BayRail Alliance

November 2000:  Santa Clara County voters pass Measure A, a half-cent sales tax that is to provide $40M to fund Dumbarton Rail.

1994: Dumbarton Rail idea is proposed when the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA), with assistance from Caltrans, purchases the old rail bridge from Southern Pacific for $6.9 million.

Functioning as a connector to the current Caltrain system, standard rail across a rebuilt Dumbarton Rail Bridge would serve the increasing cross-bay travel market. It will connect riders in Fremont, Newark, Union City, and other east bay cities served by BART, ACE and the Capitol Corridor, to Caltrain on the peninsula.

August 26, 2005, Peninsula Examiner

“Commuter train over Dumbarton will connect Peninsula, East Bay  Project centers on replacement of freight bridge”