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Hybrid Tram Train Citylink Chemnitz, Germany

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on August 29, 2015 by adminAugust 29, 2015 1

The new low-floor tram trains extend the public transport of the regional metropolis into the regional medium-sized towns as they can be operated as trams in the city and as interurban trains on the existing railway infrastructure, hence eliminating the need to change trains.

Chemnitz receives electro-diesel tram-train

These Citylink vehicles are fitted with a pantograph for 600 / 750 V operation and with two 6-cylinder diesel-gen sets featuring AdBlue technology, which ensure the mobility on the railway sections of the network.

See: Hybrid tramtrains.pdf

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The Return of Passenger Rail in the North Bay

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on August 5, 2015 by adminAugust 5, 2015 1

Zach Dinh writes about the current state of the North Bay SMART project in the SPUR blog.

SMART-Train-001After decades of hard work by locals, passenger trains will once again connect the North Bay’s communities by rail: Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) will begin passenger rail service in December 2016.

This is another example of a local DMU based train system within our region, similar in design and concept to the VTA-Sprinter.

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Alphabet Soup (acronyms)

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on July 30, 2015 by adminOctober 13, 2015  
A quick listing of acronyms:

What are all these acronyms we are throwing about?  And, more specifically, what the heck is an EDMU?

  • DMU – Diesel Multiple Unit
  • EMU – Electrical Multiple Unit
    (a good example of an EMU is the VTA light rail)
  • EDMU – Electro-Diesel Multiple Unity
    (works a lot like a hybrid bus: the primary propulsion is through an electric motor fed by batteries charged by a gas or diesel generator)
  • IPEMU – Independently Powered Electric Multiple Unit
  • Tram-Train – A tram-train is a light-rail public transport system where trams run through from an urban tramway network to main-line railway lines which are shared with conventional trains

In our case, an EDMU would run off diesel generators between Blossom Hill and Tamien, overhead electrical power between Tamien and Santa Clara and back to diesel generators between Santa Clara and Alviso.

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Travel Time Comparisons

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on July 18, 2015 by adminJuly 19, 2015 2

Here we have a couple of examples for our best guess for travel times using the VTA-Sprinter.  Obviously, these times will have to be clarified when boarding times and scheduling conflicts with other train services are taken into consideration.  They are simply presented here to get a feeling for the potential impact of adding this service.

Northbound Weekday Southbound Weekday 
Blossom Hill8:008:30Alviso8:008:30
Capitol8:058:35Great America8:058:35
Tamien8:108:40Santa Clara8:138:43
Diridon8:158:45College Park8:178:47
College Park8:188:48Diridon8:208:50
Santa Clara8:228:52Tamien8:258:55
Great America8:309:00Capitol8:309:00
Alviso8:359:05Blossom Hill8:359:05

Here is a look at game day at Levi’s stadium, starting at Tamien, where the Light Rail and VTA-Sprinter would both stop.  The Light Rail numbers are from the VTA Santa Teresa to Levi’s schedule.  We used the times for the special train that does not require a transfer from the Alum Rock to Mountain View routes.

Light Rail (special)57 MinuteLight Rail (normal)52 MinutesVTA-Sprinter (normal)30 Minutes
Santa Teresa10:16Winchester10:26Blossom Hill10:23
Capitol10.28Bascom10:31Capitol10:28
Tamien10:33Diridon10:38 Tamien 10:33
Convention Center10:39Convention Center10:44 Diridon 10:38
Civic Center10:51Civic Center10:56 College Park 10:41
Tasman11:05Tasman11:10 Santa Clara City 10:45
Levi's / Great America11:13aLevi's / Great America11:18Levi's / Great America 10:53

 

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Name our train!

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on June 16, 2015 by adminJune 16, 2015 1

There are a lot of creative people with many ideas as to what this train system should be called. So, the best way to be fair would be to gather all the proposals together and let everyone vote. You may select as many names as you want, but they will be rated based on the most times a specific name is selected.

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The Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter

Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Posted on June 2, 2015 by adminJune 24, 2015

Welcome to the home of the Silicon Valley VTA Sprinter Advocates. We are a coalition of neighborhood representatives who are attempting to get VTA to explore the installation of an eBart system in Santa Clara County, to complement the existing transportation systems and to connect to the Silicon Valley BART system that is currently under construction.

There has been a lot of verbal support for the idea from neighborhood members and some local political leaders. However, it has reached the stage where we now need to put together some tangible proposals to help initiate a true engineering review.

The Executive Summary explains our current position.

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