High speed rail could still go through the center of Manteca even if the California High Speed Rail Commission approves recommendations to move forward with two routes for the Altamont Commuter Express high speed service along the Highway 120 corridor.
That’s because the main California line has three plausible routes being considered from San Joaquin County including one that follows the Union Pacific right-of-way through Manteca for the leg between Stockton and Modesto.
Unlike the ACE high speed rail that would stop in the vicinity of Main Street on the 120 Bypass corridors, the California train would not stop in Manteca. To allow travel between Los Angeles and Sacramento in two hours and 17 minutes, stops are being kept at a minimum. In the Central Valley they are targeted for Bakersfield, Visalia/Tulare/Hanford, Fresno, Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento.
The City of Manteca is moving with a $6.7 million transit station at Moffat and South Main in downtown. It would be used for San Joaquin Regional Transit and Manteca Transit buses, taxi service, and possibly future Greyhound service. The city has mentioned the possibility that in the future as the city grows and reaches a critical population base Amtrak could add a stop.
City leaders also were hoping that the ACE high speed line would stop there as well.
That alternative was scrapped by the California High Speed Rail Commission staff due to a sharp curve that would have to be navigated by trains between Manteca and Lathrop. The preferred high speed rail staff routes eventually provides for a straight line through Manteca in the middle divider of the 120 Bypass.
If a station were built also at Main Street and 120 for the high speed ACE rail, the two stations would be within a mile of each other allowing for connections via a shuttle service.
High speed rail could go on another route through Manteca when it comes to the main California line. One option is on a route with a mile east of Austin Road. It would go to a station east of Stockton that would be connected to downtown or other key spots in Stockton by tram.
Funding for the high speed rail train station in Manteca in all likelihood would come from statewide bond money passed to build the system.
The California High Speed Rail trains are capable of speeds up to 220 mph that would only be attained in “isolated” stretches such as between Merced and Bakersfield. It would make it possible to travel from Stockton to Los Angeles in one hour and 59 minutes with the system designed to ultimately handle a train every five minutes.
The high speed Altamont Commuter Express train project is moving forward in tandem with the state high speed rail that would also send the sleek, modernistic trains through Manteca with two possible routes in a proposal to extend service to Modesto. Those trains, however, will operate at lower speeds as they will use grade level crossings as opposed to new tracks in the Altamont that will take travel from 10 mph to speeds close to 150 mph. The ACE trains would reduce the trip from a little over two hours and 10 minutes down to 55 minutes.
That’s because the main California line has three plausible routes being considered from San Joaquin County including one that follows the Union Pacific right-of-way through Manteca for the leg between Stockton and Modesto.
Unlike the ACE high speed rail that would stop in the vicinity of Main Street on the 120 Bypass corridors, the California train would not stop in Manteca. To allow travel between Los Angeles and Sacramento in two hours and 17 minutes, stops are being kept at a minimum. In the Central Valley they are targeted for Bakersfield, Visalia/Tulare/Hanford, Fresno, Merced, Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento.
The City of Manteca is moving with a $6.7 million transit station at Moffat and South Main in downtown. It would be used for San Joaquin Regional Transit and Manteca Transit buses, taxi service, and possibly future Greyhound service. The city has mentioned the possibility that in the future as the city grows and reaches a critical population base Amtrak could add a stop.
City leaders also were hoping that the ACE high speed line would stop there as well.
That alternative was scrapped by the California High Speed Rail Commission staff due to a sharp curve that would have to be navigated by trains between Manteca and Lathrop. The preferred high speed rail staff routes eventually provides for a straight line through Manteca in the middle divider of the 120 Bypass.
If a station were built also at Main Street and 120 for the high speed ACE rail, the two stations would be within a mile of each other allowing for connections via a shuttle service.
High speed rail could go on another route through Manteca when it comes to the main California line. One option is on a route with a mile east of Austin Road. It would go to a station east of Stockton that would be connected to downtown or other key spots in Stockton by tram.
Funding for the high speed rail train station in Manteca in all likelihood would come from statewide bond money passed to build the system.
The California High Speed Rail trains are capable of speeds up to 220 mph that would only be attained in “isolated” stretches such as between Merced and Bakersfield. It would make it possible to travel from Stockton to Los Angeles in one hour and 59 minutes with the system designed to ultimately handle a train every five minutes.
The high speed Altamont Commuter Express train project is moving forward in tandem with the state high speed rail that would also send the sleek, modernistic trains through Manteca with two possible routes in a proposal to extend service to Modesto. Those trains, however, will operate at lower speeds as they will use grade level crossings as opposed to new tracks in the Altamont that will take travel from 10 mph to speeds close to 150 mph. The ACE trains would reduce the trip from a little over two hours and 10 minutes down to 55 minutes.
