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The first three months of electric service saw a 41% in ridership over the same three months in 2023, with Sunday ridership doubling.
Despite the winter weather, Caltrain’s ridership continues to show major gains, with December 2024 having over a half million passengers, a 41% increase over December 2023. Since the launch of electric service in September 2024, the agency has been reporting its best ridership numbers since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caltrain had more than 588,000 passengers last month, a substantial increase from 416,000 in December of last year. Average Weekday Ridership stood at just over 24,000, a 39% increase from last December, following October’s increase of 38% and November’s 24% increase. Weekend ridership is also standing strong since service was doubled at launch, with Saturdays seeing a 62% increase and Sundays an 85% increase from last December, bringing it to nearly pre-pandemic levels.
“Electric service is continuing to deliver on its promise,” said Caltrain Executive Director Michelle Bouchard. “We are providing a fast, convenient, modern service, and many people who are tired of sitting in gridlock on 101 are getting onboard and experiencing the future of travel firsthand.”
Caltrain’s historic Electrification Project was the first undertaking in North America in a generation in which diesel trains and their infrastructure components are transitioned to an electrified system. The result has delivered more service that’s faster to arrive at destinations, as well as a modern fleet that’s quieter and more comfortable while also offering new amenities such as customer-facing Wi-Fi and accessible outlets.
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About Caltrain: Owned and operated by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, Caltrain provides rail service from San Francisco to San Jose, with commute service to Gilroy. Serving the region since 1863, Caltrain is the oldest continually operating rail system west of the Mississippi and the first railroad to convert from diesel to electric power in a generation.
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