Caltrain secures over $100M for grade separations

Caltrain and its partners have secured over $100 million in federal funding to advance two grade-separation projects along the commuter railroad's corridor. The funding comes from the most recent round of the Federal Railroad Administration's Railroad Crossing Elimination grant program. 

The FRA awarded $90 million in construction funding for the Broadway grade separation project in Burlingame. The California Public Utilities Commission ranks Broadway as the state’s top-priority grade separation, as more than 30,000 vehicles cross the tracks there daily, Caltrain officials said in a press release. Caltrain applied for the grant in partnership with the San Mateo County Transportation Authority and the city of Burlingame. 

Site preparation, utility relocation and other early construction work are expected to begin in May 2027. Construction is expected to be complete in January 2032.

The city of Sunnyvale also secured up to $15.5 million from the FRA for final design of the Mary Avenue grade separation, with the city to provide 21% percent local match. The project will lower Mary Avenue beneath the Caltrain tracks, removing one of Sunnyvale’s busiest at-grade crossings.

Caltrain is owned and operated by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board and provides passenger-rail service from San Francisco to San Jose with commuter service to Gilroy, California.