Caltrain Adjusts Southbound Train Schedule/Introduces New Ticket

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February 18, 2009

Caltrain will adjust the southbound timetable and introduce a new 8-ride Ticket on March 2.

The timetable is being adjusted to provide more time between trains for construction crews working on the right of way. On weekdays, southbound evening Trains 192, 194 and 196 will depart San Francisco 10 minutes later than the current schedule. All southbound weekend trains, with the exception of Train 454, will depart 15 minutes later than the current schedule. Times for all subsequent stops will be changed accordingly.

At the same time, a new 8-ride Ticket will be introduced, replacing the current 10-ride Ticket. The reliability of the validator’s cutting mechanism has diminished over time, so the new ticket has been designed so that it only needs to be stamped, not cut.

The wallet-size, 8-ride Ticket retains many of the features of the 10-ride Ticket, including the approximately 15 percent discount. Customers will still be able to purchase a monthly parking permit when they buy two 8-ride tickets.

In order to accommodate the stamping mechanism in the ticket validators, the 8-ride Ticket is in two parts, each good for four rides. Each ticket has two validation spaces on the front and the back.

Ten-ride tickets purchased before March 2 will be honored for the full 60 days from the purchase date, or until April 29 at the latest. Soon after that, the cutters on the ticket validators will be disabled.

New timetables and information about the 8-ride Ticket will be onboard trains Feb. 23.