Caltrain May Add 6 New Trains, Adjust Service

Caltrain will hold a public meeting Wednesday at 6 p.m. to provide information and seek comment on a proposed service increase and adjustment that would go into effect in the fall of 2012. 

The proposed service changes include:

• Restoring trains 236, 237, 256 and 257 to the Caltrain weekday schedule
• Adding two trains to the evening peak commute period
• Adding stops at Sunnyvale and Palo Alto, if feasible; adjusting station stop times as needed by up to five minutes; and modifying stop times for trains on either side of the adjusted trains.

Tonight's meeting is open to the public. It will be held at 6 p.m. at the Caltrain administrative offices, located at 1250 San Carlos Ave., in the second-floor auditorium, in San Carlos.

A copy of the draft timetable is available online at www.caltrain.com/92trains. 

Comments can be submitted at the meeting or by June 8 via e-mail to changes@caltrain.com, via phone at 1-800.660-4287 or via mail at P.O. Box 3006, San Carlos, CA 94070-1306.

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