Appendix B

Union Pacific Railroad Recommendations
1 Network Planning Network Planning – January 2011 January 2011 PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY – DISCUSSION DRAFT – DISCUSSION DRAFT

Coast Daylight Service

Add Daily LA- San Francisco Train Pair 

(Replaces pair of LA-San Luis Obispo Surfliners)

January 2011 
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Coast Daylight Service

Coast & Santa Barbara Subdivisions

Caltrain

Metrolink

Gilroy Preliminary Findings:

 Currently proposed schedule is unrealistic and unattainable 

 1.5 hours faster S/B and 0.8 hours faster N/B than Coast 

Starlight with 15 more stops

 Coast Route remains a strategic line for freight operations 

 Needs to be able to handle growing local volumes and be 

available for detour / overflow traffic from Tehachapi route

Preliminary Requirements:

 Raise to minimum passenger standard track structure: Full 

CTC, welded rail, robust rail and tie condition (6-inch base, low 

defect), crossing protection, PTC

 Construct one new siding (Ortega) and extend five sidings

 Power all sidings 5000 feet or longer

 Major constraints need to be addressed due to commuter 

operations at San Jose and between Montalvo and LAUPT

 Additional infrastructure to facilitate local operations not yet 

identified
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Coast Daylight Service

Daily Traffic Volumes in Simulation

Segment NB SB Total

Surfliners: San Luis Obispo - LA 2 2 4

Surfliners: Goleta - LA 3 3 6

Amtrak: Coast Starlight 1 1 2

Capital Corridor: San Jose – Sacramento 7 7 14

ACE (M – F) San Jose – Stockton 3 3 6

Caltrain (M - F) San Francisco – San Jose 42 42 84

Caltrain (M - F) San Francisco – Gilroy 3 3 6

Metrolink (M - F) Montalvo - LA 27 27 54

Total 88 88 176

Current Passenger Trains

Proposed Change -

Replace pair of daily Surfliners with Coast Daylights

Segment NB SB Total

Surfliners: San Luis Obispo – LA -1 -1 -2

Amtrak: Coast Daylight 1 1 2

Total 88 88 176

Daily Freight Trains

3rd Quarter 07 Both

Directions

Auto 1

Intermodal 1.7

Bulk .4

Manifest 1.8

Locals 12.4

Total 17.3

Adds 489 daily passenger train miles

Alternative Freight Routing scenario 

includes three additional daily freight 

trains (each way) representing variability 

and need to accommodate shift from 

Tehachapi route for detour or overflow.
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Coast Daylight Service

Proposed schedules

Proposed 8:15 AM Dpt Modeled

Proposed 9:20 AM Dpt Modeled
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Coast Daylight Service

Train Performance – Schedule Comparison

San Jose - LA SB, 423 mi. (471 mi. SF- LA)

 - Proposed Daylight 22 stops, 9’ 20” (TPC 9’ 19”)

 - Current Starlight 7 stops 10’ 53”

LA - San Jose NB, 423 mi. (471 LA – SF)

 - Proposed Daylight 22 stops, 9’ 22” (TPC 9’ 18”)

 - Current Starlight 7 stops 10’ 12”
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Coast Daylight Service

24 hr Stringline with Coast Daylight original schedule
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Coast Daylight Service

24 hr Stringline with Coast Daylight revised schedule
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Coast Daylight Service

SCRRA Weekday Passenger Trains/day

UP Santa Barbara Sub SCRRA Ventura Sub

SCRRA Valley Sub

54 Metrolink

(12 Burbank, 24 Valley, 18 Ventura)

10 Surfliner’s

 2 Starlight’s

66 Total

18 Metrolink

10 Surfliner’s

 2 Starlight’s

30 Total

14 Metrolink

10 Surfliner’s

 2 Starlight’s

26 Total

 6 Metrolink

10 Surfliner’s

 2 Starlight’s

18 Total

 24 Metrolink
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Coast Sub

236.2 mi: 32.2 mi. DT, 87.2 mi CTC, 149 mi ABS SANATA MARGARITA 19,015’ N. PWR SW

Proposed Improvements: CTC 134 mi., power 20 switches @ 3 DT turnouts, 8.5 current sidings 

 extend to 10,000 ft Bradley & King City Sidings 10,529’

3,248’

4,700’

5,750’

Proposed 10,000 ft.

