3:20 minutes of stopped time at the station is insane from a European standpoint. The regional trains here usually stop for less than a minute. Especially when so few pax board or deboard
@@georgobergfell the train was stopped for a long time cause it’s running on a diesel train schedule. Until September, there will be a mixed fleet of old and new and the new trains are so fast they get to stations too soon and therefore they have to dwell longer to keep the old schedule accurate.
Fun fact: this CalTrain line track will be also be next to California High Speed tracks (which’ll be done by 2030-33) and yes, Brightline West is also in construction and it’ll be done by ahead of LA28 Olympics but not in time for Super Bowl 2027
Brightline hasn't even broken ground yet. Their original 2020-2024 construction schedule is hopelessly delayed. Their updated 2023-2028 schedule is already at least 1.5 years delayed as well. There are zero chances that they have any trains running by 2028 according to their own construction schedule. They should have already been building the first viaducts to meet the 2028 deadline. They haven't even started construction, only soil inspections and pre-construction in some portions of the route. Absolute best case scenario for Brightline West right now, according to their own schedules is late 2029-2030 train testing. First paying passengers by late 2030 or 2031, if everything goes 100% perfectly from now on. And given their already 2x delay on the original schedule and 30% delay on the new schedule, the chances are slim that they don't get delayed to 2031 or 2032. At this point CAHSR looks a lot closer to first trains by 2028-2029. They're over 80% done with their three sections under construction and buying trains.
Yeah; they are working on several grade separation crossings at the moment though- notably one around the Mountain View station and one south of Burlingame Station
The important thing about these new Stadler KISS train sets is the fact they quickly accelerate to operating speed and decelerate quite fast, too. As such, even all-stops service between San Francisco and San Jose will be a lot faster.
@@Sacto1654 yep, people say these are faster than diesel, they aren’t, they just accelerate faster than diesel, but I’m very happy that local service will feel like a Baby Bullet express flying at 60-70 mph and hopefully reach 110 mph between SSF-Bayshore and Bayshore-22nd Street
Caltrain commuters finally getting commuter rail acceleration.
You are the first passenger ever to upload a video of Caltrain’s Electrics
Naw, ik like 5 other people who have uploaded way before
3:20 minutes of stopped time at the station is insane from a European standpoint. The regional trains here usually stop for less than a minute. Especially when so few pax board or deboard
@@georgobergfell the train was stopped for a long time cause it’s running on a diesel train schedule. Until September, there will be a mixed fleet of old and new and the new trains are so fast they get to stations too soon and therefore they have to dwell longer to keep the old schedule accurate.
@@clarkloveselevators ok, got it. At least they'll fix it
Oh look electric trains ...what a revolution
The new trains are nice.
Yippee electric train 😃
Fun fact: this CalTrain line track will be also be next to California High Speed tracks (which’ll be done by 2030-33) and yes, Brightline West is also in construction and it’ll be done by ahead of LA28 Olympics but not in time for Super Bowl 2027
Brightline hasn't even broken ground yet. Their original 2020-2024 construction schedule is hopelessly delayed. Their updated 2023-2028 schedule is already at least 1.5 years delayed as well. There are zero chances that they have any trains running by 2028 according to their own construction schedule. They should have already been building the first viaducts to meet the 2028 deadline. They haven't even started construction, only soil inspections and pre-construction in some portions of the route.
Absolute best case scenario for Brightline West right now, according to their own schedules is late 2029-2030 train testing. First paying passengers by late 2030 or 2031, if everything goes 100% perfectly from now on. And given their already 2x delay on the original schedule and 30% delay on the new schedule, the chances are slim that they don't get delayed to 2031 or 2032. At this point CAHSR looks a lot closer to first trains by 2028-2029. They're over 80% done with their three sections under construction and buying trains.
_"which’ll be done by 2030-33"_
*YOU WISH.*
Quiet train. Too bad about the ground-level crossings which will prove to be a headache for both Caltrain and high-speed rail.
Yeah; they are working on several grade separation crossings at the moment though- notably one around the Mountain View station and one south of Burlingame Station
finally local service will be faster, I hate going 30 mph
The important thing about these new Stadler KISS train sets is the fact they quickly accelerate to operating speed and decelerate quite fast, too. As such, even all-stops service between San Francisco and San Jose will be a lot faster.
@@Sacto1654 yep, people say these are faster than diesel, they aren’t, they just accelerate faster than diesel, but I’m very happy that local service will feel like a Baby Bullet express flying at 60-70 mph and hopefully reach 110 mph between SSF-Bayshore and Bayshore-22nd Street
I think you should start a business that will make elevator to be more innovative and automated.
It don’t have to be now, but definitely in some point of next 40 year of your life.