The Ventura County Transportation Commission (VCTC) is the designated Regional Transportation Planning Agency for Ventura County. The VCTC has recently posted an RFP for an operator for the Santa Paula Branch. The services being solicited are any combination of a potential excursion operation, movie train operations and other movie support activities, freight rail operation consistent with the terms of agreement with Union Pacific as may be modified in the future, and maintenance of the infrastructure to support any proposed operations and meet contractual and regulatory obligations as enumerated in this RFP and supporting documents.
The RFP can be downloaded at: https://www.goventura.org/work-with-vctc/contracts/