Caltrain ridership recovering slower than other transit agencies
Feb. 13, 2023 By Elaine Goodman Daily Post Correspondent Caltrain has regained some of the ridership lost during the Covid-19 pandemic, but the commuter rail line’s recovery is lagging behind that of...
View ArticleCaltrain declares an emergency regarding bridge over San Francisquito Creek
Readers of the print edition of the Daily Post saw this story on Thursday morning. Since then, other news outlets have re-written the story and put it on their websites. Don’t settle for stale...
View ArticlePedestrian killed by train at Churchill Ave.
A Caltrain struck and killed a person at 8:43 tonight (April 16) at the Churchill Avenue crossing in Palo Alto, a spokesman for the railroad said. The person who died hasn’t been identified publicly....
View ArticleCaltrain will miss deadline to stabilize San Francisquito Creek bank holding...
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A badly eroded creek bank that holds up a train bridge between Palo Alto and Menlo Park will have to survive another winter. That’s because Caltrain will...
View ArticleRailroad suicide victim was a Gunn student
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A 16-year-old girl who was struck by a Caltrain in Palo Alto died by suicide, according to the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The...
View ArticleFormer Caltrain executive and contractor built homes inside empty train...
The following story was first printed in Friday morning’s Daily Post. If you want to stay on top of local news, pick up the Post in the mornings. BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A former...
View ArticleNew electric train hits and kill a person on the tracks during test run
A Caltrain electric test train struck and killed a person on the tracks in San Carlos early this morning (April 7). Caltrain said at 12:10 a.m. a southbound train hit and killed a person who was on the...
View ArticleCaltrain to keep track suicides secret
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is no longer providing details about people who are hit by the train, keeping any suicides under wraps. Caltrain employees made the change to...
View ArticleCaltrain hits and kills teenager on the tracks
A new electric Caltrain hit and killed a teenager in Menlo Park last night. The collision occurred north of the Menlo Park depot, at 9:03 p.m., involving southbound train 268. Killed was Dylan Scirpo,...
View ArticleCounty supervisor wonders if there is a high-tech way to reduce railroad...
San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller of Menlo Park wants to see if artificial intelligence, computer technology and cameras could be used to stop suicides on the Caltrain tracks. On Aug. 11, “a...
View ArticleHomeless man dies on railroad tracks; death wasn’t reported by Caltrain
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A 55-year-old homeless man named Donald Williams died on the Caltrain tracks last week, the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office said...
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