RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING FREIGHT LINE FOR CARRYING TRANSIT PASSENGERS

The desire to implement a rail transit system in the San Diego region dates back to 1974-75. This particular rail system presented a unique opportunity to the Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB), the owner of both the railroad and the transit system, to reconstruct the existing railroad for dual use at an acceptable cost. This paper addresses the area of construction cost for the rebuilding of an existing railroad line operationally suitable for supporting both a commercial railroad and a light rail transit system. The process which was developed to perform the extensive rebuilding program is described in this paper.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Design, Construction and Rehabilitation of Public Transit Facilities, held at Holiday Inn at the Embarcadero, San Diego, California, March 26-27, 1982.
• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  345 East 47th Street
  New York, NY  United States  10017-2398

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • COIL, J A
• Conference:
  • Proceedings of the Specialty Conference on Design, Construction and Rehabilitation of Public Transit Facilities, held at Holiday Inn at the Embarcadero, San Diego, California, March 26-27, 1982.
• Publication Date: 1982

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 395-399

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Light rail transit; Public transit; Railroad tracks; Reconstruction
• Uncontrolled Terms: Construction costs; Dual
• Geographic Terms: San Diego (California)
• Old TRIS Terms: Track structures
• Subject Areas: Construction; Finance; Public Transportation; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00370372
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1983 12:00AM