Currently, Caltrain returns approximately 23% of the power it uses back to the power grid, providing power to residents and businesses along its corridor.

Caltrain, which currently shares a headquarters with SamTrans in San Carlos, will continue to co-locate with SamTrans at their new headquarters at Gateway at Millbrae Station.

Caltrain will send its retired diesel fleet to the Municipality of Lima, Peru to continue operating passenger service.

Caltrain is currently running 100% renewable, zero-emission service from San Francisco to San Jose for the first time.

Caltrain was joined by federal, state, local officials, transportation, business and labor leaders to celebrate the inaugural electric train ride.

This marks the final corridor-wide test before the launch of electrified service in September, as well as the last weekend service change for the Electrification project.

Caltrain, with its partners Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Balfour Beatty, has successfully energized and tested the full 51-mile Caltrain-owned corridor between San Francisco and San Jose.

This will allow the agency to ramp up the testing of the new fleet as the launch of electrified service this fall grows closer.

This 1,000-mile testing process is required to ensure all safety and quality standards are met in order to ensure that the trains can safely operate on Caltrain’s tracks.

These three major milestones bring the Caltrain Electrification Project closer to passenger service in fall 2024.