Update: Caltrain Tracks Reopen After Fatality in Belmont

By Bay City News
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Update: Wednesday 4:45 p.m.

Normal Caltrain service is resuming following a death on the tracks earlier this afternoon, a Caltrain spokeswoman said.
           
A man was struck and killed by southbound train No. 146 near Bragato Road, just north of the San Carlos border in Belmont, at 12:55 p.m., transit agency spokeswoman Christine Dunn said. She said there is no vehicle or pedestrian crossing at that spot.
           
About 125 passengers were on board the train when the incident took place, but none were injured, she said.

Trains were initially stopped in both directions, then allowed to pass through slowly by single-tracking on the northbound tracks.
           
The southbound tracks have since been reopened and service is getting back to normal, Dunn said at 2:45 p.m.
           
A bus bridge had been set up to accommodate the affected passengers but it has since been canceled.
           
The circumstances of the death remain under investigation, and the man's name has not yet been released.
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Update: Wednesday 2:10 p.m.

A man was struck and killed by a train north of the San Carlos Caltrain station this afternoon, transit agency spokeswoman Christine Dunn said.
           
The man was hit by southbound train No. 146 at 1:55 p.m. near Bragato Road just north of the San Carlos border in Belmont, according to Dunn. She said there is no vehicle or pedestrian crossing at that spot.
           
About 125 passengers were on board the train, and none were injured, she said.
           
All service to the Redwood City and San Carlos stations has been halted. SamTrans will provide a bus shuttle between the Redwood City, San Carlos and Belmont stations, according to Dunn. SamTrans will honor all Caltrain tickets.
           
Northbound train No. 147 was stopped in Redwood City with 300 passengers on board. As of 1:30 p.m., about 100 of those passengers had opted to use the bus bridge. That train will return to San Jose, and southbound train No. 150 will be turned around at the Belmont station and head north, according to Dunn.

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Original story: Wednesday 1:15 p.m.

A person was hit by a train on the Caltrain tracks in San Carlos this afternoon, a transit agency spokeswoman said.
           
Southbound train No. 146 struck the person south of the San Carlos station at 12:55 p.m., Caltrain spokeswoman Christine Dunn said.
           
Trains in that area have been stopped, Dunn said.

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