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Caltrain runs once an hour for half of the day. You're screwed if you don't know exactly when you'll get to the station and find a parking spot.
by erik_seaberg 6y ago
Caltrain runs once an hour for half of the day. You're screwed if you don't know exactly when you'll get to the station and find a parking spot.
- runarberg 6y agoThats why I mentioned the electrification of Caltrain as a good public transit project in California. With electrification, it becomes far cheaper and easier to run the trains more frequently. Currently it is just commuter service making the South bay kind of disconnected from San Francisco for anybody but commuters. With electrification, this train has the potential to become much more then that.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoI know it's quicker off the mark at peak times, but is the cost difference enough to run dramatically more trains?
- runarberg 6y agoYes, electrified trains require far less crew and other workers, which means the current size staff size can operate on a wider timespan for practically the same cost. Also the acceleration and deceleration will clear the tracks far easier and quicker for the next train to arrive, leaving less congestion during peak hours and less load on the system overall.