Caltrain has opened an online store with the hope of auctioning off 20 retired diesel locomotives that can be repurposed as a brewery, store, community center or cozy home. An opening bid for the ...

Since Caltrain has switched to electric all-electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, to serve passenger rail service there, according to a Caltrain press release. After ...

It’s been 159 years since trains first ran from San Francisco to San Jose. Now the oldest continually operating rail line west of the Mississippi is on the verge of a 21st-century transformation.

Backed by a thick layer of fog, a line of brand new Caltrain cars, painted a sleek red and white, sat parked at the San Francisco station. Sandwiched in between the fleet were a few old trains, boxy, ...

Caltrain reported a 57% jump in ridership in 2025, marking its strongest performance since the COVID-19 pandemic as long-term funding uncertainty threatens the agency’s ...

The future ride to work for thousands of Bay Area commuters was unveiled in San Francisco Saturday -- and though the new Caltrain trains bear the agency's familiar red logo, these new electric trains ...

Caltrain is the San Francisco peninsula’s commuter rail, the oldest operating railroad in the western U.S. Over the next few weeks its old diesel trains will be replaced by new electric cars, ...

A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. Since Caltrain has switched to electric trains, their retired diesel fleet will be sent to Lima, Peru, ...

The agency projects an average annual funding shortfall of $75 million from 2027 through 2035 without new funding sources ...