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BRAVO, BRAVO… While I would certainly like to take all the credit for remedying the awful, late-night train car noise situation that’s plagued North Davis the last few weeks, I’ll admit my grouchiness about it in a recent column was likely not the lone factor that led to the actual change.
So, bravo to city council members Lucas Frerichs and Will Arnold, as well as county supervisor Don Saylor, who worked together to reach a resolution with the California Northern Railroad, which has agreed to cease its night operations, including the deafening 2 a.m. rail car switches along F Street.
Railroad agrees to cease nighttime operations
The city of Davis has reached a resolution with California Northern Railroad regarding nighttime operations.
For the last several weeks, train switching on the north-south railroad line in North and Central Davis had been occurring, typically starting very late at night and into the early hours of the morning, causing noise and disruption to local residents.
California Northern Railroad (the rail operator on the line owned by Union Pacific Railroad) notified the city they will cease night operations and go back to day operations effective immediately. Train operations may start as early as 7:30 a.m. and will typically conclude by noon, the city said in a press release.