SAN FRANCISCO — Caltrain will begin public operation of its electrified trainsets this Sunday, Aug. 11, the news site SFGate reports.
Agency spokesman Dan Lieberman told SFGate that “a couple” of the electric trains will be in operation, but that Caltrain has decided against announcing which specific trains will be operating with the new equipment to avoid overcrowding for safety reasons and to avoid displacing regular riders. More of the electric trains will be introduced into service each week, he said, until the official switch to full electric service, currently scheduled for Sept. 21.
Work to electrify the 51-mile line between San Francisco and San Jose began in 2017. Stadler USA has built the bilevel trainsets for the electrified service; service plans call for increased frequencies during peak periods and on weekends, and reduced travel times. Overall, electrification will bring a 20% increase in service [see “Caltrain finalizes electrification operating plan,” Trains News Wire, Dec. 12, 2023].
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