Gilroy station

Gilroy
Gilroy station in July 2018
Location 7150 Monterey Street
Gilroy, California
Coordinates 37°00′15″N 121°34′00″W / 37.00417°N 121.56667°W / 37.00417; -121.56667Coordinates: 37°00′15″N 121°34′00″W / 37.00417°N 121.56667°W / 37.00417; -121.56667
Owned by Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Line(s) UP Coast Subdivision[1]
Platforms 1 side platform
Tracks 1
Connections LTA: Caltrain Shuttle
MST: 55, 86
Greyhound
VTA: 14, 17, 18, 19, 68, 121, 168, 185
Construction
Parking 471 spaces
Bicycle facilities 10 lockers
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone Fare zone 6
History
Opened 1869
July 1, 1992[2]
Closed April 30, 1971
Rebuilt 1998[2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 173 (weekday average boardings)[3]
Services
Preceding station   Caltrain   Following station
Limited-stop
Peak hours only
Terminus
Local
Peak hours only
Future services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station
toward Auburn
Capitol Corridor
Pajaro/Wastonville
toward Salinas
Caltrain
Limited-stop
Peak hours only
Pajaro/Watsonville
toward Salinas
Local
Peak hours only
California High-Speed Rail
Phase I
Terminus
toward Anaheim

Gilroy is a Caltrain station located in Gilroy, California. It is the southernmost terminus of the Caltrain system, and is only served during commute hours on weekdays. The station building was constructed by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1913 and restored in 1998. Future plans call for extended Amtrak Capitol Corridor service to also stop at Gilroy.

History

Southern Pacific

The first Gilroy station, similar to the depot still extant at Santa Clara, opened in 1869. A water tower, turntable, and three-stall engine house were built in 1992.[2] The original station was replaced with a two story Italian Renaissance structure—framed with local redwood and covered in cement plaster—in 1917 by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Service reductions began in 1929; the engine house was closed in 1934, though the turntable remained in use through the 1950s.[2] The final service to the station was the Del Monte, which ran until April 30, 1971.[2][4][5] Amtrak intercity service, including the Coast Starlight, passed through the station without stopping.

Caltrain

Garlic Train at Gilroy in 2018

On July 1, 1992, two daily Caltrain round trips were extended from San Jose Diridon station to Gilroy. This was increased to four daily round trips with the opening of a layover yard adjacent to the station in February 1994.[2] In 1998, the city restored the station building as the centerpiece of the $2.8 million Gilroy Transit Center, which also included parking lots and a bus plaza. One waiting room was reopened for use by Greyhound.[2] In July 2005, Caltrain reduced service to three daily round trips.[2]

Even before 1992, Caltrain operated a special limited-stop train from San Francisco to Gilroy on the weekend of the Gilroy Garlic Festival, with shuttle buses between the station and the festival. This service ended in 2002 when Caltrain temporarily suspended all weekend train service for the CTX project, and was not resumed when weekend service was restored in 2004. The Golden Gate Railroad Museum chartered weekend trains to Gilroy during the festival for a few years, but those charters were later discontinued.[6] The "Garlic Train" resumed service beginning with the 2013 Garlic Festival.[7]

Future plans

The Road Repair and Accountability Act provided funding for an extension of Caltrain service to Salinas station, followed by Amtrak Capitol Corridor service later.[8] The dead-end platform track at Gilroy station will be extended south to reconnect with the mainline.[9]

The planned California High Speed Rail system will have a station in Gilroy. Two sites are under consideration: the existing Gilroy station, and a currently undeveloped area northeast of the city center (east of Gilroy Premium Outlets).[10]

Bus connections

Gilroy station is a hub for local and intercity bus service:[11]

References

  1. ↑ SMA Rail Consulting (April 2016). "California Passenger Rail NETWORK SCHEMATICS" (PDF). California Department of Transportation. p. 5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Duncan, Mark (October 4, 2005). The San Francisco Peninsula Railroad Passenger Service: Past, Present, and Future (PDF). pp. 18, 92–93.
  3. ↑ "2017 Annual Count Key Findings Report" (PDF). Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board. 2017.
  4. ↑ "The Del Monte Passenger Train". Monterey Public Library. February 10, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Western Division Timetable #13" (PDF). Southern Pacific Company. March 29, 1970. pp. 2, 5.
  6. ↑ Cohen, Gail. "How to Prepare for the Gilroy Garlic Festival". USA Today.
  7. ↑ @Caltrain (June 6, 2013). "Garlic Train to roll to @gilroygarlicfes July 27 & 28. #yum" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ↑ Johnson, Jim (May 9, 2018). "Salinas commuter rail extension project gets $10 million SB 1 gas tax grant". Monterey Herald.
  9. ↑ "Gilroy Station Track Project" (PDF). Transportation Agency for Monterey County. October 2016.
  10. ↑ "California High-Speed Rail Authority Awards Station-Area Planning Funds to the City of Gilroy" (PDF) (Press release). California High-Speed Rail Authority. July 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ "VTA South County". Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority. January 1, 2018.
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