San Jose Council Member Devora “Dev” Davis welcomes San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan speak to attendees of a tour of Caltrain’s new electric fleet in San Jose on Feb. 2, 2024. Photo by Federica Armstrong.

(KRON) — Ever thought of buying a train? Don’t worry, most people haven’t. Caltrain, however, is now making that option possible. The transit agency will soon be auctioning off its handy EMD FP40PH-2 ...

The trains’ top speed is 79 mph, same as the diesel-powered versions they’re replacing, but the electric trains start and stop much faster. The zippiness means Caltrain can run express trains between ...

Guests disembark from Caltrain’s inaugural electric train ride at San Francisco station on Aug. 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. With revenues slumping, ridership sluggish and a fiscal cliff on ...

An article published Nov. 16 about Caltrain sending diesel engines to Peru incorrectly reported that Caltrain tracks between San Jose and Gilroy had been electrified. Caltrain still uses diesel ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- California is on a mission to replace technologies that rely on fossil fuels with those that use electricity and, on Saturday in San Francisco, local, state and federal leaders ...

Caltrain will suspend some service beginning Monday between its San Jose Diridon and Tamien stations to accommodate electrification work. From Monday to Friday, the last southbound train 146 will ...

Fair payment: To keep BART fare evaders from jumping the fare gates, the transit agency last week began replacing existing fare gates with new ones on the concourse level of Civic Center station. The ...