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California Park is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California, United States, and a suburb of San Rafael. It lies north of San Quentin State Prison. Marin Sanitary Service is the largest tenant in the area.
The community is in ZIP code 94901 and area codes 415 and 628.
 Southern portal of the Cal Park Hill Tunnel, November 2018 | |
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| Location | California Park, California |
| Coordinates | 37°57′03″N122°30′37″W / 37.950701°N 122.510368°W Coordinates: 37°57′03″N122°30′37″W / 37.950701°N 122.510368°W |
| Status | testing for commuter rail service pedestrian path open |
| Start | California Park |
| End | Larkspur |
| Operation | |
| Opened | 1884 |
| Closed | c. 1960s |
| Rebuilt | 1924 |
| Reopened | 2010 (pedestrian path) 2019 (commuter rail) |
| Owner | Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit |
| Operator | Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit |
| Character | single bore parallel commuter rail/pedestrian pathway tunnel |
| Technical | |
| Length | 1,106 feet (337 m) |
| No. of tracks | 1 (formerly 2) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
The Cal Park Hill Tunnel runs for 1,106 feet (337 m) through the hill to Larkspur. [1] It opened in 1884 and was a double-track train tunnel owned by Northwestern Pacific Railroad. [1] Train service stopped in the 1960s. [1] It is now owned by Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART). [1] After a $27-million project, jointly funded by SMART and Marin County, half of the tunnel reopened on December 10, 2010, as a bicycle and pedestrian path. [1] Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit uses the other half to connect the line from downtown San Rafael to the Larkspur Ferry Terminal. [1] Originally estimated to cost $4 million, [2] the tunnel was rehabilitated for pedestrian access at a cost of $28 million in 2010; additionally the rail line was extended from its temporary terminal at San Rafael Transit Center at a cost of $55.4 million. [3]
Larkspur is a city in Marin County, California, United States. Larkspur is located 3 miles (4.8 km) south of San Rafael, at an elevation of 43 feet (13 m). As of the 2020 Census, the city's population was 13,064. Larkspur's Police Department is shared with that of the neighboring Corte Madera and town of San Anselmo as the Central Marin Police Authority. Intersecting Larkspur's downtown is Madrone Canyon, a residential area amidst a redwood grove.
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