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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
6. BART to San Jose just broke ground
Thu Jul 19, 2012, 05:23 PM
Jul 2012

assuming I'm still down here, I should be able to ride up to civilization by 2017. A Livermore extension is in the planning phase.

As I've mentioned previously, running tracks over the bridges to the North Bay is problematic. Sonoma and Marin are working on their own SMART rail line, that will eventually connect to the ferries at Larkspur. As for Vallejo, I've often thought while riding the Capitol Corridor through Crockett that they should put a station there and have bus and/or ferry service over to Vallejo.

edit: The SF terminus would be in the new Transbay Terminal at 1st and Mission, a block from BART and MUNI Metro. The one in LA would presumably be at Union Station, the hub for Metrolink as well as the Red and Gold Lines.

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