How Accurate are the Caltrain Schedules? (San Francisco, Palo Alto: live in, moving to, trains)

[Mercury529]

Hello Everyone,

I had a pretty simple question. My girlfriend and I are looking at moving to Palo Alto. I will be working in Palo Alto, but it is most likely she will find an advertising job in San Francisco. While a daily driving commute to SF seems like it would be too much, the schedule listed for the Caltrain's Baby Bullet service seems reasonable. Do the Baby Bullets run on time typically (particularly the 8:02 and 8:42 arrival trains)? Is there a faster or better alternative if we live in Palo? Thanks for any info you can give.

[sonarrat]

Caltrain runs on time for the most part. But they have a lot of trains on the tracks at the same time during peak hours, so if there's a breakdown or other problem it can sometimes force single-tracking, which results in delays of up to an hour. And no.. there is definitely no better alternative. Caltrain is a gem.

[Mercury529]

Thank you very much for the reply. How often are there delays? Would you still consider it reliable as a way to get to work in SF? Does everyone else have the same experience with the CalTrain?

Thanks again.

[artemis78]

Every time I ride Caltrain (which I do frequently for work), I wish I lived on a Caltrain line instead of BART line--it's just that much better. (BART is also surprisingly on-time for a wannabe-subway system too, though--just not as comfortable for long trips.) Both have problems in that if they stop--they STOP. However, you have to put this into context and remember that this happens *way* more often on the freeways than it does on either BART or Caltrain. (Just try the PA to SF commute at rush hour!) Arguably, Caltrain is a much more reliable way to commute to SF than driving. Most Bay Area traffic reports also cover delays on the major transit systems, so if you wake up one day and hear Caltrain is stopped, you can always go to Plan B for the day.

[davidandrada]

Hello Everyone! Schedules for California's CalTrain available without Internet access. Check CalTrain schedules in seconds with a few taps. Its simple and intuitive interface, choosing direction, day and hour you can access the full timetable or choosing "from" and "to" stations and day you can access a filtered timetable with just the trains you want. All the data is stored in the application without the need of an Internet connection, so your querys will not have delays and you don't need to stay near a WiFi signal. In this version you will get schedules for the following transports: * CalTrain Changes in schedules will be done by application's updates when these are published. AppStore will notify you about the update and you would get it without extra charge.

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[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by davidandrada

Hello Everyone! Schedules for California's CalTrain available without Internet access. Check CalTrain schedules in seconds with a few taps. Its simple and intuitive interface, choosing direction, day and hour you can access the full timetable or choosing "from" and "to" stations and day you can access a filtered timetable with just the trains you want. All the data is stored in the application without the need of an Internet connection, so your querys will not have delays and you don't need to stay near a WiFi signal. In this version you will get schedules for the following transports: * CalTrain Changes in schedules will be done by application's updates when these are published. AppStore will notify you about the update and you would get it without extra charge.

Please visit us at:

PLEASE DON'T VISIT THIS WEBSITE. .ar is Argentina, why would anyone host a website about Californian trains in Argentina??

[davidandrada]

Originally Posted by sonarrat

PLEASE DON'T VISIT THIS WEBSITE. .ar is Argentina, why would anyone host a website about Californian trains in Argentina??

Hello sonarrat, our website is .ar because we are developers from Argentina. Our domain is aijunasys
and the published page belong to our product's site list.
We are working to get a .com domain and we hope to get it sooner.

[sonarrat]

Originally Posted by davidandrada

Hello sonarrat, our website is .ar because we are developers from Argentina. Our domain is aijunasys
and the published page belong to our product's site list.
We are working to get a .com domain and we hope to get it sooner.

My apologies, looks like my fears were unfounded!