Caltrain Commemorates Rail Safety Month
By Dan Lieberman, @LiebermanTweets September is Rail Safety Month, and both Caltrain and our partner Operation Lifesaver will mark the occasion by spreading the word on how to stay safe […]
Situation Awareness is huge around railroads, according to training
By Matt Wilson, @wilsonstcomms “Situational awareness” is critical around railroad tracks, but the words take on more weight when responding to a dangerous incident in an already dangerous and dynamic environment. […]
Caltrain Board Commends South Bay Man For Heroic, Life-Saving Act
By Matt Wilson, @WilsonSTComms The Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board recognized a South Bay man for a quick-thinking act that was truly heroic. The Board, which manages Caltrain, presented Walter […]
Caltrain to Improve Safety at Grade Crossings
At Caltrain, safety around trains and train tracks is always a top priority.
People Behaving Badly – Caltrain Edition
by Jayme Ackemann, @jaymeackemann For many Caltrain employees, fatalities start out with two gut-wrenching words, “Emergency, Emergency.” Behind those words many more will follow but the hardest to see will […]
Anatomy of a Near Miss
By Jeremy Lipps, @Digital_Lipps This is what a near miss looks like on Twitter and in the dispatch notification we receive: All trains requested to hold near SF as police […]
Caltrain and Fresh Takes Team up for Rail Safety Film Fest
Caltrain and Fresh Takes have teamed up to create rail safety videos. Below are the nine public service announcements made by the student filmmakers. Trainspotting, by Maxine Cheney, 16, Summit […]
Thank You Deputies Zuno and Hensel, Today You Saved More Than A Life
In a month like Caltrain and its customers have had, it is easy to be overwhelmed by two pedestrian deaths so close together. But it is important to remember that […]