BayRail Alliance

Presented by the Caltrain staff in January 2007, Project 2025 is a phased implemenation plan that would fulfill a vision laid out by BayRail Alliance of a faster and more accessible rapid-transit regional rail service on Peninsula.

November 2, 1999 — After a campaign by SF-based groups and PR2000, SF voters pass Prop. H with 69% of the vote. It requires city officials to seek funding for, and build, Caltrain downtown extension to a new or rebuilt terminal on the present site of the Transbay Transit Terminal, to protect right-of-way for the extension, and also to "pursue electrification of the Caltrain line from San Francisco to San Jose prior to or concurrent with the extension of Caltrain downtown".

June 7, 2002, Palo Alto Daily News

Article: Caltrain budget stalled; It's BART vs. Caltrain”

June 11, 2002, San Mateo Independent

Article: “Caltrain out of joint over track electrification  Santa Clara may not come up with money for its share”

July 10, 2002, San Jose Mercury News

Op-Ed: “All aboard for Caltrain electrification”

July 19, 2002, San Jose Business Journal

Article: “Beyond engineering work and electric trains is money issue”

March 19, 2004, San Jose Business Journal

Article: “VTA pulls plug on Caltrain plan”

March 23, 2004, San Mateo County Times

Article: “Caltrain's electric rail project still on track  Santa Clara County transportation agency makes upgrade a priority”