Caltrain

Caltrain is a California commuter rail line. It serves the San Francisco Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley). The southern end of the line is in San Jose at Tamien station. Caltrain has 28 regular stops.^[3][1]

Caltrain
Southbound train at Palo Alto in 2014
Overview
Owner	Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Area served	Santa Clara Valley San Francisco Peninsula
Transit type	Commuter rail
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	31
Daily ridership	65,095 weekdays 13,954 Saturdays 9,637 Sundays (February 2018 AMWR)[1][2][3]
Headquarters	San Carlos, California
Website	https://www.caltrain.com/main.html
Operation
Began operation	1985 (as Caltrain) 1863 (as Peninsula Commute)
Operator(s)	Southern Pacific (1870–1992) Amtrak California (1992–2012) TransitAmerica Services (2012–present)
Reporting marks	JPBX
Infrastructure manager(s)	Union Pacific (Tamien–Gilroy)
Character	commuter railroad with level crossings; limited freight service
Number of vehicles	29 locomotives and 134 passenger cars (in revenue service)[4]
Train length	1 locomotive, 5 or 6 passenger cars
Technical
System length	77.2 mi (124.2 km)
No. of tracks	2+[5]
Track gauge	4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Electrification	25 kV 60 Hz AC overhead catenary[6] (2024)
Top speed	79 mph (127 km/h)