Caltrain will run the annual chartered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Train on Jan. 19, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s famed march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala..
The train, chartered by the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Association of Santa Clara Valley, will depart from the San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station at 9:45 a.m. and express to the San Francisco Caltrain Station. There is no special southbound service. However, Freedom Train tickets will be accepted on southbound trains departing San Francisco after 1 p.m. that day.
Freedom Train tickets are sold only by the association — Caltrain fare media isn't valid. Tickets, priced at $10 each, are expected to sell out. Information on how to purchase tickets is available here.
Following King’s succession of marches in 1965, more than two dozen official MLK commemorative Freedom Train services were launched by the late Coretta Scott King in honor of her husband. Caltrain’s MLK train is the only remaining service still officially in operation, although the Santa Clara valley association announced that this would be the last year of the chartered service.
