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Redlands Passenger Rail is a proposed commuter rail line between San Bernardino and the University of Redlands in Redlands, in the state of California. ==History== Proposals for a rail connection between the two cities have been made as early as the 1990s; at one point, service was projected to start in 1995, while more recent projections pegged the start date at 2007 or 2013, and the latest plans are for service to start between 2015 and 2018.〔 The current plan was announced in September 2010 by the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG).〔 At the time, potential options for the mode of transportation included Metrolink service, other types of electrified or diesel trains and buses. In April 2011, SANBAG announced that it had settled on conventional heavy rail equipment for the service.〔 While electrified light rail was preferred, its $268.1 million cost was over the $250 million limit for the federal Small Starts transit grants that would have been used.〔 The estimated cost of heavy rail service was $198.6 million, which can be paid for using federal transportation grants that are based on population and sales tax revenues.〔 By 2011, the estimated cost of construction had dropped to an estimate of between $130 million and $150 million.〔 The route will be over a ex-Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway line.〔〔 Plans are for five initial stations, three in Redlands and two in San Bernardino, and an initial ridership of between 1,600 and 1,800 passengers daily.〔 The first contract for the project was awarded on 2 November 2011 by SANBAG to HDR, Inc. for engineering and environmental services.〔 The contract was an amendment to an existing contract for HDR to work on a separate project in the region, the extension of Metrolink's San Bernardino Line to a new terminus within San Bernardino. Work was initially expected to begin in late 2012 or 2013, with estimates of the beginning of service ranging from 2015〔 to as late as 2018. On November 1, 2013, a local press report quoted an estimate that the start of construction was "at least three years down the road" (i.e. that it would not happen until the fall of 2016), citing unexpected federal environmental impact regulation and the government shutdown in October 2013 as the reasons why the initial timetable for construction had slipped. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「San Bernardino-Redlands Passenger Rail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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