Bay Area celebrates Martin Luther King Jr. Day with Caltrain ride
CalTrain began offering the free, commemorative ride honoring the life and legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1980s. The ride also pays tribute to the 54-mile civil rights protest march activists endured in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama., a three-mile procession Coretta Scott King, King’s late wife, organized in the form of 300 activists marching from Memphis, Tennessee, following King Jr.
CalTrain’s rolling jubilee unfolded as the train departed from Diridon around 9:30 a.m., continued as it stopped in Palo Alto and San Mateo near 9:50 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. respectively and concluded in San Francisco close to 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 16. Commemorative tickets of the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train are given to passengers during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023, San Jose, Calif.
Passenger Patrice Gartley of Salinas talks with fellow passengers while riding the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train to San Francisco during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023.
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