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Why electrified vs normal caltrain? Will that decrease the variance or door to door time of using caltrain?
by nulltype 11y ago
Why electrified vs normal caltrain? Will that decrease the variance or door to door time of using caltrain?
- ac29 11y agoThere is a lot of info here [1], summarized here [2]. Probably of the most interest to most people is "Improved Train Performance, Increased Ridership Capacity and Increased Service: Electrified trains can accelerate and decelerate more quickly than diesel-powered trains, allowing Caltrain to run more efficiently. In addition, because of their performance advantages, electrified trains will enable more frequent and/or faster train service to more riders". [1]http://www.caltrain.com/projectsplans/CaltrainModernization/Modernization/PeninsulaCorridorElectrificationProject.html http://www.caltrain.com/projectsplans/CaltrainModernization/... [2] http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Caltrain+Modernization+Program/Documents/PCEP+Fact+Sheet+May+2015.pdf http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Caltrain+Modernization+Progra...
- avuserow 11y agoFaster acceleration. Each stop will cost less time, and Caltrain has a surprising amount of stops between SF-SJ (22 weekday) for its length (47 miles). You can see this effect already with the amount of express schedules that Caltrain has and their varying trip times.
- nulltype 11y agoYeah I couldn't find any estimates about how much time though. It seems like the express train would not be affected much at all.