Caltrain Timetable Proposal Could Improve Gilroy Commute

Caltrain's proposed express timetable could significantly decrease travel time for riders along the Gilroy extension. While the Baby Bullet express trains would begin and end at the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station, south county riders could make a transfer at the Diridon station from a local to a Baby Bullet and shave more than an hour per day off their commute if they ride all the way to San Francisco.

South county riders also may save time by transferring to a Baby Bullet if their destination station is Mountain View, Palo Alto, Hillsdale or Millbrae.

Caltrain also is overhauling the rest of the timetable to speed travel. As part of that effort Caltrain is proposing a new limited-stop service that would benefit Gilroy riders as well. All of the Gilroy trains would operate as locals between Gilroy and Tamien and become limited-stop trains at San Jose Diridon.

Caltrain is holding a public meeting in Gilroy to receive input on the overhaul of the Caltrain weekday timetable and the reinstatement of weekend service between San Francisco and San Jose.

The meeting will be held:

Nov. 4, 7:45 p.m.
Council Chambers
7351 Rosanna St.
Gilroy

In addition, Caltrain is holding public meetings in San Francisco, San Carlos, East Palo Alto, Mountain View and San Jose beginning in October.

To review the proposed changes (PDF, 27.2 KB), to comment on the timetable or for information on other public meetings, call Caltrain Customer Service at 1.800.660.4287 (or for hearing impaired only 650.508.6448). Comments will be accepted through Nov. 28 at timetablecomments@caltrain.com, Caltrain Service Planning Dept., 1250 San Carlos Ave., San Carlos, CA 94070 or by calling customer service.