Rail

TCAG has participated in the State’s Rail Right of Way Survey Study. This Study identified existing rail corridors, potentially abandoned and abandoned rail corridors. These rail corridors could serve other modes of transportation by purchasing the right-of-way.

TCAG participates with the California High Speed Rail Authority. The Authority is working with regional and local agencies on developing a high speed rail system in California. Routes would go along the Coast and the Central Valley.

TCAG has conducted a feasibility study that would connect the transit centers of Visalia and Tulare with a light rail system. Three routes, the SR 99/198 route, the Mooney Boulevard route, and the Sante Fe rail corridor route. Meetings between the cities and the County will determine which route serves the citizens best.

TCAG serves as a member or the Technical Advisory Committee to the San Joaquin Valley Rail Corridor Committee. It is TCAG’s goal to establish a commuter rail service along the Union Pacific rail corridor (adjacent to SR-99) between Bakersfield and Fresno, serving the needs of Tulare County.