Metro - File #: 2016-0557

• File #: 2016-0557
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 7/8/2016
• In control: Planning and Programming Committee
• On agenda: 11/16/2016
• Final action: 11/16/2016
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE response to the February 25, 2016 Board directive to provide a final report for the Raymer to Bernson Project.
• Sponsors: Planning and Programming Committee
• Indexes: Alignment, Amtrak, Double track, Freight trains, Informational Report, Las Virgenes/Malibu subregion, Los Angeles To San Diego To San Luis Obispo, Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) Rail Corridor Agency, Metrolink, Metrolink Ventura County Line, Motion / Motion Response, Northridge, Project, Residential areas, San Fernando Valley Service Sector, San Fernando Valley subregion, Sherwood Forest, Strategic planning, Subdivisions, Topanga, Union Pacific Railroad, Westside/Central Service Sector, Zoning

Date	Action By	Action	Result
11/16/2016	Planning and Programming Committee

Meeting_Body
PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: RAYMER TO BERNSON DOUBLE TRACK PROJECT UPDATE
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

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RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE response to the February 25, 2016 Board directive to provide a final report for the Raymer to Bernson Project.

Issue
ISSUE
At the February 25, 2016 Board of Director's meeting, Directors Kuehl, Krekorian, Antonovich and Dupont-Walker requested that Staff work with the California Secretary of Transportation to re-scope the Raymer to Bernson Double Track project to avoid 1.5 mile segment of residential area in Northridge (refer to Attachment A).
...Discussion
DISCUSSION
Background
The Raymer to Bernson Double Track Project will increase regional mobility along the Metrolink Ventura Subdivision and the Los Angeles-San Diego-Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) corridor by providing a second mainline track, approximately 6.4 miles in length, between Control Point (CP) Raymer to CP Bernson . The Ventura Subdivision is used by Metrolink Ventura Line, Amtrak Pacific Surfliner, Amtrak Coast Starlight and Union Pacific freight trains. This project is located in the rail corridor owned by Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and Metro. As part of this work, nine at-grade rail crossings and two bridges will be reconstructed including a new second side platform and a new grade separated pedestrian crossing at the existing Northridge Metrolink Station.

There are currently two mainline tracks between Los Angeles Union Station and CP Raymer. North of CP Raymer, it is a single track with passing sidings located along the corridor through Ventura County. When northbound and southbound train schedules require a meet in the single-track corridor, one train must wait in a siding location for the other train to pass. This not only delays service but also results in trains idling in the sidings. Since CP Bernson to CP Topanga currently has two mainline tracks, the double track project as or...