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Priority Projects

Priority Projects Priority Projects
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North County Transit District (NCTD) is responsible for the maintenance of the railroad and development of a Transit Asset Management Plan.

The following Priority Projects are consistent with and included in several project planning and prioritization efforts for passenger and freight operations on the Los Angeles-San Diego- San Luis Obispo (LOSSAN) corridor such as the LOSSAN Optimization Study, the BNSF and NCTD Pathing Study, and the Supporting Environmental and Community Advancement and National Security (SEACANS) Program of Projects.

Fully Funded

In Development

San Dieguito Double Track Phase 2

$230 Million

Status: Shovel Ready; Full State and Federal funding pending.

Replacement of the 107-year old San Dieguito Bridge with a double-track bridge

  • Project will raise bridge over 100-year flood elevation
  • Mitigates impacts of sea level rise
  • Current bridge susceptible to washout

Construction of station platforms at the Del Mar Fairgrounds

  • Increases intercity and commuter rail ridership

Eastbrook to Shell Double Track

$110 Million

Status: Shovel Ready; $27 million in Federal Funding Secured

Replacement of San Luis Rey River bridge with a new double track bridge

  • Mitigates impacts of sea level rise
  • Current bridge has a slow order

0.6 miles of new double track

  • Enhances capacity to accommodate planned passenger and freight services increases

Sorrento to Miramar Phase 2

$276 Million

Status: Shovel Ready

Track realignment and straightening

  • Enhances slope stability and safety on new track alignment
  • Reduces overall travel times on the corridor

1.9 miles of new double track

  • Enhances capacity to accommodate planned passenger and freight services increases

Grading, drainage, utility and fencing improvements

  • Improve capacity and reliability of the rail network
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SPRINTER Corridor Service

Status: In Planning; 7 million in Federal Funding Secured

Modernization of signal infrastructure (in progress)

  • Replaces obsolete signal infrastructure
  • Improves highway-rail crossing functionality to streamline traffic flow along the corridor

9.5 miles of new double track

  • Enhances capacity to accommodate planned passenger and freight services increases
  • Will allow NCTD to double service frequencies

CP SONGS Double Track

Status: In Planning

1.5 miles of double track

  • Reduces largest single-track bottleneck between San Diego and Los Angeles
  • Enhances capacity to accommodate planned passenger and freight service increases

Replaces two timber bridges nearing the end of their useful lifespan

  • Supports State of Good Repair and improves corridor reliability

Carlsbad Village Trench

Status: In Planning

Two grade separation alternatives

  • Improves rail safety in high-traffic area

1.1 miles of new double track

  • Enhances capacity to accommodate planned passenger and freight services increases
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San Dieguito to Sorrento Valley Double Track (Realignment)

Status: In Planning

  • Realignment of NCTD’s railroad tracks through the City of Del Mar
  • Long-term strategy to mitigate impacts of bluff retreat and sea level rise on the coastal Del Mar Bluffs
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