The proposed concrete bridge design does not support trains. Trains went as far as Chico. In the future, High Speed trains and regional trains are most likely to use the Bay Bridge. Express trains should augment BART since BART has always declined express service.
Travel time is the main criteria for travel mode choice.
A CaHSRA study states travel time from San Jose to San Francisco via Peninsula is 28 minutes, San Jose to Oakland is 24 minutes. The Bay Bridge route was not studied, but would result in about the same time to San Francisco via Oakland. Bay Bridge rail gives a downtown terminus at Transbay vs. the current Caltrain station now proposed. Please wait for more pictures and drawings below. Therefore, it is essential that the electric railways be retained on the present bridge.