Caltrain incident, near tragedy

[bikkuri bahn]

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO -- Terrified Caltrain passengers who were legally crossing the tracks were forced to jump out of the way of an oncoming express train to avoid disaster, leaving the commuter line scrambling for answers after one of the train operators tested positive for drug use.

 

No one was hurt in the Aug. 24 incident, which was disclosed to this newspaper for the first time Friday. Caltrain says the "very serious" near-accident was the first of its kind in the modern history of the popular commuter line and has led to major safety changes and left two engineers on leave.

 

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21547798/terrified-caltrain-passengers-forced-jump-out-way-train

 

The California Ave. Station, which I have had a few occasions to use (as far back as the early 70's, in Espee days) used to have this arrangement of tracks/platforms too. 

[Mudkip Orange]

I've used this stop. A lot of the SFO airport hotels are nearby and will drop you off in the shuttle if you're staying there.

 

SEPTA uses the same "cross live track to get to train" setup on the PRR Main Line. Wonder if this's ever happened there...