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Originally Posted by BrownTown
Current projections are a minimum of 15 years and no, the cost of the terminal isn't including the station. They have a box underground where they could build a station in the future, but that would cost ANOTHER 2.5 Billion to build the tunnels and station.
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The 15 years you mention is for high speed rail, but Caltrain could conceivably be ready in 10 years and with federal backing as little as 5-6 years.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-...e61243037.html
CAHSR has taken a pivot from connecting down to Los Angeles first to actually going North from the Central Valley and connecting to Silicon Valley. That mean s high speed rail cars will be in San Jose by 2025, just 9 years. It would seem possible to have those same cars connecting to the Transbay Terminal by 2025 or soon after. Much of this timeline will be decided by who wins the Presidential & Congressional elections this year, with republicans leaving the costs to the states, forcing California to stretch into the late 2020s. This is in a comment and review stage, but will probably pass the board and be sent to CA legislature in around May 1.