CalTrain

Caltrain is most useful for riders who need to either get to and from San Francisco, or, who need to move throughout the peninsual.

Caltrain is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) in the United States. On the North end, the last station is San Francisco (at 4th and King Streets). The Southernmost point on the line is in Gilroy (south of San Jose). Trains operate on an approximately hourly basis every weekday, with more frequent service provided during commute hours and for special events (such as sporting events). Service between San Jose and Gilroy is limited to three daily commute-hour round trips.

Baby Bullet Express Service
In June 2004 Caltrain finished its two-year CTX (Caltrain Express) project for a new express service called the Baby Bullet. The project entailed new bypass tracks in Brisbane and Sunnyvale as well as a new centralized traffic control system. The Baby Bullet trains reduced travel time by stopping at only four or five stations between San Francisco and San Jose Diridon Station; the express trains could overtake local trains at the two locations (near Lawrence and Bayshore stations) where bypass tracks were added. Express schedule between San Francisco and San Jose is 57 minutes (four stops) or 59 minutes (five stops), compared to 1 hour 30 minutes for local trains. Top speed of the Baby Bullets is the same 79 mph (127 km/h) as other trains, but fewer stops allow the expresses to cut travel time. The CTX project included the purchase of newBombardier BiLevel Coaches along with MPI MP36PH-3C locomotives for the express service.[4] The Baby Bullets have proved popular, but they skip most stations so many riders have longer commutes on non-bullet trains, some of which wait for Baby Bullet trains to pass.[5]

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