Public Transportation in Santa Clara County, California - Caltrain, Bay Area Rapid Transit Expansion, AC Transit (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Caltrain, Bay Area Rapid Transit expansion, AC Transit, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, Altamont Commuter Express, Clipper card, List of Caltrain stations, SamTrans, Monterey-Salinas Transit, List of Santa Clara VTA bus routes, Highway 17 Express, Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Dumbarton Express, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. Excerpt: Caltrain (reporting mark JPBX) is a California commuter rail line on the San Francisco Peninsula and in the Santa Clara Valley (Silicon Valley) in the United States. It is currently operated under contract by Amtrak and funded jointly by the City and County of San Francisco, San Mateo County Transit District, and Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority through the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. The northern terminus of the rail line is in San Francisco, at 4th and King streets; its southern terminus is in Gilroy. Trains operate out of San Francisco and San Jose on an approximately hourly basis every weekday, with more frequent service provided during commute hours and for special events (such as sporting events). Service between San Jose and Gilroy is limited to three daily commute-hour round trips. Average weekday ridership in February 2010 was 36,778 persons. Caltrain has 29 regular stops, one football-only stop (Stanford Stadium), and two weekend-only stops (Broadway and Atherton). Caltrain operates a mix of 90 local, limited, and express weekday trains, with 32 and 28 hourly local trains on Saturdays and Sundays, respectively. To Transbay Terminal See Peninsula Commute for more information on commuter rail service before Caltrain. The original Peninsula railroad corridor between San Francisco and San Jose was constructed in 1863 by the San Francisco and San Jose Rail Road, which was purchased by Southern Pacific in 1870. Under Southern Pac...