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By April 2011, Caltrain's board had approved a budget with fare increases to take effect on July 1, 2011, and no service cuts. The budget gap would be closed with another $0.25 fare increase, a $1 parking fee increase to $4, and additional money from other transit agencies and the MTC. [19] [20]
The Caltrain Modernization Program (CalMod), sometimes referred to as the Caltrain Electrification Project, was a $2.44 billion project which added a positive train control (PTC) system and electrified the main line of the U.S. commuter railroad Caltrain, which serves cities in the San Francisco Peninsula and Silicon Valley.
Caltrain had initially proposed trimming the schedule from 86 trains per weekday to 48 trains only during peak hours to close a budget gap in 2011, [48] later refining the proposal to 76 trains per weekday and eliminating Baby Bullet service. [49]
California High-Speed Rail (CAHSR) is a publicly funded high-speed rail system being developed in California by the California High-Speed Rail Authority.Phase 1, about 494 miles (795 km) long, is planned to run from San Francisco to Los Angeles and Anaheim via the Central Valley, and is partially funded and under construction.
The Caltrain Centralized Equipment Maintenance and Operations Facility (CEMOF) is a train maintenance yard and facility located to the north of San Jose Diridon Station in Central San Jose, California. The $140 million maintenance station began construction in 2004 and opened in 2007, consolidating much of Caltrain's maintenance and operations ...
Peskin and supervisor Shamann Walton opted to not introduce a $108 million sales tax measure onto the November 2020 ballot to finance Caltrain, which had seen a 95% reduction in ridership due to the COVID-19 pandemic in California. Ride fares account for 70% of the service's operating budget.
Caltrain sold off 90 passenger cars and 19 diesel locomotives, netting a total $6 million from the municipal government of Lima. The X post from Secretary Blinken announcing the deal was hit with ...
Changing of the guard: SP No. 3199 leads Caltrain No. 903 out of San Francisco (August 1985) By 1988, the service was the only operating commuter rail in California. [51] The state felt that regional control of the Peninsula Commute was more appropriate, as it was primarily a benefit to the region, not the state. [49]