Re:New Research on How Ride-Hailing Impacts Travel Behavior
by MAGZine on Monday October 16, 2017 @02:45PM
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There are at least 2 trains running southbound service to MV at 6 minute intervals, 10 isn't uncommon either.
206: 6:05am and 208: 6:15am. (10min)
314: 6:59am and 216: 7:05am. (6min)
216: 7:05am and 218: 7:15am (10 min)
and another set of these after 8am. Northbound service does the same thing in the afternoon.
MountainView also has 7:04/7:11 and 8:04/8:11 trains. Unfortunately it trades baby bullet stops with sunnyvale which makes it a bit more difficult.
You are right though, they don't run frequently on evenings and weekends--there is simply not enough evening volume to justify it.
Anyhow, as you can see, there are trains that run a frequency of 5-10 minutes (not <5 minutes) during heavy commute hours. They actually do run 5 minutes apart if you depart from Diridon.
If that doesn't work for you, that's another question.
Looking at the schedule. there is no time when there is a train from MV to SF within 5 minutes. The best case is trains at 7:04, 7:11, 7:25 in the morning or 4:36, 4:46, 4:57, 5:05 in the evening. Caltrain is a lot fo good things, one thing its not, is frequent enough for people who work anytime other than 8-4/5.