Budget for Electrification of Caltrain Hits $2.44B
Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the projected budget for electrifying Caltrain, which had already ticked up to $2.3 billion earlier this year, has just…
Master Schedule for Modernization of Caltrain Officially Slips
As we first reported last year, while the projected Revenue Service Date (RSD) for Caltrain’s electrification and modernization project hadn’t been moved from December of 2021, the projected timeline to…
Knock-On Effects of Governor’s Pledge to Slow CA’s High Speed Roll
With Governor Gavin Newsom’s apparent pledge to significantly reduce the scope of California’s high-speed rail (HSR) project, dismissing the current feasibility of connecting San Francisco to Los Angles while touting…
Schedule for Modernization of Caltrain (Unofficially) Slips
As we first reported last year, the risk-adjusted timeline for the completion of Caltrain’s electrification and modernization project had slipped from the second to last day of 2021 to April…
Projected Timing for Electrification of Caltrain Pushed Back to 2022
While the Caltrain electrification project officially broke ground this past July, at which point the electrified service was expected to be up and running by the second to last day…
Electrifying Caltrain News: Project Underway
The Caltrain electrification project officially broke ground in Millbrae this morning. Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the budget to electrify Caltrain has been upwardly…
Caltrain’s Weekend Service to Be Dramatically Cut
In order to accommodate construction for the electrification of Caltrain over the next four years, the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board is about to announce sweeping changes for Caltrain’s weekend…
New Caltrains Will Have Bathrooms, But No Increase For Onboard Bikes
While Caltrain’s staff had been recommending that its new electric trains not include any bathrooms, a move which could have added additional seats to each train and saved on capital…
Caltrain’s Recommendations Sure To Piss Some Riders Off
No bathrooms on Caltrain? That’s the recommendation of Caltrain’s staff as they prepare to issue the official Request for Proposals to supply the new electric train cars which are slated…
Caltrain Report Confirms Ballooning Budget And Project Delays
As we first reported last month: Originally expected to cost $1.5 billion and be operational in 2019, the budget to electrify Caltrain and install a new signaling system has be…