California State Rail Plan 2007-08 to 2017-18

2007-08 – 2017-18 California State Rail PlanCaltrain connects directly with the intercity Capitol Corridor and Amtrak’s longdistanceCoast Starlight, at the San Jose Diridon Station. Amtrak San Joaquin andCapitol Corridor route feeder bus stops are located at the Caltrain station inSan Francisco.Local transit services link many Caltrain stations to local city destinations andemployment centers where they can serve patrons more directly than the fixedroute rail service. For example, the San Jose Diridon station serves eight VTA buslines and Highway 17 Express bus service to Santa Cruz.In addition Caltrain operates 32 shuttle routes connecting stations to majoremployment sites throughout the San Francisco peninsula. In 2007, the Caltrainshuttle service carried approximately 5,000 riders per weekday. Caltrain stationsalso are served by locally operated paratransit services.PERFORMANCEFigure 9G shows the annual ridershipdata from 1978 through 2005.Ridership was 10.5 million in 2001but declined in 2002 and 2003 due toemployment reductions in the SiliconValley as well as the temporarysuspension of weekend service toaccommodate construction ofadditional track capacity for the BabyBullet services. Caltrain ridershipwas 8.1 million in 2003. But in 2007,after the addition of the Baby Bulletservice, the return of weekendservice, and the increase in expressservice, ridership was 10.9 million.Figure 9GCaltrain RidershipCalendar Years 1978-2006Year Ridership Year Ridership1978 4,341,011 1993 6,889,9411979 5,699,406 1994 7,021,1821980 6,122,890 1995 7,143,0911981 5,895,129 1996 7,765,1151982 5,195,819 1997 8,367,6831983 5,009,130 1998 8,643,1581984 5,232,527 1999 8,990,8641985 5,384,013 2000 10,267,0001986 5,416,303 2001 10,497,6401987 5,540,630 2002 8,978,6751988 5,600,582 2003 8,107,3241989 5,790,712 2004 8,768,1571990 6,970,696 2005 9,867,4981991 7,111,365 2006 10,510,3441992 6,833,290154