[schoen]

> They had started significant expansions right before the pandemic, allowing a long (but no traffic) ride possible from Oakland to San Jose.

They're still working on this, with four more stations planned beyond Berryessa (Little Portugal, Downtown San José, Diridon, and Santa Clara), plus an additional infill station on the Berryessa line. I think that would be really cool. Unfortunately it looks like this new extension won't be that competitive with Caltrain as a way to get to San Jose from San Francisco. Maybe at non-express times.

Also, it looks like it won't be complete until 2040!?

[pj_mukh]

Otherwise known as the Worst Transit Project in the US [1]

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZrrtF8Iy8k

[pm90]

i mean yeah if you’re in SF caltrain is super convenient, so its fine. Getting from oakland to south bay without a car was hell though. This line would make it so much better.

Plus: Oakland is actually building homes for people while SF remains laughably behind on building quotas.

[hedora]

Try the transbay bus. Depending on station location, it’s often faster than the bart. Also, it doesn’t smell like piss, and I’ve never witnessed an assault on it.

[hedora]

Amtrak still has service on that corridor. Apparently it was a convenient way to get to SF back in the day (via ferry).

Of course most of Silicon Valley is closer to the San Francisco - Santa Cruz line, making the ferry service redundant.

It’s too bad they ripped all this stuff out, and will never rebuild it!