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In 2005, Caltrain expanded Baby Bullet service by adding two trains per weekday in May,<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.caltrain.com/news_2005_5_2_media_advisory.html |title=Caltrain Rolls Out Two More Bullet Trains Monday, May 2 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=2 May 2005 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |accessdate=26 March 2017 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318015753/http://www.caltrain.com/news_2005_5_2_media_advisory.html |archivedate=18 March 2006 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> and ten more trains per weekday in August, for a total of twenty-two Baby Bullet trains per weekday; the August schedule revision added express stops for certain "Pattern B" trains at [[San Mateo (Caltrain station)|San Mateo]], [[Redwood City Sequoia Station|Redwood City]], [[Menlo Park (Caltrain station)|Menlo Park]], [[Sunnyvale (Caltrain station)|Sunnyvale]], and Tamien.<ref name=SFC-050801>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/TRANSPORTATION-Baby-Bullet-service-expands-2651234.php |title=TRANSPORTATION / Baby Bullet service expands / Starting this morning, Caltrain is running 96 trains on weekdays |author=Murphy, Dave |date=1 August 2005 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=25 March 2017}}</ref> With this expansion, though, weekday service to the holdout-rule stations at Broadway and Atherton was dropped,<ref name=SFC-050801 /> the sparse weekday service to {{cals|Paul Avenue}} was suspended entirely,<ref name=PCJPB-050523>{{cite press release |url=http://www.caltrain.com/news_2005_5_23_broadway_and_atherton.html |title=Caltrain to Continue Weekend Service for Broadway and Atherton |author= |date=23 May 2005 |publisher=Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050526034241/http://www.caltrain.com:80/news_2005_5_23_broadway_and_atherton.html |archivedate=2005-05-26 May 2005 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=4 June 2018 |df= }}</ref> and other trains operating during commute hours were changed from local-service, all-stop to limited service, skipping stops either between San Francisco and Redwood City, or between Redwood City and San Jose; Redwood City became a major transfer point for riders.<ref name=SFC-050802>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BAY-AREA-Riders-get-a-bang-out-of-Bullets-as-2618865.php |title=BAY AREA / Riders get a bang out of Bullets as expanded trainservice starts / Caltrain praised for easing stress, shaving commute |author1=Murphy, Dave |author2=Fulbright, Leslie |date=2 August 2005 |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |accessdate=26 March 2017}}</ref>

[[File:Jackie Speier Caltrain.jpg|thumb|[[MotivePower|MPI]] locomotive JPBX#925 is named for [[Jackie Speier]].]]