5,100’

5,000’ PWR SW’s

5,150’ PWR SW’s

5,780’ PWR SW’s

6,300’ PWR SW’s

7,450’ PWR SW’s

7,475’ PWR SW’s

9,895’ PWR SW’s

6,300’ PWR SW’s

7.7 mi. DT PWR SW’s

4.6 mi. DT PWR SW

Proposed 10,000 ft.

East
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Santa Barbara Sub

174.6 mi: 16.2 mi. DT, 79.7 mi CTC, 94.9 mi ABS

Proposed Improvements: CTC 94.9 mi., power 22 switches @ 11 current sidings, new Ortega siding 

 extend to 10,000 ft Seacliff, Concepcion, & Narlon Sidings Ortega New 10,000, Sdg MP 375

Controlled SDG

Controlled SDG

4,267’

4,035’

3,500’

3,747’

3,747’

5,701’

10,470’

9,997’

HSR 2 NEPA Application

Seacliff 4,960’ PWR SW’s

Proposed 10,000 ft.

9,369’ PWR SW’s

4,964’ PWR SW’s

5,850’ PWR SW’s

6,000’ PWR SW’s

Proposed 10,000 ft.

5,511’ PWR SW’s

6,218’ PWR SW’s

5,550’ PWR SW’s

5,818’ PWR SW’s

6,725’ PWR SW’s

6,128’ PWR SW’s

Proposed 10,000 ft.
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Coast Route Lollipop

Recommended Siding Improvements 46.4 44.7 59.9 68.1 79.7 83.1 89.7 106.8 114.9 131.2 140.2 160.3 179.5 192.5 200.5 218.4

229.6238.8242.7248.4251.6260.9

267

273.2277.4283.2289.9293.9299.4304.6

314

321.4335.4346.5355.8

365 367.4

385.3394.8

404

412.5

423.1

CP Coast 2MT

CP Stockton 2MT

Coyote 2MT

Morgan Hill 10529

Luchessa 2MT

Corporal 2MT

Logan 2MT

Watsonville Jct 2MT

Castroville 6300

Salinas 9895

Gonzales 7475

Soledad 7450

King City 10000

San Ardo 5780

Bradley 10000

McKay 5000

Templeton 4700

Santa Margarita 19015

Serrano 5750

Chorro 5100

North San Luis Obispo 2MT

South San Luis Obispo 2MT

Grover 6000

Callender 5850

Guadalupe 3500

Waldorf 4035

Devon 4267

Narlon 10000

Tangair 5511

Surf 5550

Honda 6725

Sudden 5818

Concepcion 10000

Gaviota 3747Capitan 4964

Ellwood 9369

North Santa Barbara 2MT

South Santa Barbara 2MT

Ventura 10470

Oxnard 5701

Camarillo 9997

Las Posas 2MT

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

9,000

10,000

11,000

12,000

13,000

14,000

15,000

Coast Route Siding Length

Siding Length (FT)

Seacliff 10000

Ortega (new) 10000’ 375.0

Ortega plus five siding extensions shown 

will facilitate passenger performance and 

freight fluidity.
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Coast Daylight Service

Proposed 6.3 miles DT SCRRA Ventura Sub 

Need to close 

key single track 

bottleneck
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Simulation Results

Coast Daylight Service RTC Results

Coast & Santa Barbara Sub’s 470 mi., 7 Day Simulation
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Issues

• Schedule extremely close to unopposed, ideal run times; no recovery 

allowance

– Unopposed TPC run time within one to four minutes of proposed schedule

• Multiple proposed station stops consume track network capacity and give 

service a “Milk Run” local feel

• Must address any costs not covered by Amtrak Reimbursement Agreement
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Recommendations

• Rationalize Coast Daylight schedule (number of stops, adequate run time)

• Complete 229 mi. CTC, install power switches

• Add new siding at Ortega

• Extend King City, Bradley, Narlon, Concepcion and Seacliff sidings

• Upgrade rail & ties -- rail: all CWR, low defect, 6-inch base

• Address PTC requirements and crossing protection needs (greater frequency, 

passenger speeds)

• Address remaining bottlenecks at San Jose and south of Santa Barbara and 

ensure availability of adequate freight slots