Ridership on the Bay Area's Caltrain also continues to rise in the wake of the route's electrification, with passenger counts up 40% since this time last year!
Caltrain is now one of the few US rail systems moving more people than it did pre-COVID
Caltrain is now one of the few US rail systems moving more people than it did pre-COVID
November 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Ridership on the Bay Area's Caltrain also continues to rise in the wake of the route's electrification, with passenger counts up 40% since this time last year!
Caltrain is now one of the few US rail systems moving more people than it did pre-COVID
Caltrain is now one of the few US rail systems moving more people than it did pre-COVID
Federal Investment in Caltrain Corridor: Over $100 Million in Grade Separation Funding, read more: https://www.caltrain.com/news/federal-investment-caltrain-corridor-over-100-million-grade-separation-funding
Federal Investment in Caltrain Corridor: Over $100 Million in Grade Separation Funding | Caltrain
Caltrain and its partners are coordinating how grade separations along the corridor move forward, and that approach is bringing federal investment back to the corridor. In June 2026, the Caltrain boar...
www.caltrain.com
November 5, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Federal Investment in Caltrain Corridor: Over $100 Million in Grade Separation Funding, read more: https://www.caltrain.com/news/federal-investment-caltrain-corridor-over-100-million-grade-separation-funding
よく見たら（？）Caltrainの車内も寸分違わぬ感じでした😅
November 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
よく見たら（？）Caltrainの車内も寸分違わぬ感じでした😅
Yes, the San Francisco urban area transit ridership increase is accelerating. Especially on Caltrain, but also Muni and BART.
November 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Yes, the San Francisco urban area transit ridership increase is accelerating. Especially on Caltrain, but also Muni and BART.
And Caltrain is quite nice these days but now we're talking airtrain to BART to Caltrain and then still need to get home from Caltrain station which is going to be a Lyft anyway.
November 7, 2026 at 8:09 PM
And Caltrain is quite nice these days but now we're talking airtrain to BART to Caltrain and then still need to get home from Caltrain station which is going to be a Lyft anyway.
in past 10 years:
Caltrain electrification
AC Transit Tempo
new BART, Caltrain, and Muni Metro rolling stock
Geary and Van Ness BRT
Post-RM3 Bay Ferry expansions
Market Street station canopies (fwiw)
Clipper BayPass (!!!)
Clipper START
Efforts for regional coordination (i.e. Big Sync)
it's good!
Caltrain electrification
AC Transit Tempo
new BART, Caltrain, and Muni Metro rolling stock
Geary and Van Ness BRT
Post-RM3 Bay Ferry expansions
Market Street station canopies (fwiw)
Clipper BayPass (!!!)
Clipper START
Efforts for regional coordination (i.e. Big Sync)
it's good!
TBH, Bay Area transit went from "useable" to truly useful in the last decade, and I'm so excited to see where we can go next on a bus, ferry, or train.
November 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
in past 10 years:
Caltrain electrification
AC Transit Tempo
new BART, Caltrain, and Muni Metro rolling stock
Geary and Van Ness BRT
Post-RM3 Bay Ferry expansions
Market Street station canopies (fwiw)
Clipper BayPass (!!!)
Clipper START
Efforts for regional coordination (i.e. Big Sync)
it's good!
Caltrain electrification
AC Transit Tempo
new BART, Caltrain, and Muni Metro rolling stock
Geary and Van Ness BRT
Post-RM3 Bay Ferry expansions
Market Street station canopies (fwiw)
Clipper BayPass (!!!)
Clipper START
Efforts for regional coordination (i.e. Big Sync)
it's good!
Caltrain level boarding and 20-minute frequencies all day every day.
What's an improvement that you'd like to see a Bay Area transit agency plan for, now that the success of measures RTM and H has ensured continued service?
It is now time for @bart.gov to pick up plans for platform screen doors (PSDs) as part of its CBTC signaling system replacement being installed now. It had put these plans on ice in 2019 due to compatibility challenges with the old trains and old signaling system, which are no longer in the way.
November 4, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Caltrain level boarding and 20-minute frequencies all day every day.
“With over 12,000 riders taking Caltrain to this week’s Valkyries Championship Parade, it is clear that the rail service is increasingly seen as the best travel option by Bay Area sports fans,” read more: bit.ly/48zFXkG .
Caltrain provides more than 350,000 rides to Bay Area games this summer as event ridership grows | Caltrain
Giants ridership rises 2.3%, 49ers ridership jumps 17%, and Bay FC leaps 26% as sports and events support new ridership growth
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November 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
“With over 12,000 riders taking Caltrain to this week’s Valkyries Championship Parade, it is clear that the rail service is increasingly seen as the best travel option by Bay Area sports fans,” read more: bit.ly/48zFXkG .
月曜日のCaltrainは急行でも微妙に空いてますな。やっと色々分かってきた🤭
November 9, 2026 at 3:51 PM
月曜日のCaltrainは急行でも微妙に空いてますな。やっと色々分かってきた🤭
Oh, many more agencies than that! San Jose and Caltrain even want to add another one
www.caltrain.com/media/38056/...
www.caltrain.com/media/38056/...
www.caltrain.com
November 7, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Oh, many more agencies than that! San Jose and Caltrain even want to add another one
www.caltrain.com/media/38056/...
www.caltrain.com/media/38056/...
This is great Caltrain news. Broadway needs grade separation ASAP. www.caltrain.com/news/federal...
