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New Caltrain ticket checkers are slower than the old ones

June 23, 2025 8:36 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Caltrain’s new ticketing technology will make the already difficult job of fare enforcement even more challenging, according to the company that runs the trains. […]

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Partner in Caltrain apartment scam sentenced

June 9, 2025 8:33 pm

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer  A former train station manager has been sentenced today (June 9) for helping a former Caltrain executive embezzle public funds and for building secret […]

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Caltrain will reduce its plan to increase the number of trains it runs each hour

June 6, 2025 12:16 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is ditching its plan to drastically increase the number of trains running per hour, but board members are still wondering if the agency […]

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Former Caltrain exec guilty of building apartment in train station

May 1, 2025 11:14 am

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZDaily Post Staff Writer A jury yesterday (April 30) found a former Caltrain executive guilty of embezzling public funds and building a secret apartment in the Burlingame Train […]

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Caltrain to try new ideas to reduce fatalities

April 7, 2025 1:40 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer Caltrain’s Chief Safety Officer Mike Meader has a lot of ideas for stopping people from going on the tracks — more police officers and […]

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Paly student killed by train is identified

March 13, 2025 11:03 pm

The Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office on Thursday identified 15-year-old Ash He as the Palo Alto High School student who was struck and killed by a Caltrain on March […]

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Opinion: Caltrain thumbs its nose at law requiring open records

March 10, 2025 5:27 pm

BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor A cornerstone of good government is the California Public Records Act, which requires government agencies to release public documents with limited exceptions.  The law promotes […]

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Caltrain won’t say how many people died on the tracks last year

March 5, 2025 8:24 am

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHTDaily Post Staff Writer The Daily Post has been seeking information about whether Caltrain’s policy of no longer telling the public when trains kill people has been successful, […]

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UPDATE: Two people killed on Caltrain tracks in 2 days

November 21, 2024 10:18 am

Update, Nov. 20, 2024 — A Caltrain hit and killed someone at around 5:15 a.m. on Nov. 20 in Menlo Park near Glenwood Avenue, said San Mateo County District Attorney […]

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Caltrain sending diesel trains to Peru

November 17, 2024 10:08 am

Caltrain is selling its old diesel trains to the city of Lima, Peru, for $6 million, a Caltrain spokesman said. Lima will use 90 gallery cars and 19 diesel locomotives […]

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Homeless man dies on railroad tracks; death wasn’t reported by Caltrain

August 28, 2024 8:15 pm

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 Wednesday. […]

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County supervisor wonders if there is a high-tech way to reduce railroad suicides

August 20, 2024 1:10 pm

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 […]

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Caltrain hits and kills teenager on the tracks

August 12, 2024 10:16 am

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. […]

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Opinion: Hiding Caltrain suicide deaths won’t solve the problem

August 8, 2024 8:33 am

OPINION BY DAVE PRICEDaily Post Editor It’s a sad situation that has been repeated in Palo Alto many times. A Caltrain strikes a person on the tracks. Ambulances and police […]

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Caltrain to keep track suicides secret

July 20, 2024 4:46 pm

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 […]

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Transit ridership still hasn’t recovered; Caltrain the worst off

July 4, 2024 5:25 am

BY ELAINE GOODMAN Daily Post Correspondent Bay Area planners are overhauling a long-range transportation plan for the region to reflect changes in travel patterns following the Covid-19 pandemic. Previously proposed […]

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New electric train hits and kill a person on the tracks during test run

April 7, 2024 9:51 am

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 […]

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Former Caltrain executive and contractor built homes inside empty train stations, DA says

March 29, 2024 8:17 am

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 […]

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Railroad suicide victim was a Gunn student

February 24, 2024 9:25 pm

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 […]

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Caltrain to drop large boulders into creek if bridge needs to be stabilized

October 7, 2023 2:02 pm

BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer Caltrain is preparing to dump large boulders or sacks that weigh a ton each into the San Francisquito Creek during a storm to […]

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