Foster + Partners, Arup and Page & Turnbull have unveiled designs for the first four train stations on the California High-Speed Rail line, which would be the first high-speed rail system in the United States. Dezeen magazine writes about it on 26 June.
The railroad will connect San Diego in the south of the state with Sacramento in the north, as well as several cities in between. The renovation of the historic train station is one of the projects presented for California High Speed Rail.
The first phase of the project, which will stretch from San Francisco to Los Angeles, will include stations in Merced, Fresno, Kings Tulare and Bakersfield, initial projects for which were announced last year.
The four Central Valley stations will be unified by a common architectural language, Foster + Partners said. Once completed, the 119-mile (191,512 km) Central Valley line will connect San Francisco to Los Angeles in less than three hours, the team said.
Built in 1872 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the depot building is a Queen Anne style building with a slate hipped roof and red brick domes.
The station renovation will include bringing the building into compliance with fire, life safety, structural, seismic and accessibility codes, as well as restoring architectural features so it can serve as a “state-of-the-art transportation hub.”
Greater California High Speed Rail plans to build up to 24 stations connecting more than 800 miles of track. Funding for the project was granted in 2008 after decades of active work.
The project was first proposed in 1979 under Governor Jerry Brown, but since then California High Speed Rail has faced a series of financial problems and controversies, leading to the adoption of the current rail plan.
Service on the Central Valley Line is currently expected to begin in 2030.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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