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! scope="col"| Inaugural Service{{efn|Renamed to "Pattern A" on Aug 1, 2005, when "Pattern B" stops were added along with ten new Baby Bullet trains. "Pattern A" discontinued effective Apr 10, 2017.}}<br/>(June 7, 2004)<ref name=TT040605>{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com:80/pdf/timetable_effective_6_5_04.pdf |title=Timetables |date=5 June 2004 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040920122123/http://www.caltrain.com/pdf/timetable_effective_6_5_04.pdf |archive-date=20 September 2004 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col"| Pattern A2{{efn |name=A2 |Modification of "Pattern A" effective Apr 10, 2017; adds reverse commute stop at Redwood City to accommodate planned PCEP work. Discontinued March 30, 2021, due to reduced ridership from the COVID-19 pandemic.}}<br/>(Apr 10, 2017)<ref name=TT170410>{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Assets/Schedules/Full-Timetable_04102017.pdf |title=Northbound Timetables |date=10 April 2017 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=4 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505212510/http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Assets/Schedules/Full-Timetable_04102017.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
!Pattern A3{{efn |name=A3 |Modification of "Pattern A2" effective Aug 30, 2021; all trains stop at Redwood City regardless of direction and time of day}}<br />(Aug 30, 2021)<ref name=TT210830>{{cite web |url=https://www.caltrain.com/Assets/CT_Weekday_08-30-2021.pdf |title=Weekday Timetable |date=August 30, 2021 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |access-date=13 August 2021}}</ref>
! scope="col"| Pattern B{{efn|"Pattern B" discontinued effective Oct 1, 2012.}}<br/>(Aug 1, 2005)<ref name=TT050801>{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com:80/pdf/timetable_effective_6_5_04.pdf |title=Timetables |date=1 August 2005 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050826130936/http://www.caltrain.com/pdf/timetable_effective_8_1_05.pdf |archive-date=26 August 2005 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
! scope="col"| Pattern B2{{efn |name=B2 |Modification of "Pattern B" effective Oct 1, 2012; adds reverse commute stop at Palo Alto so all Baby Bullets stop at Palo Alto, regardless of direction or pattern}}<br />(Oct 1, 2012)<ref name=TT121001>{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/schedules/Full-Timetable-Effective-October-1-2012.pdf |title=Timetables |date=1 October 2012 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=27 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522085052/http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/schedules/Full-Timetable-Effective-October-1-2012.pdf |archive-date=22 May 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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Caltrain service on weekends north of Bayshore was suspended and replaced by a bus bridge from October 2018 to March 2019 in order to accommodate tunnel notching work for the Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project. Weekend Baby Bullet trains originated and terminated at Bayshore, and a bus bridge made stops at both stations in San Francisco.<ref name=TT181006>{{cite web |url=http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/_Marketing/pdf/Caltrain+Weekend+Timetable+with+Bus+Bridge.pdf |title=Weekend Timetable with Bus Bridge |date=October 3, 2018 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref>
 
In response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and loss of passenger traffic, Caltrain discontinued all weekday Baby Bullet service from Monday, March 30, 2020 to August 27, 2021, and all weekend Baby Bullet service indefinitely, starting December 12, 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_to_Implement_Additional_Weekday_Service_Reductions.html |title=Caltrain to Implement Additional Weekday Service Reductions |date=March 26, 2020 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=28 December 2020}}</ref> Weekday Baby Bullet service is scheduled to resume on August 30, 2021, with twelve trains total: six northbound and six southbound, with three each during peak morning and afternoon commute hours.<ref name=TT210830/>
 
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