20 Jan Stockton Diamond Grade Separation
Four additional daily round-trips on existing passenger rail corridor. Improved reliability. Reduced passenger rail travel time. Safety improvements at six crossings, include the grade separation of existing at-grade crossing at Airport Way. Potential closing of existing at-grade crossings. ADA compliant grade crossings. Project will separate the existing at grade crossing of the BNSF and Union Pacific Railroad in Stockton significantly increasing capacity for freight in Northern CA. $24,300,000 has been secured by SJJPA for this project. Project eliminates conflicts between BNSF and UPRR freight at the Stockton Diamond and expands capacity for passenger service growth in the Valley Rail program investments supported by the State through the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) in 2018. State funding through the ACE extension to Merced (California SB 132) could be leveraged to provide funding match for the project pending agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad on infrastructure requirements for the Merced extension.