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=== 2000s: New stations, more service === [[File:Boca Raton Tri-Rail Station.jpg|thumb|Boca Raton's Tri-Rail station, an example of the mid-2000s rebuilt that includes double track platforms and a pedestrian overpass]] In the early 2000s, Tri-Rail received a budget of $84.8 million{{clarify|date=December 2015|reason=Per year or total? If total, how many years?}} for double tracking, building extensions, improving stations, establishing a headquarters, and linking to buses.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/71006099.html?dids=71006099:71006099&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+10%2C+2001&author=WILLIAM+E.+GIBSON+Washington+Bureau+Chief&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=TRI-RAIL+GETS+BOOST+IN+U.S.+BUDGET+SHORTFALL%3A+BUSH%27S+BUDGET+PROPOSAL+LEAVES+EVERGLADES+PROJECTS+OUT+%2458+MILLION.&pqatl=google |title=Tri-Rail gets boost in U.S. budget shortfall: Bush's budget proposal leaves Everglades projects out $58 million |date=April 10, 2001 |last=Gibson |first=William E. |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=2011-12-02}}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> In 2002, Tri-Rail began to upgrade its [[grade crossings]] to include raised medians and/or four quadrant gates to prevent cars from driving around them in an attempt to beat trains. This decreases accidents and allows the cities they run through to petition for them not to use their whistle between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} They also decreased [[headway]]s to 20 minutes during rush hours.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-06-20/news/0206200126_1_crossings-four-quadrant-gates-trains |title=Tri-rail Upgrade To Speed Service |last=Turnbell |first=Michael |date=June 20, 2002 |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |access-date=2011-12-01 |archive-date=2014-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204032411/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2002-06-20/news/0206200126_1_crossings-four-quadrant-gates-trains |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[File:Pompano-trirail-station.jpg|thumb|right|The [[Pompano Beach station]]-slated for rebuild-was not renovated or rebuilt during Tri-Rail's double-tracking but was redone later in the 2010s.]] In 2007, a project to upgrade the full length of the line from Mangonia Park to Miami Airport with [[double track]] was completed with the opening of a high-level fixed bridge over the [[New River (Broward County, Florida)|New River]] near [[Fort Lauderdale]]. During the 2000s, most of the stations were completely rebuilt to accommodate for double-tracking and include dual platforms, elevators, pedestrian bridges over the tracks, large roofs over the platforms, and better facilities. In March 2006, Tri-Rail went from 30 passenger trains a day to 40 trains; the completion of the New River rail bridge, the double-tracking project, and the addition of a second [[Colorado Railcar]] [[diesel multiple unit]] (DMU) ushered in sweeping changes to Tri-Rail's operational timetables. Tri-Rail added several more trains during peak weekday commuting hours in June 2007, increasing to the current 50 trains per day, as well as increasing weekend service.<ref name="50trainspress" /> During "rush-hour," trains ran every twenty to thirty minutes rather than the previous schedule of every hour. This change comes at quite a fortuitous time in Tri-Rail's operation history. With [[gasoline]] prices at record highs—particularly in South Florida's sprawling metropolis—Tri-Rail saw a double-digit percentage increase in ridership in mid-2007.{{citation needed|date=January 2012}} By 2009, annual ridership had reached about 4.2 million passengers.<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2011/mar/01/rick-scott/gov-rick-scott-raps-tri-rail-while-rejecting/ | title=Gov. Rick Scott raps Tri-Rail while rejecting high-speed rail funding | publisher=Politifact | date=2011-03-01 | access-date=2018-12-29}}</ref> This was also the time during which work was being done on I-95 to add the express lanes from the Golden Glades Interchange to the Airport Expressway near Downtown Miami.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-11-14/news/fl-95-express-construction-20111111_1_row-of-plastic-poles-stretch-of-carpool-lanes-general-travel-lanes/2|title=I-95 express lane construction comes to Broward starting Nov. 28|newspaper=Sun-Sentinel|access-date=2011-11-23|archive-date=2013-02-03|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203095019/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2011-11-14/news/fl-95-express-construction-20111111_1_row-of-plastic-poles-stretch-of-carpool-lanes-general-travel-lanes/2|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, [[Veolia Transport]] commenced operating the Tri-Rail service under a contract that ran until June 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/commuterregional/veolia-transportation-gets-tri-rail-contract-extension/|title=Veolia gets Tri-Rail contract extension|work=Railway Age|date=August 30, 2013}}</ref>
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