Sacramento Intermodal Transportation Facility

It would be next to impossible to list everything that has occurred to get the Railyards redevelopment as far it is today. In just the past five years, countless meetings, milestones and policy actions have occurred. Listed below are key activities and dates.

2003-04

• City Council approves the concept to develop a regional transportation hub called the Sacramento Intermodal Transportation Facility

• City Council adopts a preferred alternative that includes:

  • movement of the mainline tracks to the north

  • relocation of the depot close to the new tracks

  • continued use of the historic depot as a transportation facility

2005-08

• Intermodal project planning continues

• Railyards planning, design and environmental review

• Feasibility of moving depot analyzed

• Federal, state and other funding process begins

2006

• Union Pacific Railroad sells Railyards site to private developer Thomas Enterprises

• Thomas Enterprises sells the historic Sacramento Valley Station (depot) to City and begins process to sell Intermodal site to City

• City and Thomas Enterprises enter into Track Relocation and Finance Agreement to move the tracks

• City improves customer parking at depot

• Regional Transit extends light rail service, more easily connecting regional commuter trains and City transit service

2007

• Sacramento City Council unanimously approves the Railyards Specific Plan and environmental impact report, which includes up to 12,000 housing units, specialty shops, an entertainment district, dining, office space, plazas and a central shopping district

2008

• City is awarded $20 million in state bond funding for track relocation

• Thomas Enterprises and City are awarded approximately a total of $65 million in state bond funding to build roads and utilities

• Preparation of federal and state environmental studies underway

• Preliminary design of track relocation and site acquisition work in progress

• Intermodal environmental documents circulated for review

2009

• Environmental clearances and City Council approval

• Track relocation construction starts