The California High-Speed Rail Authority adopted a blended system at the northern and southern terminuses of the planned first phase of its high-speed rail line. In this blended operation, the high-speed rail line share track and other infrastructure with commuter, intercity, and freight rail. However, the lack of common infrastructure between rail modes and the financial and organizational challenges associated with building that common infrastructure and capacity allocation in California present challenges for the implementation of high-speed rail by a blended system in the state. This paper reviews the blended system and discusses the level of cooperation and coordination necessary between host railroads–agencies and the operator of the high-speed rail tenant. Sharing track comes with challenges for all participating railroad operators and often requires coordination between heterogeneous rail traffic. However, costs can be reduced when compared with those for dedicated track. How blended service is performed will affect state and local agencies, railroad owners and operators, and customers across the California rail network.


    Access

    Download

    Check availability in my library

    Order at Subito €


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation of Future California Rail Network


    Additional title:

    Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2016-01-01




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Challenges and Opportunities in Implementation of the Future California Rail Network

    Levy, Samuel / Faulkner, A. Awadagin / Sussman, Joseph M. | DSpace@MIT | 2015

    Free access


    GNSS for rail transportation : challenges and opportunities

    Lo Presti, Letizia ;Sabina, Salvatore | TIBKAT | 2018


    GNSS for Rail Transportation : Challenges and Opportunities

    Lo Presti, Letizia ;Sabina, Salvatore | TIBKAT | 2018


    Network-wide mixed-rail traffic scheduler: challenges and implementation aspects

    Kumar, Sidhartha I / Shahbaz, Karim / Tyagi, Mitul et al. | Elsevier | 2025

    Free access