Caltrain To Hold Public Meeting On Electrification In Burlingame

BURLINGAME-HILLSBOROUGH, CA - From Caltrain: Caltrain will host a community meeting on Wednesday, July 18, to discuss how continued construction for the Caltrain Electrification Project will affect Burlingame. The meeting will take place at the Burlingame Recreation Center Auditorium from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

Construction activities are set to continue along the Caltrain right-of-way in Burlingame through August. These activities consist of the completion of the overhead contact system foundations and the installation of the contact system poles.

The Caltrain Electrification project is a key component of the Caltrain Modernization Program that will electrify the corridor from the San Francisco Caltrain Station at 4th and King streets to approximately the Tamien Station in San Jose, and replace diesel-hauled trains with Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) trains. Caltrain electrification will improve Caltrain system performance, enable more frequent and/or faster train service, and reduce long-term environmental impact by reducing noise, improving regional air quality and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Caltrain electrification is scheduled to be operational by 2022. For more information, visit www.CalMod.org.

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