Rail Projects
Over the years the Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) has undertaken the following efforts to analyze, test, maintain and improve rail service in Santa Cruz County:
- Studies for potential passenger rail service analyzed potential service between Watsonville and Santa Cruz and to Monterey and the San Francisco Bay Area.
- Demonstration trains tested interest in rail service
- Purchase of the Santa Cruz Branch Rail Line for which the RTC secured state approval and funding on January 19, 2011.
- Recreational rail service for which the RTC completed a draft environmental document in 2005 for service between the City of Capitola and Seascape in Aptos
- The “Around the Bay” rail study completed in 1998 in cooperation with the Transportation Agency for Monterey County for potential service between Santa Cruz and Monterey with linking service to the San Francisco Bay Area and the Salinas valley.
- The Major Transportation Investment Study (MTIS) for service between Watsonville and Santa Cruz to UCSC was completed in 1998 and analyzed potential
RTC Contact
Luis Mendez
Deputy Director
(831) 460-3200