User:Mliu92/sandbox/Caltrain Express
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The Caltrain Express Project (CTX) was implemented from 2002 to 2004 and resulted in Caltrain's Baby Bullet service, which cut the transit time between San Francisco and San Jose. New locomotives and rolling stock were purchased for dedicated express service, bypassing most stations; quad-track overtake sections were added in three locations along the Peninsula Corridor right-of-way to allow express trains to pass slower local trains that were making all stops; tracks were also upgraded with continuous-welded rail; a centralized switching system was added; and crossovers were added every few miles to allow single-tracking trains around disabled trains. Jackie Speier, then serving as a California State Senator, is credited with securing the funding for CTX and one of the new locomotives acquired for the project is named for her as a result.