CalTrain number 230 departs San Jose's Diridon Station on the last leg of its southbound run to San Jose Tamien Station. Several other CalTrain and Amtrak Capitol Corridor train sets idle at the platforms awaiting their departure times.
Where once there was only one commuter carrier, Southern Pacific between San Jose and San Francisco, today there are three: Caltrain (former SP), Altamont Commuter Express, and the newest, SMART (Sonoma-Marin Rapid Transit).