Caltrain crossings work; Sunnyvale first stop
Diana Samuels - 07/06/2010
New railroad crossing gates, guard rails, fences, sidewalks and other features meant to make Caltrain crossings safer will be installed in Palo Alto, Mountain View and Sunnyvale over the next year, starting today.

Caltrain project under way
Will Reisman - 05/06/2010
Despite facing a dire financial outlook, Caltrain began construction Monday on a $165 million grade-separation project in San Bruno, an undertaking the agency says will improve pedestrian safety, relieve traffic congestion and increase transit efficiency.

Box Culvert Reconstruction Project
Alicia Fraumeni - 11/18/2009
Notice is hereby given that the Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board will receive sealed bids until 2:00 P.M., December 22, 2009, for Contract No. 10-PCJPB-C-023 for the San Bruno Grade Separation Phase 2 - Box Culvert Reconstruction Project, per the Contract Documentts on file at the Office of the Director, Contracts & Procurement, 1250 San Carlos Avenue, P.O. Box 3006, San Carlos, CA 94070-1306.

Caltrain crossing to undergo fixes
Aaron Kinney - 02/15/2008
The Broadway Caltrain crossing will be closed between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. through Monday while construction crews replace worn-out elements of the intersection.

Burlingame Train crossings to close for repairs
Staff - 01/18/2008
The railroad grade crossing at North Lane in Burlingame will be temporarily closed, starting tonight, as part of Caltrain's yearlong renovation project of the Burlingame station.

Caltrain needing to close Angus on weekends
Jonah Weinberg - 10/19/2007
Caltrain construction crews will reconstruct the railroad grade crossing at Angus Avenue in San Bruno working around the clock over two weekends: 8 a.m. Friday, Oct. 26, through 8 a.m. Monday, Oct. 29 and again from 8 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2, through 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 5. This project will allow for track maintenance and safety improvements at the Angus Avenue grade crossing.

Train hits car, kills woman
Kristina Peterson - 06/29/2007
A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto when a northbound Caltrain express train struck her car and dragged it underneath for about half a mile, according to police.

Train crash victim identified as 21-year-old woman
Don Kazak - 06/29/2007
The woman killed by a Caltrain late Thursday afternoon in Palo Alto has been identified by the Santa Clara County Coroner's office as Maria De Jesus Nieblas, 21, of Sunnyvale.

Woman killed in Palo Alto train crash
Staff - 06/28/2007
One person is dead following a Caltrain accident in south Palo Alto in which an older model maroon Toyota Camry was hit at the railroad crossing at West Meadow Drive and Alma Street.

Lempert: Arnold killing high-speed rail?
Sue Lempert - 05/14/2007
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is killing all chances of high-speed rail becoming a reality for Californians while at the same time declaring he is for it, although not right now. His actions speak louder than words. The governor has asked the Legislature to slash all funding for the High-Speed Rail Authority except for a token amount which would keep six people in a small office. If the Legislature agrees, environmental and engineering work will be derailed and the high-speed rail bond slated for the November 2008 will be postponed indefinitely.

Appetite for imports; RR crossings delays
Patrick May - 02/25/2007
The trains are haunting Fred Arm's dreams. Night after night, the Richmond resident bolts upright in bed. Sitting in the silence, he wonders why he woke up. Then the horn blasts again. And he knows.

Worker killed in Sound Transit tunnel
Levi Pulkkinen - 02/08/2007
A South Seattle industrial accident that took the life of a worker early Wednesday morning wasn't the first life-threatening accident at the Sound Transit work site.

Caltrain gates are down for a good reason
Gary Richards - 12/29/2006
Q: The Caltrain accident in October in Redwood City shows the need for trains stopped at the station to not trigger the gates and lights if they are just standing at the station. It seems to people in a hurry that there is no reason for the gate to be down. So, they run around it. I have missed trains on the other platform for that reason and it is really upsetting.

Caltrain construction costs rising
Michael Manekin - 11/30/2006
Caltrans accepted bids for the agency's latest multi-million dollar transportation project in San Mateo County on Tuesday - and the results were not pretty.

Why did Ronald Raines die?
Michelle Durand - 11/16/2006
On Tuesday, Ronald Raines' early Nov. 4 death after being struck by a Caltrain in Redwood City was ruled accidental by the Coroner's Office.

$2 million for safer train crossing
Sandra Gonzales - 03/21/2006
Months after a toddler was killed while crossing railroad tracks near Monterey Highway and Blossom Hill Road, the South San Jose tragedy has remained of concern to officials -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, in particular.

City calls for cameras at railroad crossings
Miya Shay - 03/16/2005
Pretty soon, big brother could be watching while you're stopped at an intersection. The city has approved the installation of more than a dozen cameras at some of the most dangerous intersections.

Chain-reaction crash points to wider hazard
Brandon Bailey - 01/27/2005
State and local authorities say they would like to eliminate the kind of railroad grade crossings that allowed a suicidal man to drive into the path of a Southern California commuter train Wednesday, but funding shortages and other obstacles mean the work would take decades to complete.

Driver abandons car on Caltrain tracks
Crystal Carreon - 01/07/2004
A wrong turn in Palo Alto on Tuesday put a motorist on the Caltrain tracks, where he drove for two-thirds of a mile then ditched his car before it was hit by an oncoming train.

Alice Barnes: Grade separations a must to save lives
Alice Barnes - 11/05/2003
FOR more than a century, railroad tracks slicing through San Mateo County have been the scene of excruciating death and unfathomable agony. It was, and is, not uncommon for the morbid toll to rise into double digits annually.