California
The federal Interstate Commerce Commission is expected to hand down a decision this week that could either sound the death knell for CalTrain, the commuter rail service that once ran from Oxnard to Los Angeles, or open negotiations that could lead to resumption of service.
March 24, 1985
Officials of cities in eastern Ventura County will ask the City of Los Angeles to help pay to revive CalTrain, the Oxnard-to-Los Angeles commuter rail service that ended operations two years ago.
April 5, 1985
A top Obama administration executive at the U.S.
Feb. 10, 2017
The federal Interstate Commerce Commission has ruled that Southern Pacific Railroad can determine how much the state must pay for past and future operations of CalTrain, the Oxnard-to-Los Angeles commuter service that operated for 4 1/2 months ending in 1983.
April 3, 1985
The ‘Baby Bullet’ is expected to trim 39 minutes from San Jose to San Francisco.
June 7, 2004
So-called Baby Bullet trains that can make the trip from San Jose to San Francisco in less than an hour at speeds reaching 75 mph are expected to start transporting commuters in June.
April 3, 2004
The state finance department has cleared the way for a $713-million state grant to electrify a commuter rail system in the Bay Area, ending a political battle started earlier this year by California Republicans in the U.S.
May 30, 2017
Gov.
March 1, 2017
California’s House Republicans have asked the Trump administration to block a pending federal grant that will ultimately support the state’s high speed rail project until an audit of the project’s finances is completed.
Feb. 6, 2017
The first of 63 new two-level steel passenger cars for CalTrain, California’s popular commuter service between San Jose and San Francisco, are coming off the assembly line in a waterfront warehouse at Pier 50.
April 21, 1985