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Re: SP Lick branch
Author: Henry Miller
Date: 09-14-2010 - 22:03

Here is some more history, from the Santa Clara VTA light rail folks:
"The entire Ohlone/Chynoweth - Almaden was constructed at the same time as the original Guadelupé line; both lines opened for revenue service in 1991.

Once the line begins to parallel Winfield Boulevard, the Almaden line runs on the right of way of an abandoned branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This branch (known as the Lick Branch) once served the quicksilver mining area of New Almaden, located south of San Jose. In later years, it ended at the current site of the Almaden Light Rail Station and served a lumber yard. The freight railroad was abandoned in 1981."

Thks.

Henry
Oakland.

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