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Silicon Valley BART extension
Planned groundbreaking for Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara extension (SVX Phase 2).
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| August 2024 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
The FTA made a commitment to grant $5 billion for Phase II of the BART Silicon Valley extension.
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| June 19 2022 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Berryessa/North San Jose Station opened, completing the second phase (SVX Phase 1) of the extension project.
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| May 2022 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
First major contract for Downtown San Jose/Santa Clara extension awarded to Kiewit Shea Traylor Joint Venture to bore the 4-mile tunnel from Berryessa to Diridon and construct the 1-mile above-ground track from Diridon to Santa Clara.
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| October 15 2021 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
VTA announced plans to award construction contracts for station phases in summer 2022.
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| June 13 2020 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José BART stations were officially opened, completing Phase 1 of the Silicon Valley BART extension project after multiple delays from the originally planned 2016 completion.
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| June 13 2020 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Public service began for the Berryessa Extension.
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| June 13 2020 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Warm Springs/South Fremont Station opened, completing the first phase (WSX) of the Silicon Valley BART extension.
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| June 12 2020 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Berryessa Extension inaugurated, adding two new stations: Milpitas and Berryessa/North San José.
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| September 2019 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Project was announced to be delayed by three to four years, with revenue service now expected in 2029–2030.
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| August 2019 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
VTA received $125 million from the FTA under a new accelerated funding program.
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| January 2019 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Initial construction and soil sampling for the BART extension began.
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| January 2019 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Initial testing and preliminary construction activities began for the third phase (Downtown San Jose extension).
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| 2018 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
VTA was awarded $2.6 billion for the project from the state's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program funded by the 2017 gas tax bill.
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| March 2018 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
BART and VTA reached an agreement on using a single bore tunnel design.
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| 2017 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Warm Springs Extension completed, with new Warm Springs/South Fremont station opened.
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| October 2017 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
A disagreement arose between VTA and BART over tunnel bore design, with VTA preferring a single bore and BART preferring dual bores.
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| March 21 2015 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
BART Warm Springs Extension (Phase 1) groundbreaking ceremony held, marking the first phase of the Silicon Valley BART extension project.
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| 2012 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
The federal government granted $900 million for the BART extension project, and the 2008 Measure B sales tax took effect in July.
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| July 2012 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
The 2008 Measure B sales tax took effect.
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| March 2012 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
Funding was secured for the Berryessa Extension, the first phase of the Silicon Valley BART Extension project.
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| 2011 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
A local industrial park filed an unsuccessful lawsuit against the BART extension project on environmental grounds, attempting to challenge the project's potential reduction of vehicular access.
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| 2011 |
Silicon Valley BART extension
VTA awarded $770 million to Skanska-Shimmick-Herzog for the first phase of the Berryessa Extension, covering Milpitas and Berryessa/North San Jose Stations.
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