I decided to do an IRL video again. In this video, I went to the new electric Caltrain tour event and recorded the ride back. Idk why this video got 15k views because all my other cab rides don’t get 15k views.
question: what trainset do they use on the last baby bullet of the morning? and do they use the bombardier cars in any of the 7-8 am trains from Redwood City?? I want to take it tmr after 5 years of not being on Caltrain and i want to know
Not really, the right of way is fully cleared. They're just doing the mandatory 1,000 miles with each new trainset before service. The Bay Area is also launching Open Payment in the Fall, and a bunch of systems will increase their schedules at the same time. Caltrain is just waiting for everyone to bump frequencies at the same time. The actual electric trains themselves will have a "soft launch" already next month. They'll be replacing various existing trains in service. So the new trains are actually coming to service next month but the boosted schedule will happen with everyone else in September.
I used to take caltrain to work and Giants games all the time when I lived there. Can't wait to get a chance to ride the new models. Are they still running the older model trains? I saw an oldrr one parked in Redwood City.
The older ones should still be running for another few months, they will also continue to run from gilroy to San Jose but I’m not sure. The new trains should be running in a few months.
My video is not running backwards. The southbound train here can only go on the northbound track because of the other electrified Caltrains on the southbound track. Later in the video the train switches back to the southbound track