Federal Investment in Caltrain Corridor: Over $100 Million in Grade Separation Funding | Caltrain
Caltrain and its partners are coordinating how grade separations along the corridor move forward, and that approach is bringing federal investment back to the corridor. In June 2026, the Caltrain board adopted the Corridor Crossing Strategy which helps coordinates projects throughout the Caltrain corridor.
www.caltrain.com
November 6, 2026 at 12:20 AM
This is great Caltrain news. Broadway needs grade separation ASAP. www.caltrain.com/news/federal...
Train beer is one of my favorite things about taking CalTrain.
Spencer when I tell you that there are bunch of guys who get on the Caltrain at San Carlos on the way up to SF Giants games and just start handing out longnecks from grocery bags
TRAINGATING FOREVER
TRAINGATING FOREVER
November 5, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Train beer is one of my favorite things about taking CalTrain.
We did a lot of organizing in both places and San Mateo folks like BART and LOVE Caltrain
November 6, 2026 at 9:10 PM
We did a lot of organizing in both places and San Mateo folks like BART and LOVE Caltrain
caltrain more like doesntrunlateenoughatnighttrain
November 8, 2026 at 4:08 AM
caltrain more like doesntrunlateenoughatnighttrain
i miss caltrain lowkey; fantastic, gold-standard american commuter rail service.
November 11, 2026 at 1:44 AM
i miss caltrain lowkey; fantastic, gold-standard american commuter rail service.
We could not have won:
✅ Sunset Dunes
✅ Saving Muni
✅ Saving BART
✅ Saving Caltrain
✅ Saving AC Transit
✅ Better VTA
✅ Pro-transit rep to Congress
without community advocates' strong messaging, discipline and phenomenal ground game. Want more wins? Read @carterlavin.bsky.social's book:
✅ Sunset Dunes
✅ Saving Muni
✅ Saving BART
✅ Saving Caltrain
✅ Saving AC Transit
✅ Better VTA
✅ Pro-transit rep to Congress
without community advocates' strong messaging, discipline and phenomenal ground game. Want more wins? Read @carterlavin.bsky.social's book:
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November 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
We could not have won:
✅ Sunset Dunes
✅ Saving Muni
✅ Saving BART
✅ Saving Caltrain
✅ Saving AC Transit
✅ Better VTA
✅ Pro-transit rep to Congress
without community advocates' strong messaging, discipline and phenomenal ground game. Want more wins? Read @carterlavin.bsky.social's book:
✅ Sunset Dunes
✅ Saving Muni
✅ Saving BART
✅ Saving Caltrain
✅ Saving AC Transit
✅ Better VTA
✅ Pro-transit rep to Congress
without community advocates' strong messaging, discipline and phenomenal ground game. Want more wins? Read @carterlavin.bsky.social's book:
Geary St subway; Caltrain electrifying to Gilroy; grade separated rapid transit with local stop spacings for intra-East Bay travel
What's an improvement that you'd like to see a Bay Area transit agency plan for, now that the success of measures RTM and H has ensured continued service?
It is now time for @bart.gov to pick up plans for platform screen doors (PSDs) as part of its CBTC signaling system replacement being installed now. It had put these plans on ice in 2019 due to compatibility challenges with the old trains and old signaling system, which are no longer in the way.
November 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Geary St subway; Caltrain electrifying to Gilroy; grade separated rapid transit with local stop spacings for intra-East Bay travel
Caltrain good, VTA very very very bad
November 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Caltrain good, VTA very very very bad
I don't think there will be enough capacity to have CC, HSR and Caltrain terminate in downtown SF. However, I hope we will eventually merge Caltrain and CC, and have through-running service from San Jose to Sacramento.
November 10, 2026 at 3:51 AM
I don't think there will be enough capacity to have CC, HSR and Caltrain terminate in downtown SF. However, I hope we will eventually merge Caltrain and CC, and have through-running service from San Jose to Sacramento.
Spencer when I tell you that there are bunch of guys who get on the Caltrain at San Carlos on the way up to SF Giants games and just start handing out longnecks from grocery bags
TRAINGATING FOREVER
TRAINGATING FOREVER
November 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Spencer when I tell you that there are bunch of guys who get on the Caltrain at San Carlos on the way up to SF Giants games and just start handing out longnecks from grocery bags
TRAINGATING FOREVER
TRAINGATING FOREVER
Also a big reason why transbay 2 should be conventional gauge and not BART gauge. That would not only allow Caltrain/HSR to connect into Oakland, but it would also allow Capitol Corridor to run trains into the SF Transbay Center and eliminate the Richmond BART transfer.
November 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Also a big reason why transbay 2 should be conventional gauge and not BART gauge. That would not only allow Caltrain/HSR to connect into Oakland, but it would also allow Capitol Corridor to run trains into the SF Transbay Center and eliminate the Richmond BART transfer.
it'll make east bay -> peninsula trips much less frustrating, though the lack of ped tunnel (value engineered out) connecting BART and Caltrain is very frustrating.
November 11, 2026 at 2:47 AM
it'll make east bay -> peninsula trips much less frustrating, though the lack of ped tunnel (value engineered out) connecting BART and Caltrain is very frustrating.
Yesssss, my Bay Area Metroboard arrived so now I can stare at all the BART and Caltrain blinkenlights movin’ around! 🚊🚇
November 4, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Yesssss, my Bay Area Metroboard arrived so now I can stare at all the BART and Caltrain blinkenlights movin’ around! 🚊🚇