Caltrain to increase base fare by 25 cents

SAN CARLOS Caltrain is bumping up its base fare by cents starting early next week Related Articles Photos of secret Caltrain station apartment show in illicit renovations Former Caltrain director sentenced to days in jail for building secret train station apartment Valley Med seeks help identifying mystery recipient struck by train Senate passes bill to allow housing up to seven stories near community transit Caltrain employee guilty of using residents funds to build secret apartment in train station The hike which takes effect Tuesday comes amid projections the commuter rail line will run an annual deficit of nearly million between fiscal year and fiscal year Without an injection of funding from a regional sales tax measure or other external sources Caltrain will need to explore drastic organization reductions station closures and administrative cost reductions the agency mentioned in a news release Friday Caltrain explained it is cutting internal costs and scrutinizing new revenue strategies to address the deficit as well as working with regional and state partners to secure outside funding In the agency adopted an updated fare structure that included a slate of hikes and changes Two of those increases a -cent base fare bump and an increase of the monthly pass trip multiplier from trips to were set to take effect July Both were delayed to avoid discouraging ridership during the post-pandemic recovery Caltrain noted it is running its highest ever institution levels with trains per weekday and more weekend operation than ever before Since the launch of electric system Caltrain has seen substantial ridership gains with the agency seeing a increase in ridership in May vs May the agency reported