PayPal Executive Identified As Man Killed On Menlo Park Caltrain Tracks
Commuter rail officials say he was standing on the tracks when he was hit by a northbound train. The death is being investigated.
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Commuter rail officials say he was standing on the tracks when he was hit by a northbound train. The death is being investigated.
Caltrain passengers were warned to expect delays of 30 to 40 minutes Friday after a train struck and killed a person on the tracks in Menlo Park, an agency spokeswoman said.
Caltrain plans to raise its one-way cash fare by 25 cents in order to encourage more riders to switch to Clipper Cards, rail officials said.
Caltrain's ongoing efforts to modernize its system took another step forward on Wednesday with the completion of major renovations at two South Bay stations.
Bay Area transportation agencies are in talks with the state's High-Speed Rail Authority to pay for the "electrification" of Caltrain tracks, which would mean bullet trains moving at speeds of up to 110 miles per hour by 2016, 5 to 10 years sooner than had been discussed.
This week on In Depth, the new chair of the state's high-speed rail authority explains some revisions and funds necessary to achieve an on-time delivery of 220 mph trains from Northern to Southern California.
Caltrain passengers continued to experience delays Sunday evening in the aftermath of a collision that killed a pedestrian in Sunnyvale.
After singing a rendition of "We Shall Overcome" at Caltrain's San Mateo station, hundreds of Bay Area residents of all ages celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Monday by boarding the 2012 "Freedom Train."
Caltrain service experienced delays Monday evening after a train struck and killed a pedestrian in Menlo Park.
Transportation officials are more rushed than ever to find solutions to ongoing safety issues on Bay Area railways. This urgency comes following three apparently unrelated deaths on the tracks Saturday.
Three people were killed on Bay Area train tracks Saturday within less than two hours of each other, including a man struck and killed by an Amtrak train in Fremont.
A second person was struck and killed on Caltrain tracks Saturday on the Peninsula, according to a Caltrain spokeswoman. After major delays, service has resumed on a single track.
A person was struck and killed by a train in Palo Alto Saturday morning.
The recent congressional cuts to California's High Speed Rail project are prompting questions in San Francisco about the future of the new Transbay Terminal, which is currently under construction at 1st and Mission streets.
Caltrain has temporarily suspended service between two San Francisco stations because of construction delays, an agency spokeswoman said Saturday morning.
Caltrain ridership is actually up despite the struggling transit service threatening to cut service earlier this year.
A man was struck and killed by a southbound train in San Francisco Saturday evening.
Caltrain has selected a Missouri-based company to operate the commuter rail line although it did not submit the lowest bid for the job.
In the first half of 2011, Caltrain more than doubled the number of parking tickets from the same period a year earlier from 988 to 2,144.
A Caltrain ride home from AT&T Park after a Giants game means sharing the train car with exuberant baseball fans who sometimes keep the party going long after they've departed the ballpark.
The study found that major upgrades would be needed for the plan to come together.
A woman was struck and killed by a train on the Caltrain tracks in Burlingame Wednesday morning, a spokeswoman said.
A man was struck and killed by a Caltrain at the Lawrence train station in Sunnyvale Tuesday evening, an agency spokeswoman said.
It's shaping up to be a battle between San Jose and L.A. for which city will get the first bullet trains in California, as officials are considering whether to extend the first leg of the rail system to Silicon Valley or Southern California.
Nearly all planning work on a four-track bullet train system along the Peninsula has been halted as authorities consider a lower-cost option that would minimize the impact on neighborhoods.
