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Caltrain Starts First Phase of Electric Service
For now, electric trains will be randomly mixed into the existing diesel schedules as the agency prepares for full service
August 13, 2024
Caltrain Passes Weekend Test
Power systems held under the full load. Caltrain remains on track for a launch of electric service in September
June 11, 2024
BART and Caltrain See Similar Ridership Trends
Conversations are starting about merging BART and Caltrain. Seamless Bay Area has started to look at the numbers that show why that makes sense
November 2, 2023
Labor Day Weekend Roundup: Protected Bike Lanes on 17th, More Juice for Caltrain
...and September is Transit Month
September 1, 2023
California Needs Leadership on Electric Rail
California leaders cannot continue giving equal weight to a proven technology that will improve rail service (catenary electric trains) and a wasteful experimental technology (hydrogen trains) that could lead to worse service and reliability than the status quo.
July 6, 2023
Q&A: High Speed Rail Update
"We're designing a rail line from scratch to reach high speeds for the first time ever in the U.S."
February 28, 2023
Eyes on the Future of Caltrain
San Francisco VIPs (and anybody else who was in the area) got a first look at the future of transit in the Bay Area
September 29, 2022
First Caltrain Electrics Arrive
The Peninsula's railroad just got its first modern railway equipment... its old belchy diesels will not be missed
March 24, 2022
Caltrain Governance Negotiations Inch Forward
The Caltrain board inched forward in painstaking negotiations on three-county governance at its meeting on Thursday.
February 8, 2022
Infrastructure Act Will Spark State Transportation Electrification Efforts
Politicos and high-speed rail officials celebrate potential in infrastructure bill. Call on oil-industry-funded lawmakers in Sacramento to get out of the way
December 13, 2021
