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Note that "this Fall", Caltrain's electrified service is finally happening: https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification/project-benefits/caltrain-elect
by boulos 2y ago
Note that "this Fall", Caltrain's electrified service is finally happening:
https://www.caltrain.com/projects/electrification/project-benefits/caltrain-electrified-service-plan
Most of the stations will get faster with more frequent service. I think the electric EMUs also means the ancient clunker ones will be gone.
- creer 2y agoWe'll have to see about that. This claim was used before for the "baby bullet" service. What actually happened is a few trains each day skip a number of stations and so achieve quite a bit faster trip. ... When they are not delayed for other reasons which is often, or don't revert to stopping at every station.
- ac29 2y agoAccording to the link, the local service trains will see the biggest improvements from electrification (100 minutes -> 75 minutes). This makes sense because my understanding is the the electrified system is quite a bit faster in accelerating which really helps when station stops are only a couple miles apart [0]. The difference on the express service is much less (65+ mins to "under an hour"), presumably since the trains can spend more time at or close to top speed due to longer distances between stops. [0] You can see a list of stations and mile markers here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Caltrain_stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Caltrain_stations