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The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway" [1] owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (reporting mark ATAX) that connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the transcontinental mainlines of the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad that terminate near downtown Los Angeles, California. [2 ...
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
In December 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration accepted an application by Caltrans to enter the Coachella–Los Angeles route into its Corridor Identification and Development Program. The program grants $500,000 toward service planning and prioritizes the route for future federal funding.
Union Pacific freight trains run on the route, although the Fresno Subdivision through the San Joaquin Valley is the preferred north–south California route due to having easier grades and curves. [17] The freight trains are typically local freights, empty bare-table and autorack trains. The line sees varying freight activity across its length.
The scene in Southern California resembles a disaster movie — only it's not. Thousands of boxes littering Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles attest to a wave of rail thefts that ...
Los Angeles Union Station, hub for L.A. Metro trains and buses and Metrolink and Amtrak trains, and the Hollywood Freeway, one of Los Angeles' major thoroughfares. Los Angeles has a complex multimodal transportation infrastructure, which serves as a regional, national and international hub for passenger and freight traffic.
The segment from Burbank to Los Angeles (LA Union Station) is 14 miles (23 km). [39] Non-stop design speed for this segment is about 7 minutes. The one-way fare between Burbank and Los Angeles is expected to cost $26 in 2013 dollars. [15] [40] The Burbank to Los Angeles route was approved in January 2022. [41]
A Line service hours are from approximately 4:30 a.m. and 11:45 p.m daily. Trains operate every 8 minutes during peak hours, Monday to Friday. Trains run every 10 minutes, during midday on weekdays and weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Night and early morning service is approximately every 20 minutes every day. [5]