Caltrain’s Holiday Train has been an annual tradition since 2002, but something will be very different about the festively decorated train when it rolls out this Saturday — passengers will be on board for the first time.

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The Holiday Train has been reinvented as an on-board experience as it shuttles from San Jose to San Francisco and back this weekend. The passengers will enjoy carols performed by Ensemble Continuo, readings of holiday stories and a visit from Santa in the decorated cars. Sounds great — if you have a ticket. They sold out in just 45 minutes when they went on sale Nov. 20.

For the rest of us, there’ll be pop-up activations and entertainment at four stations that are open to the public: San Jose Diridon, Palo Alto, San Mateo and San Francisco. The train wi

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