In a perfect world, there are lots of tracks and lots of trains. But in the real world, you can't always build what you want. So Caltrain did the next best thing. "Step aside! I'm coming through!" If trains could talk, this would be the catch phrase bellowed by the Baby Bullets: a fleet of new rush-hour express trains whizzing every weekday between San Francisco and San Jose. The Bullets' 47.5-mile trajectory has been a busy passenger corridor for 140 years, but in the past two years the right-of-way, the operation, and the rationale for service have been completely rethought and redesigned by owner and operator Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, better known as Caltrain.
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