Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station

The Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Transit Hub is Phase 2 of the Monterey County Rail Extension project. The Monterey County Rail Extension Project will extend passenger rail service from Santa Clara County south to Salinas. The Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Transit Hub will serve as one of the stations for the planned extension project.

TAMC is hosting a Public Open House on Wednesday, November 20th. Attend to learn more about the Pajaro-Watsonville Multimodal Station Project and provide written comments. For more details on this and other upcoming events, view the Meetings & Events tab.

Project Description

The proposed Pajaro-Watsonville station is located in the Monterey County unincorporated community of Pajaro. The station site is approximately 1.5 miles from downtown Watsonville, which is in the County of Santa Cruz. This station will be the connection point for Santa Cruz County to new passenger rail service on the Coast mainline tracks between Salinas and the San Francisco Bay Area. The station will transform a currently underserved area by providing a new community transportation hub that will entice transit-oriented housing and community services to the surrounding area.

Estimated Environmental Documentation Cost: $2.274 million
Estimated Final Design/Right-of-Way Cost: $17 million
Estimated Construction Cost, Initial Service: $86 million
Estimated Construction Cost, Vision Service: $30 million
Previous work: Environmental Impact Report (2006) & Addendum (2013); 60% design (2010); Network Integration Study (2021)
Next steps: update state environmental review for "vision" footprint, federal environmental review

Map

The project area near the boundary between Pajaro and Watsonville and the proposed multimodal station.

Visual Simulation

A rendering of the proposed multimodal station

More Information

Read the 2023 Pajaro Watsonville Multimodal Transit Hub Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program Application for more information on project impacts and interregional multimodal connections to the station.

TAMC adopted a Monterey Bay Area Rail Network Integration Study. This work is funded by a Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP) grant. The purpose of this study is to lay the groundwork for implementing the 2018 California State Rail Plan in the Monterey Bay Area by determining the optimal options for: rail connectivity and operations, equipment needs, governance, and community benefits for service between Monterey County and Santa Clara County, Monterey and Santa Cruz, and the Coast Rail Corridor. Read the Final Network Integration Study for more information.

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