Hit a Home Run – Take Caltrain to Giants Exhibition Games March 28 & 29

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March 22, 2013

Caltrain is on track for the San Francisco Giants’ home pre-season opener against the Oakland A’s March 28 and 29 at AT&T Park. Fans have a choice of seven regularly scheduled trains that arrive in San Francisco before the first pitch at 7:15 p.m. 

After the games, two special trains will depart San Francisco for the return trip.  An express train to San Carlos leaves approximately 15 minutes after the last out, or when full, and then makes all locals stops after San Carlos to the San Jose Diridon station. The second train departs San Francisco 25 minutes after the game, or when full, and serves all local stops to San Jose Diridon.

To make purchasing a ticket easier for new customers, Caltrain ticket vending machines will feature a “SF Baseball” button. Fans can buy up to 9 tickets and a parking permit in a single transaction. Daily parking permits for Caltrain stations are sold at Caltrain ticket vending machines inside stations or on train platforms. 

Caltrain is a proof-of-payment system; tickets are not sold on board trains but can be purchased at vending machines at the stations.  To save time on the return trip, fans are encouraged to buy a Day Pass. Clipper card users (e-cash and 8-ride tickets) are reminded to tag on and tag off.

Caltrain reminds fans to drink responsibly and to remember that alcohol is not allowed on game-day trains beginning at 9 p.m.

For fare and schedule information, visit www.caltrain.com/SFGiants or call 1.800.660.4287 (TTY 650.508.6448.)

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About Caltrain:   Owned and operated by the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, Caltrain provides commuter rail service from San Francisco to San Jose, with limited commute service to Gilroy. Caltrain has enjoyed 28 consecutive months of ridership increases, surpassing more than 50,000 average weekday riders earlier this year. While the Joint Powers Board assumed operating responsibilities for the service in 1992, the railroad will celebrate 150 years of continuous passenger service in 2014. Planning for the next 150 years of Peninsula rail service, Caltrain is on pace to electrify the corridor by 2019, reducing diesel emissions by 90 percent and adding more service to more stations.