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Ridership on Caltrain’s new “Baby Bullet” trains increased 54 percent in April compared with March, Caltrain officials said in a prepared statement.

An average of 222 riders boarded weekend express trains at the San Francisco station, helping to boost total ridership to 7,784 in April. Although the ridership increase coincided with the opening of the San Francisco Giants’ baseball season, there is evidence that the upward trend will continue, officials said.

The weekend Baby Bullet trains, as well as local trains scheduled before and after them, have registered a 30 percent boost in ridership since the start of 2011, said Caltrain Director of Transportation Michelle Bouchard.

“This is a strong indication that the new weekend Baby Bullet service is not just existing riders who changed to the Baby Bullet trains, but a real increase in overall ridership,” she said.

Introduced in January, the service features two round trips, with seven terminal stops between San Francisco and San Jose.