As California assemblymember Diane Papan praised the brand-new electrified Caltrain model gleaming in fresh red and white on the tracks behind her, an old train, covered in black soot, sped by, ...

Passengers will be riding the festively decorated train Saturday when it makes a round trip from San Jose to San Francisco.

Caltrain is named America's fastest-growing transit agency due to new electric trains and a 57% ridership increase.

Saturday is the official launch of Caltrain's new electric trains, and you can ride them for free all weekend. The transit system is celebrating, with events in every city it serves. "From now on, ...

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains will be replaced by new electric cars, ...

Guests disembark from Caltrain’s inaugural electric train ride at San Francisco station on Aug. 10, 2024. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney. Caltrain released its new electric train service schedule on Monday ...

It’s been 159 years since trains first ran from San Francisco to San Jose. Now the oldest continually operating rail line west of the Mississippi is on the verge of a 21st-century transformation.

The future ride to work for thousands of Bay Area commuters was unveiled in San Francisco Saturday -- and though the new Caltrain trains bear the agency's familiar red logo, these new electric trains ...

Caltrain successfully tested its electric trains and overhead wires between Redwood City and Mountain View for the first time over the weekend, the agency's officials said. According to Caltrain, live ...