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In December 2018, Caltrain was carrying 65,000 passengers a day, and expected to carry four times that amount by 2040. Accordingly, Caltrain announced plans to increase its electric train order by a third.<ref name=A>{{cite news |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/12/07/caltrain-electric-train-cars-stadler-order.html |title=Caltrain ups its electric train order by a third |date=December 7, 2018 |newspaper=[[Silicon Valley Business Journal]] |access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref> After funding was received from the California State Transportation Agency's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, Caltrain's board unanimously approved the purchase of additional cars from [[Stadler Rail|Stadler]] to increase the fleet from 16 six-car sets to 19 seven-car sets.<ref name=B>{{cite news |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/caltrain-to-purchase-additional-electric-cars/article_f46b0ef8-f9cd-11e8-bd28-73754e3643dc.html |title=Caltrain to purchase additional electric cars|author=Staff |date=December 7, 2018 |newspaper=[[San Mateo Daily Journal]] |access-date=December 8, 2018}}</ref>

Balfour Beatty reported in 2019 the completion of construction could be delayed to April 2022 in a report to the [[San Francisco County Transportation Authority]] (SFCTA); the projected 12-month delay was blamed on the unexpected presence of underground utilities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/sf-lawmakers-warn-caltrain-to-come-clean-on-electrification-project-delays/ |title=SF lawmakers warn Caltrain to come clean on electrification project delays |author=Rodriguez, Joe Fitzgerald |newspaper=San Francisco Examiner |date=September 24, 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> In June 2021, Caltrain announced that electric service would be delayed to late 2024 due to supply chain disruptions during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the San Francisco Bay Area|COVID-19 pandemic]], issues with the signal system, and "unforeseen conditions under Caltrain’sCaltrain's tracks".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Savage |first1=Nico |title=Caltrain electrification delayed to 2024, and the price tag is rising too |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/06/03/caltrain-electrification-delayed-to-2024-and-the-price-tag-is-rising-too/ |access-date=4 June 2021 |agency=The Mercury News |date=3 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=june2021>{{cite press release |date=June 3, 2021 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |url=

https://www.caltrain.com/about/MediaRelations/news/Caltrain_Electrification_Delayed_to_2024.html |title=Caltrain Electrification Delayed to 2024}}</ref>