Merced station (California High-Speed Rail)

Merced
Location Martin Luther King, Jr. Way
Merced, California
Coordinates 37°17′54″N 120°28′47″W / 37.298422°N 120.479747°W / 37.298422; -120.479747
Owned by California High-Speed Rail Authority
History
Opening 2025 (High-Speed Rail service)
Services
Preceding station   California High-Speed Rail   Following station
Terminus   Phase I
(under construction)		   Madera
toward Anaheim
    Gilroy
toward San Francisco
Location
Merced
Location within California

Merced is a proposed California High-Speed Rail station in Merced, California, located in Downtown Merced on Martin Luther King Jr. Way near the interchange with Route 99/59, and is about 7 blocks south from the existing Merced Amtrak station. The station was initially intended to be the northern terminus of the system's Initial Construction Segment. The high-speed rail line runs along the right-of-way of the Union Pacific Railroad at this location.[1]

The station is north of the planned Chowchilla Wye, where the high-speed rail splits into two branches. Merced is on the eastern branch, which at the conclusion of Phase II will continue northwards to Sacramento.[2] This station is also planned to be served by Altamont Corridor Express trains[3] by 2027.[4]

The California High-Speed Rail Authority's February 2016 draft business plan said that the Merced station would not begin service at the same time as the initial San Jose to Bakersfield route in 2025, but would likely open in 2029 instead.[5] The Merced City Council vigorously opposed the delay in the station opening, noting that Merced would be a prime area for commuters seeking to use high-speed rail to access jobs in Silicon Valley.[6] In response, the April 2016 revisions to the business plan indeed included Merced in the initial construction segment, initially as a single-track spur connecting only to the westbound track to the Bay Area, with buildout of the full Chowchilla Wye happening later.[7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Merced Station". California High-Speed Rail Authority. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Project Sections". California High-Speed Rail Authority. Retrieved 2015-10-28.
  3. ↑ "ACE expansion report released". Tracy Press. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  4. ↑ Holland, John (27 April 2018). "Expanded train service coming to Modesto, Merced; what it means for commuters". Modesto Bee. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ↑ Miller, Thaddeus (2016-02-23). "High-speed rail changes leave Merced leaders wondering". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  6. ↑ Miller, Thaddeus (2016-04-06). "Merced drafts letter denouncing new HSR plans". Merced Sun-Star. Retrieved 2016-04-12.
  7. ↑ Associated Press (2016-04-21). "California High-Speed Rail Officials Tinker With Plans". Capital Public Radio. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  8. ↑ Cruickshank, Robert (2016-04-21). "CHSRA Proposes Revisions to 2016 Business Plan". California High Speed Rail Blog. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
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