{"id":8717630,"date":"2023-01-16T14:57:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T22:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/?p=8717630&#038;preview=true&#038;preview_id=8717630"},"modified":"2023-01-17T05:46:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T13:46:37","slug":"bay-area-celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-with-caltrain-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/16\/bay-area-celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-with-caltrain-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Area marks Martin Luther King Jr. Day with special Caltrain ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time in three years, Caltrain&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caltrain.com\/news\/caltrain-celebrates-martin-luther-king-jr-day-celebration-train\">NorcalMLK Celebration<\/a> locomotive pulled into Diridon Station in San Jose early Monday and carried passengers up the Peninsula into the agency&#8217;s San Francisco station.<\/p>\n<p><aside class=\"related left\"><h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2><ul><li>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/12\/la-bank-to-pay-31m-settlement-for-redlining\/\" title=\"California bank to pay $31 million settlement for redlining\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tCalifornia bank to pay $31 million settlement for redlining\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/03\/an-exclamation-point-in-history-first-black-woman-latina-take-helm-of-alameda-county-da-sheriff-offices\/\" title=\"\u2018An exclamation point in history\u2019: First Black woman, Latina take helm of Alameda County DA, sheriff\u2019s offices\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\t\u2018An exclamation point in history\u2019: First Black woman, Latina take helm of Alameda County DA, sheriff\u2019s offices\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/03\/california-workers-get-new-protections-in-2023-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/\" title=\"California workers get new protections in 2023. 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Here\u2019s what you need to know\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2023\/01\/03\/opinion-films-about-slavery-mislead-us-into-believing-oppression-is-a-thing-of-the-past\/\" title=\"Opinion: Films about slavery mislead us about today&#8217;s oppression\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tOpinion: Films about slavery mislead us about today&#8217;s oppression\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><li>\n\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/12\/29\/biden-outpaces-obama-trump-with-diverse-judicial-nominees\/\" title=\"President Biden outpaces Obama, Trump with diverse judicial nominees\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\">\n\t\t\tPresident Biden outpaces Obama, Trump with diverse judicial nominees\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul><\/aside>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.<\/p>\n<p>The trip is also Bay Area transit&#8217;s homage to <a href=\"https:\/\/nmaahc.si.edu\/explore\/stories\/riding-freedom-train\">the Freedom Train<\/a>, a three-mile procession Coretta Scott King, King&#8217;s late wife, organized in the form of 300 activists marching from Memphis, Tennessee, following King Jr.&#8217;s memorial services on May 2, 1968, according to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.<\/p>\n<p>The mules and wagons of that first caravan of King&#8217;s Poor People\u2019s Campaign drew attention to the injustices of tenant farming, sharecropping and the plantation economy. Marchers then boarded buses en route to Marks, Mississippi. Public transportation agencies nationwide still offer free rides annually to observe the occasion.<\/p>\n<p>CalTrain&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>The ride was suspended three years ago as the coronavirus pandemic upended public life. But previous rumors of its demise turned out to be exaggerated when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2015\/01\/19\/mlk-day-final-freedom-train-in-bay-area-ends-30-years-of-celebrating-kings-legacy\/\">this news organization<\/a> reported the tradition&#8217;s finale in 2015. While CalTrain did not offer a special southbound service on the holiday this year, it did accept Celebration Train tickets on southbound trains departing San Francisco after 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702393\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Commemorative tickets of the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train are given to passengers during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023, San Jose, Calif.(Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-2.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">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.(Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702395\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Caltran's Communications Manager Tasha Bartholomew, center, quizes passengers on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while the group rides the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-3.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Caltran\u2019s Communications Manager Tasha Bartholomew, center, quizes passengers on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while the group rides the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train on Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702392\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Passenger Patrice Gartley of Salinas talks with fellow passengers while riding the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train to San Francisco during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-4.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">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. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div data-vgid=\"vertical_gallery-outstream\">\n<div class=\"dfp-ad dfp-Outstream_Video\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-Outstream_Video\" style=\"visibility:hidden\">\n\t\t<zeus-ad id=\"zeus_Outstream_Video\" data-keyvalues='{\"POS\":[\"Outstream_Video\"]}'><\/zeus-ad>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702398\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Patrice Gartley of Salinas and his fianc\u00e9e, Denida Bannister, walk on the platform to board the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-5.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patrice Gartley of Salinas and his fianc\u00e9e, Denida Bannister, walk on the platform to board the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023, in San Jose, Calif. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702396\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eli Pettus, 7, rides the Caltrain NorCalMLK Celebration Train during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-6.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eli Pettus, 7, rides the Caltrain NorCalMLK Celebration Train during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9702397\"  class=\"wp-caption alignnone size-article_inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Passengers board the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train in Palo Alto during Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. (Dai Sugano\/Bay Area News Group)\" width=\"5000\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=620%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 620w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=780%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 780w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=810%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 810w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=1280%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1280w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mercurynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/SJM-L-CLOMLKTRAIN-0117-7.jpg?fit=1860%2C9999px&amp;ssl=1 1860w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passengers board the Caltrain NorcalMLK Celebration Train in Palo Alto during Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Jan. 16, 2023. 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