By Zachary Clark, Staff, San Mateo Daily Journal; October 4, 2019
With an additional 1.2 million people and jobs expected along the Caltrain corridor within the next 20 years, the railroad’s board of directors Thursday signed off on an ambitious plan to significantly expand service and nearly triple ridership in that time.
What’s being described as a “long-term service vision” entails an increase in the number of trains per peak hour per direction from the current five to at least eight, all day express service every 15 minutes and increased off-peak and weekend services. Express service between San Jose and San Francisco will take about one hour and the longest wait time at major stations would be 12 minutes.