Stockton, CA
Stop on the proposed 17,000-mile maglev network. Next stop: Modesto, CA (27.3 mi).
About Stockton
Stockton is a city in and the county seat of San Joaquin County, California, United States. It is the most populous city in the county, the 11th-most populous city in California and the 60th-most populous city in the U.S., with 320,804 residents at the 2020 census. The city is located on the San Joaquin River in the northern San Joaquin Valley, within California's Central Valley.
Source: Wikipedia summary (full article). Population and facts as published there.
Cost breakdown (proposal-scale estimates — see math)
| Item | Basis | Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal construction | Mid-size city terminal ($1–2B range) | $1.5B |
| Land acquisition | Regional factor 1.5× on $200M base | $300M |
| Track: Stockton → Modesto | 27.3 mi × $500M/mi | $13.7B |
| Annual operations (share) | 2% of $1.5B terminal | $30M/yr |
| Stop total (excl. annual ops) | $15.5B |
Best terminal location (proposed)
The downtown Stockton ACE/Amtrak station district. Stockton is the northern terminus of the Altamont Corridor Express and a San Joaquins hub — the Central Valley's commuter rail gateway to the Bay. The downtown waterfront redevelopment along the Deep Water Channel has opened parcels near the tracks. The catchment is the valley's bedroom communities: tens of thousands commute daily from Stockton toward the Bay Area.
Before / after
Aerial mock-up (illustrative, not an engineering rendering). Left: the proposed site today. Right: with the maglev terminal.
- Manteca — fast-growing bedroom city on the CA-99/120 junction.
- Ripon — almond town on the 99 corridor.
- Escalon — small ag town between Manteca and Modesto.