Hitachi Rail Selected for Bay Area’s Train System Upgrade
Jeffrey Heimgartner posted on October 21, 2020 |
Hitachi Rail STS upgrade the San Francisco Bay Area’s train system with train control technologies.
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART), which connects the San Francisco Peninsula with Oakland, Berkeley, Fremont, San Jose, Walnut Creek, Dublin/Pleasanton and other cities in the East Bay, is set for a $798 million upgrade with the latest communications-based train control systems from Hitachi Rail STS. (Image courtesy of BART.)
People traveling from San Francisco to San Jose or heading to the City by the Bay from Berkeley, Walnut Creek and many other California locales often make use of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). With ridership averaging 450,000 trips per weekday and the infrastructure pushing 50 years old, Hitachi Rail STS was awarded a $798 million contract to upgrade the system with its latest communications-based train control (CBTC) technologies.
“Replacing and modernizing BART’s 50-year-old train control system will be a generational project that will benefit our riders for decades to come,” said Carl Holmes, BART assistant general manager for planning, development, and construction. “CBTC will allow us to deliver world class service and meet the future needs of the San Francisco Bay Area.”
The addition of CBTC is part of the larger Transbay Corridor Core Capacity Program (TCCCP). It includes 252 new railcars,…