SFist: Caltrain Delay

Jym

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 01:22:36 -0800

=v= Caltrain's overhead display signs are often baffling and amusing, but tonight they were giving advice about avoiding slippage during the rain that didn't happen today. They also assured us that the trains were only delayed by one hour. I called 511 and they had a more alarming story, that all trains were stopped at Menlo Park. Period. I called the number on the Caltrain schedule and the friendly woman told me that all she knew was that there was an incident at Menlo Park, all trains were stopped, and the one hour timeframe was the official story, which didn't make sense. I thanked her and biked up to the Millbrae BART station. To KWillets: You're absolutely right, Caltrain is suffering from myopia when it comes to bikes, but at least we can bike to where we need to. :^) One bright spot is that we've got Warm Planet Bikes at the San Francisco Caltrain terminus. ("Grand Opening" this Wednesday!)

Kay

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:01:39 -0800

once i was on BART when a death-related delay occurred. two guys behind me started to complain about how it's "so unfair" that they'll be late getting somewhere. so frustrating, what do you say to a person like that? that the dead individual will NEVER be getting anywhere, ever again?

KWillets

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:24:13 -0800

That 2025 document mentions the word "bicycle" once, and only in relation to something unrelated. It's clear that Caltrain has no interest in helping bicycle commuters, even though their stations aren't getting any closer to where people are going. Same to you Caltrain!

mpantone

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:39:18 -0800

If the train hits someone, it's a much longer delay, well over an hour, maybe even two. Also, Caltrain collisions make the major MSM websites pretty quickly, as emergency services are usually notified immediately.

shaung

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:28:26 -0800

You were lucky. Those of us on the northbound train that caused the delay were stuck for 90 minutes somewhere between the California and Palo Alto stations with no lights. As a bonus, we got to watch two other northbound trains pass us while we were waiting.