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Caltrain electrification delayed to 2024 due to COVID-19 pandemic, other complications

Original post made on Jun 4, 2021

Caltrain's electrification of its rail system has been delayed until late 2024, in part because of supply chain disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, June 4, 2021, 11:48 AM

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Posted by Mr. Engel
a resident of Menlo Park: Park Forest
on Jun 4, 2021 at 3:21 pm

Mr. Engel is a registered user.

What's this? Well over budget? Cost over-runs? Further delays in construction completion? I am stunned to hear this. Who would have expected this surprise?

And, we haven't yet heard about grade-separation costs ( without which electrification doesn't justify itself).


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