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Caltrain suffering from success

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Caltrain suffering from success
Posted by blue streak 1 on Friday, May 3, 2013 10:09 PM

Caltrain is having difficulty finding enough money to operate in FY 2014.  Also their rush hour trains have a crush load now as high as 130%.  39% increase since inagural of baby bullet trains.  Looking for more equipment however with the pending electrification with EMUs some kind of a loco hauled EMU train until electrification may be an answer ? ? Or --- maybe a short term lease of someone's surplus commuter equipment ?

http://www.rtands.com/index.php/passenger/commuter-regional/caltrain-reviews-budget-ridership-increases.html?channel=280

 

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