It’s a large weekend for Caltrain, which can inaugurate its complete electrical educate provider with unfastened rides and occasions at stations in San Jose, Palo Alto and San Mateo this weekend.
“160 years in the past, trains first made the run from San Francisco to San Jose, and as of late, they’re once more the easiest way to commute alongside the Peninsula,” San Jose Town Councilmember and Caltrain Board Chair Dev Davis mentioned in a observation. “Now everybody around the 3 counties we serve has get admission to to a quick, common, sustainable, quiet, relaxed, Wi-Fi-enabled type of transit for the primary time.”
Tradition Night time Marketplace will host an tournament out of doors Diridon Station in downtown San Jose from 10 a.m. to two p.m., Saturday with distributors, meals vans and track.
Celebratory speeches in regards to the milestone will occur at 11:30 a.m., with San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Santa Clara County Manager Cindy Chavez, California Transportation Commissioner Carl Guardino and Caltrain Government Director Michelle Bouchard some of the audio system. Some other large identify that’ll be in attendance shall be former Manager Rod Diridon Sr., the longtime transit recommend for whom the station is known as.
Caltrain is providing unfastened rides Saturday and Sunday and is webhosting authentic occasions on the Palo Alto station on Saturday and the San Mateo station on Sunday, with meals vans, video games and giveaways from 2 to six p.m. Occasions shall be held at different stations on each days, and you’ll get the entire agenda at www.caltrain.com/launchparty.
At first Printed: September 21, 2024 at 8:10 a.m.
