Caltrain is temporarily reducing its weekday service from Aug. 7 through 25 and having trains depart several minutes earlier than usual from current times during the period, the transit agency announced Monday.
The service reduction is to do construction and testing for its new electrification system, with 90 trains expected per week instead of the standard 104. Baby Bullet service is being suspended and peak service will be reduced to three trains per hour per direction. Trains will also be single-tracking in San Francisco, so riders are encouraged to pay attention to announcements at the San Francisco and 22nd Street Stations.
Caltrain’s electrification project is the first undertaking in North America in a generation in which diesel trains and their infrastructure components are transitioned to an electrified system. It will also set the framework for California’s future high-speed rail network that will run on the Caltrain corridor.
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