21-Year-Old Transient Accused Of San Mateo Stabbing
A 21-year-old homeless man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing near the San Mateo Caltrain station last week.
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A 21-year-old homeless man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing near the San Mateo Caltrain station last week.
A victim was stabbed near the Caltrain station in downtown San Mateo Thursday afternoon, according to police.
Two transit repairmen accused of stealing more than $40,000 from Caltrain ticket machines have been ordered to stand trial on embezzlement and grand theft charges.
A large homeless encampment under the King Street connector to Interstate 280 in San Francisco next to Caltrain tracks was being cleared out Tuesday, although many of the displaced said they plan to return.
On Thursday, Caltrain announced that its average weekday ridership has surpassed 50,000 passengers. That's a first in the 150 year history of the railroad.
Passengers on Caltrain are on board with a new real-time train information system, designed to let people know exactly when trains will be arriving at stations.
Caltrain riders will get a glimpse of the future this week when testing begins on a new system to predict arrival and departure times.
California lawmakers have approved billions of dollars in construction financing for the first segment of what would be the nation's first dedicated high-speed rail line.
The California Assembly has approved legislation authorizing about $4.5 billion in state bond funding for a high-speed rail system backed by Gov. Jerry Brown.
The future of Caltrain has now been tied to a key vote set for Friday on the California High-Speed Rail project that could also determine the future of Gov. Jerry Brown's push to raise taxes.
A number of Bay Area transit agencies are increasing fares starting Sunday.
An amendment to the latest U.S. transportation funding bill could stop construction of San Francisco's much-debated Central Subway in its tracks.
The San Mateo County coroner is asking for the public's help in identifying a man who was killed on Caltrain tracks in San Mateo last Friday.
San Francisco police are investigating reports that someone fired a gun at a Caltrain passing through the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood earlier this week.
A person was struck and killed by a train on the Caltrain tracks in San Mateo Thursday afternoon, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.
The study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute found that electrification would create thousands of jobs while also helping the environment.
Even as the Caltrain faces the possibility of future cutbacks, the agency is adding service and was poised to break its own ridership record this summer.
Two pedestrians were killed in separate incidents on train tracks in the North Bay and Peninsula Wednesday morning, according to authorities for Caltrain and Amtrak.
A man was struck and killed on the Caltrain tracks in San Jose early Wednesday morning, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Caltrain Monday morning near the Hayward Park station, according to the transit agency.
A southbound Caltrain hit a vehicle near the Menlo Park station, injuring one person and causing major delays throughout the afternoon commute.
Shovels went into the ground Thursday on a transit project that has been often derided as a pipe dream, the Bay Area Rapid Transit extension to San Jose.
A woman was struck by a Caltrain in Redwood City late Friday morning, an agency spokeswoman said.
A recently announced agreement to pour $1.5 billion of high speed rail money into the effort to "electrify" the Caltrain tracks apparently has some strings attached.
Caltrain passengers should expect delays of between five and 20 minutes Wednesday morning due to a broken rail on a southbound track in San Bruno, Caltrain officials said.
