There is system a customization issue, but you are saying at least that type of train has been built before . There is one set that i know of that is used on the east coast. It is not something that is common, that is available, and that is another thing that were trying to make sure that we dont wind up with only one manufacturer, that with provide the vehicle. Right. There is still a level of customization required even at 25, because i know that is one of the issues that caltrain had with going to 50, the costs that there are not as Many Companies that build. That is one issue. The second issue, i still dont understand why if you are going to buy 25, are you going to leave the platforms asis, until the eir is done . We would leave the the current eir does not contain anything for raising the platforms. Right, so if we get the 25 platform trains, the stations would all stay the same. How would passengers board 25 trains . A set of steps. What would make going to 50 more challenging i
So you kind of brought up a number of different concepts there is system a customization issue, but you are saying at least that type of train has been built before . There is one set that i know of that is used on the east coast. It is not something that is common, that is available, and that is another thing that were trying to make sure that we dont wind up with only one manufacturer, that with provide the vehicle. Right. There is still a level of customization required even at 25, because i know that is one of the issues that caltrain had with going to 50, the costs that there are not as Many Companies that build. That is one issue. The second issue, i still dont understand why if you are going to buy 25, are you going to leave the platforms asis, until the eir is done . We would leave the the current eir does not contain anything for raising the platforms. Right, so if we get the 25 platform trains, the stations would all stay the same. How would passengers board 25 trains . A set
There is system a customization issue, but you are saying at least that type of train has been built before . There is one set that i know of that is used on the east coast. It is not something that is common, that is available, and that is another thing that were trying to make sure that we dont wind up with only one manufacturer, that with provide the vehicle. Right. There is still a level of customization required even at 25, because i know that is one of the issues that caltrain had with going to 50, the costs that there are not as Many Companies that build. That is one issue. The second issue, i still dont understand why if you are going to buy 25, are you going to leave the platforms asis, until the eir is done . We would leave the the current eir does not contain anything for raising the platforms. Right, so if we get the 25 platform trains, the stations would all stay the same. How would passengers board 25 trains . A set of steps. What would make going to 50 more challenging i
Looking at criteria. Well be going through in the januaryfebruary what the tradeoffs are to the different alternatives, be it 25 or 50 . And then it will come back for policy decisions in the march through may timeframe. There will not be an rfp issued by caltrain to buy vehicles until it reaches a conclusion of those policy decisions. Id be glad to answer any questions supervisor kim. Thank you for all your work and thank you for answering a lot of technical questions that i didnt understand around platform compatibility. I did really appreciate that all of the agencies are working together to figure out how we can get to a place that is in the longterm, i think financially efficient, but also for all of our agencies combined. But also for our capacity issues as well. I do want to say that i completely understand the situation that caltrain is in. I know that moving if we were to move into a 50 platform vehicle procurement, i know that does raise a lot of costs for caltrain on the fro
I understand that the original proposal for caltrain, that you want to mix in the Current Fleet along with 25 and keep the stations the same and provide a set of the steps for when the 25 trains roll in, correct . Yes. Lets say you went with the 50 and you kept some of the diesel trains, but now have steps that go to 50 inches . Correct. Is that possible . Yes. So the challenge, it seems to me from a laymans perspective, because im not an engineer. One second, she is still talking. If we get a 25 emu vehicle, its almost identical in the floor height to one that we have today, which is just one step to get into it. And so both our diesel system and future one would be able to serve our platforms. If we raised the platforms to level boarding you would raise the step and have emu. If we get a train that is being talked about that would have a couple different door heights, ones built at 25, because that is where people board from no matter what. You cant jump from a 50 door to where we ar