinKorell]

From San Mateo County, CA Times, 2/4/07:

After a decade-long courtship filled with false starts and frequent stops, Monterey County transportation officials now believe the stars are aligned and the time is right to put the moves on Caltrain.

The Transportation Agency of Monterey County is confident they can finally lure Caltrain officials to extend the commuter rail service down the Bay, south from its current terminus in Gilroy, all the way to Salinas.

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[Sloan]

 

 

The Transportation Authority of Monterey County (TAMC) has selected civil engineering firm Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (LAN) as part of the construction management team for the initial phase of Salinas Rail Extension.

http://www.railwayag...nstruction.html

 

Hooray!  This project has been waiting in the wings for over ten years.  I am assuming that the extension will include electrification.    Sloan 

[KevinKorell]

Monterey, CA Herald, 5/9/18:

 

Salinas commuter rail extension project gets $10 million SB 1 gas tax grant

 

 

A long-sought Transportation Agency for Monterey County project aimed at bringing commuter train service to Monterey County from Silicon Valley has received a $10 million boost in SB 1 state gas tax funding, and the complicated project now expects to begin construction by next spring.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KAZU Radio, Monterrey, CA, 8/9/18:

 

 

 

Commuter Train Service Ahead For Salinas

 

 

Work is underway on a local passenger rail project. It will create commuter train service from Salinas.

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Salinas, CA Californian, 8/10/18:

 

 

Plans underway to connect Salinas Train Station to Bay Area

 

 

 

The ceremonial sledgehammer demolition that took place at the Salinas Train Station Thursday is part of a much larger breakthrough connecting Monterey County to the larger mass transit network in the San Francisco Bay Area and surrounding regions. 

 

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[KevinKorell]

Monterey County Weekly, 10/12/21:

 

   

A long-stalled commuter rail extension project from Gilroy to Salinas is making critical progress, and finally has an estimated arrival time.   

 

 

 

The idea for the Monterey County Rail Extension project – which would create a commuter train connection between Salinas and Gilroy – was hatched more than 20 years ago, and originally included a proposal to add stations in Castroville and Pajaro.

 

 

 

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[KevinKorell]

KSBW-TV,  Channel 8 in Salinas, CA, 2/28/24:

 

 

      Commuter rail to the Bay Area: Monterey County's plan for more trains  

 

 

The Transportation Agency for Monterey County is moving forward with plans to bring commuter rail to Salinas, Castroville and Pajaro.

 

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