Merced to Sacramento high speed rail trains operating under the auspice of the Altamont Commuter Express will more than likely stop in Manteca.
Manteca municipal staff told the council plans call for the service that will connect the Capitol City with the San Joaquin Valley’s only University of California campus community to stop in Manteca at the transit station that is expected to break ground later this year. Actual train service is at least five years in the future.
The ACE Modesto to San Jose high speed service already has been proposed to stop at the downtown Manteca station.
There are two possible routes for the California High Speed Rail - a separate project - that will pass through Manteca but not stop here. The nearest California High Speed Rail stations would be in Stockton and Modesto.
The California High Speed Rail trains are capable of speeds up to 220 mph that would only be attained in “isolated” stretches such as between Merced and Bakersfield. It would make it possible to travel from Stockton to Los Angeles in one hour and 59 minutes with the system designed to ultimately handle a train every five minutes.
The high speed Altamont Commuter Express train project is moving forward in tandem with the state high speed rail would also send the sleek, modernistic trains through Manteca with two possible routes in a proposal to extend service to Modesto. Those trains, however, will operate at lower speeds as they will use grade level crossings as opposed to new tracks in the Altamont that will take travel from 10 mph to speeds close to 150 mph. The ACE trains would reduce the trip from a little over two hours and 10 minutes down to 55 minutes.
Manteca municipal staff told the council plans call for the service that will connect the Capitol City with the San Joaquin Valley’s only University of California campus community to stop in Manteca at the transit station that is expected to break ground later this year. Actual train service is at least five years in the future.
The ACE Modesto to San Jose high speed service already has been proposed to stop at the downtown Manteca station.
There are two possible routes for the California High Speed Rail - a separate project - that will pass through Manteca but not stop here. The nearest California High Speed Rail stations would be in Stockton and Modesto.
The California High Speed Rail trains are capable of speeds up to 220 mph that would only be attained in “isolated” stretches such as between Merced and Bakersfield. It would make it possible to travel from Stockton to Los Angeles in one hour and 59 minutes with the system designed to ultimately handle a train every five minutes.
The high speed Altamont Commuter Express train project is moving forward in tandem with the state high speed rail would also send the sleek, modernistic trains through Manteca with two possible routes in a proposal to extend service to Modesto. Those trains, however, will operate at lower speeds as they will use grade level crossings as opposed to new tracks in the Altamont that will take travel from 10 mph to speeds close to 150 mph. The ACE trains would reduce the trip from a little over two hours and 10 minutes down to 55 minutes.
