The proposed corridor would provide new service between LOS angeles and coachella, CA, using existing alignments currently served by amtraks long-distance southwest chief (LOS angeles to colton via…

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), doing business as Caltrans, has been awarded a $500,000 Cooperative Agreement from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) under the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail program (CFDA 20.326). The purpose of this award is to develop a Service Development Plan (SDP) for a proposed passenger rail corridor connecting Los Angeles to Coachella, California.

Through this project, Caltrans will perform planning and development activities including creating a project performance plan, existing planning materials, statement of work, project schedule, and project budget. The outcome will be a detailed project description to support a subsequent application for the Corridor Identification (CID) Step 2 process. The proposed corridor would provide new passenger rail service between Los Angeles, Fullerton, Riverside, Palm Springs, Indio, and Coachella, with the goal of enhancing regional mobility and transportation options. The project is scheduled for completion by October 31, 2026.

The proposed corridor would provide new service between LOS angeles and coachella, CA, using existing alignments currently served by amtraks long-distance southwest chief (LOS angeles to colton via fullerton) and sunset limited texas eagle (colton to coachella), with intermediate stops including fullerton, riverside, palm springs, and indio, CA. Using service development plan (SDP) SOW framework, the corridor sponsor will develop a project performance plan (task 2.1), existing planning and development materials task 2.1), statement of work (task 2.2), approved project schedule (task 2.3), approved project budget (task 2.4). The outcome of this project will be the project description for CID step 2, to perform the necessary work to complete an SDP. The proposed corridor will serve LOS angeles, fullerton, riverside, palm springs, and indio, and coachella as well as communities in between.